//------------------------------// // Means To An End // Story: Reverie // by Chase123 //------------------------------// The wind blows in my face as I walk down the alley following Mr.Burke, who gave orders to me to follow him. I feel a tremble within me, an uneasiness that lies deep down, but couldn't get over. A feeling of insecurity and mistrust whenever looking upon Mr.Burke. I was behind Mr.Burke, he seems to walk straight, stiff, tall and secure. He knew what he was doing. And I didn't like it. Mr.Burke kept on walking, not a word being said I kept my hands in my pockets, my fingers touch the cold surface of my gun, I'm ready to load it, I'm ready to fire. But, I had no reason to feel mistrust towards Mr.Burke. But nightmares, voices in my head, all warned me not to trust him, and I didn't know why. Maybe it was just the deep feeling of insecurity I had towards people. The feeling of dread when it comes to understanding a human. The alley starts to lead towards a street. And that's where it happens. Where it all starts. Mr.Burke turns, and with a smile, pulls a gun and points it right at me. Just like in my dreams. ''Mr.Burke...What are you..?'' I asked. Mr.Burke chuckles. ''Don't pretend your confused, dear. You can hide a lie better than anyone. Your lie has lived deep within you.'' I said nothing. ''What do you want with me?'' I asked. ''Your dreams, you stupid girl!'' Mr.Burke said. I'm confused. My hands in the air, there was no way I could grab the gun and shoot, I would've been dead before that happened. ''How do you know?'' I ask. Mr.Burke sighs. ''The government has seen many myths over these few years. History is full of conspiracies, but the dreamers are a conspiracy that we have not taken lightly.'' I am still confused. ''A dreamer...? That's what I am...?'' Mr.Burke nods, he still points the gun at the direction of my chest, which with every heart beat beats fast. ''The government has many agents of them that have been dreamers...But, they've died out...'' Mr.Burke said, with the last words forming a manipulative smile. ''So your gonna kill me and my species...?'' I ask. Mr.Burke shakes his head, he lowers his gun slightly. ''You, girl, are a masterpiece of dreaming. Luna, you could be the queen of the night, for all we care, the powerful of all the airwaves..'' ''Airwaves..?'' I ask. ''We used airwaves during the night to track any unusual sleep patterns in those in the country, yours was the highest, hence, why I showed up to the FBI training...'' Mr.Burke said. I nod my head. ''Good move..'' Mr.Burke's gun is even more lowered. As he nods his head agreeing to my comment, my reflexes move like bullets, I grab the gun, and shoot it, hitting his kneecap. Right next to me there's another alley. I take a left with a run. Mr Burke shoots at me, trying to aim at my legs, but to no avail. I make a left turn, and hide behind the wall. I point my gun, and shoot more, but Mr.Burke hides on the other side of the wall. I run even more. My legs grow faster, as each thought of the possible outcome leaves me nervous. I'm always at the end of the alley, where there will be people, and be easier to blend in and escape. But before I can make it, all the entries are blocked, left, right, back, and front with men in suits, holding guns that stare directly at me. I am forced to drop my gun, and put my hands in the air. Mr.Burke comes walking towards, and before I know it, a blow hits my head, and everything turns black. When I wake up, I seem to be in a nursing room. The bed is just like those in the hospitals, white sheets, stained with small amounts of my blood. I slowly get up. And of course they confiscated my gun. I peer around. It doesn't feel quite right, then again, nothing does. There are nurses around, but yet again, they don't seem to be real. Everything has a little bit of a foggy touch, I try to stare at the door that's farther away, but that too is blurry and seems to be incomplete, as if it is missing a touch of something. Then I see Mr.Burke walking around the hall, and almost naturally, I get up. I need no rest for all that enters my mind to is to get Mr.Burke. I run to the door, and quickly open it. Mr.Burke pauses as he sees me, before I lunge in to punch him. He barely dodges my punch, but I know how to fight. We both go at, he knocks me down, but I am able to get up, and I pounce at him, and we both collapse on the floor, before I give him hard punches, his face bruises up, but I want to knock him out, but before I can, the blurriness of the room starts to fade around me. Until my eyes open. I gasp as I awake from the dream, and then I see wires connected to my head, all of them connected to a laptop that was sitting on a desk near me. A woman, who was a bit chubby, wearing a dark suit, and had her brown hair tied back, had a face full of menace and aggression. She looked like Ursula from the Little Mermaid humanized. I glance past the computer with the desk, and I see Mr.Burke lying down, also with wires on his head, all of them also connected to the laptop. Behind them are people working on computers. It's a huge room, and I see a couple SWAT teams ready to head out. ''Welcome, Project Lunar.'' The mean women said with a smug look on her shoulder. ''I see you almost killed Mr.Burke in that dream scenario.'' Mr.Burke gets up slowly, he still had the bruises, the bruises that I gave him in the dream! ''How...?'' I asked. Mr.Burke laughs as he gets up. ''An agent with the skill set of fighting, shooting, and lucid ability? We are in for a treat.'' I glare at him. The woman crosses her arms. ''Agent Luna..'' I stare at her with eyes like a cat. ''I'm not...Your agent...'' The woman laughs. The woman then steps a bit closer. ''Oh, but how you are such a game changer...Such a huge piece to what we can become. A dreamer like Mr.Burke, but quite more talented. Yes, we'll be able to stop much terrorism with you, steal information from our rivals, and even, torture!'' I jolt up. 'I'm not doing crap for you...'' The woman shakes her head. ''You've always loved an adventure...Come now, it'll be fun..'' She then glances towards Mr.Burke. ''Have you got the second dreamer?'' Mr.Burke shakes his head. ''The team's on it.'' The women smiles at me again, and I want to punch her in the mouth. ''You'll love your partner. You and he will work well together with Discord's watch.'' She said. I look at her confused. Mr.Burke smiled. ''I chose my code name to be represented with a word of trickery and mischief.'' I put my head down on the pillow. There was no way out of this. No escape. Agents standing in every corner, my gun gone. I bite my lip. ''And who are you..?'' ''When I was an agent my name was Chrysalis, but now, being the head, I much prefer Control.'' The woman said with a smile