It was a nightmare.
 
 It wasn’t real.
 
 But it was.
 
 It is real.
 
 Wrong.
 
 Wrong.
 
 Wrong!
 
 “Fucking stop it,” I ordered my own wandering mind as I rolled onto my hands and knees, moving through the darkness blindly. “Just shut the fuck up for one goddamn minute!”
 
 Thud.
 
 Thud.
 
 Thud.
 
 Was I still awake?
 
 Thud.
 
 Thud.
 
 Thud.
 
 Or had I fallen back to sleep?
 
 Thud.
 
 Thud.
 
 Thud.
 
 I was definitely on the move now, stumbling around in the darkness, guided solely by memory.
 
 Thud.
 
 Thud.
 
 Thud.
 
 A severe wave of brain fog attacked my senses and I felt myself slipping.
 
 Drifting away again.
 
 Into another nightmare.
 
 Jesus no!
 
 “No, no, no…” Whimpering, I mentally fought against what I knew came next, but it was no use.
 
 Even in my dreams, I couldn’t change a thing.
 
 “Gerard?”