Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Bucks fizz ❯ Standing on firewood ( Chapter 3 )

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Standing on firewood

Great Barr, Birmingham, UK

Sunday 7AM

Yuna went to Michael's bedroom to give him his tea. She was wearing her pseudo-kimono. She entered he noticed Michael was tossing and turning, and seem to be talking in his sleep.

Yuna (thinks): He is having a nightmare.

She is only half-right though as the programmed commands were starting to take effect in his subconscious. He keeps on hearing a seductive voice calling his name in his dreams (which is Bella's) and keeps on seeing someone who is in a green sparkly dress, yet he can't see who it is. Just then Yuna puts his tea aside and then speaks in his ear.

Yuna: Michael… Michael… Wake up.

Michael started to wake up, wondering what happened.

Michael: Huh… what happened?

Yuna: You were having a nightmare Mikey. Are you all right?

Michael: Yes I'm ok. Just another bad dream.

Yuna picks up his tea and passes it to him.

Yuna: I thought you might want your tea in bed.

Michael: Who is that girl?

Yuna: What girl?

Michael: I'm just talking to myself.

Yuna: But I thought you were talking to me.

Michael: But you're just a stranger to me.

Yuna: No I'm not; I'm your friend.

Michael: Friend? No… I don't think I have a friend… these dreams… they are so confusing… and, wait a minute…

Looking at Yuna

Michael: You are my friend, my true… no you can't be… yes she is…oh, what is happening to me.

Yuna is concerned with what is happening. So she slowly puts the cup of tea on the sideboard by him.

Yuna (Thinks): What is happening to him? He feels so… confused.

She uses her telepathy to find out.

Yuna (Thinks): His mind has become scattered, like he doesn't know who he is. Wait… there are binary signals linking each part of the scattered memory. And it is slowly consuming him.

Yuna knows what binary signals are… they are brain signals that have been controlled or manipulated by an outside force. Brainwashing, hypnosis or magic can create such signals. Obviously some of the binary signals are ones that she created (which shields Michael from bad thoughts and makes him vulnerable to Yuna's hypnosis) but she sees that there are binary signals, which she didn't create. She can't find out how they were created, due to the fact it would require her to enter his mind and due to the current state of his mind, it would be dangerous.

Seeing that Michael is confused, she will have to hypnotise him so that she can correct the problems and find out what happened.

Yuna: Michael, you know how beautiful my eyes are.

Michael: Umm…

Michael then started to realise why…she had one blue eye and one green eye. He thought they looked very beautiful… like one of them represented water and another represented earth.

Yuna: Why don't you look into them?

Michael: OK

Michael looked into her deep wall-eyed eyes. She smiles sweetly to him before speaking in a sweet and soothing tone.

Yuna: Relax Mikey… your safe now.

Michael: Yuna… help me… something has happened to me.

Yuna: I know. I'm so sorry.

Michael: Help…me

Yuna: Just look into my eyes Michael. My calm… warm…enchanting eyes.

Michael: OK

He looks deeply into her eyes. She sits besides him on the bed and puts her hands on the sides of his head. Being careful not to look away from Michael or to move quickly so that Michael thought she was still standing by his bed and that Michael was still looking at her eyes.

Yuna: That's it, just think only about my eyes and listen only to my soothing voice.

Michael continued to look at her eyes, blocking out any interference.

Yuna: Relax my tiger…relax… relax…relax

Michael started to get sleepy; as he was thinking the beauty of her eyes were starting to merge in his mind like he was seeing it as a complete island.

Yuna: Let your eyes close Michael… you are safe in one…two…three.

Michael is now hypnotised as his eyes close. He falls quietly back on the bed as she lets go of him. Yuna tested if he was hypnotised.

Yuna: Are you there Michael?

Michael (monotone): Yes, Yuna.

Yuna: Who am I?

Michael (monotone): You are Yuna, my true friend… A dreamer sprit sent to comfort and care for me.

Yuna: That will do Michael. I want to know what happened last night.

Michael (monotone): Last night… You let me go to an apartment block in Birmingham.

Yuna: Yes

Michael (monotone): I went to the apartment and went to the room shown in a note I received on Friday.

Yuna: What was the apartment?

Michael (monotone): A top floor penthouse… owned by a…beautiful…film star named Bella.

Yuna: What did she look like?

Michael (monotone): She was stunning and beautiful. She had long blond hair and deep blue eyes. She had this green sparkly dress with silver stars all over it. She had green sparkly nails and green sparkly shoes. Her voice was very seductive. I just can't get her out of my head.

Yuna (thinks): That was the woman from Friday, which Michael felt attracted to.

Yuna: What happened last night?

Michael (monotone): She invited me in to her penthouse and offered me some wine. We had a small talk before she then asked me to look into her eyes. I just couldn't stop looking into her eyes… they were beautiful eyes, I just wanted to be hypnotised by them. I felt her hands on the sides of my head, as I was compelled to look into them

Yuna: What happened afterwards?

Michael (monotone): Her voice started to drone, as I looked deeper and deeper into her eyes. I was starting to get lost in them as my eyes got heavy. Yet I was still looking at her eyes. Like I was dreaming.

Yuna (thinks): This proves he was hypnotised, now to see the damage.

Yuna: What happened then?

Michael (monotone): I heard her voice again. She asked who my girlfriend was last night… I told her it was you. She then told me I was falling for her despite being your boyfriend. I denied it… saying that you are an angel to me.

Yuna smiled… after all the grim details she had received so far… this was a pleasant note in her session with him. She however put it aside, making sure she focused on the session.

Michael (monotone): She then said that she was special to me too and that her voice and looks will haunt me every day. She then told me that when I leave I will wake up unaware of the fact that the next day I will be confused over who I truly love… then the day after I will start to slowly fall for her.

Yuna (thinks): Bella must have scrambled his mind so she can use him as a publicity tool. I must stop this.

Yuna: Michael, listen carefully. Bella is not your love, she is just using you and I know you don't want to be used. I am your true friend Michael, and I always will. Remember what I said when I freed you from the loneliness inside you…

Michael (monotone): That I won't be alone any more, that you will make me happy and loved no matter what. That you will make sure that my dreams will come true and that we will tackle anything together, and that I don't have to be afraid anymore, because you are here.

Yuna: And then after that… what did I whisper down your ear when we hugged each over for the first time…

Michael (monotone): That you loved me.

Yuna: And with all my heart I do love you. So remove everything that Bella tried to implement when you were hypnotised and shield yourself from her hypnotic powers.

Michael (monotone): Bella… is not my love… she will not… take advantage of me…though hypnosis.

Yuna: Good… now I will count to three. After three you will wake up remembering what I said and obeying them.1…2…3

Michael wakes up feeling very happy as he looks at Yuna. They both started to joyfully cry.

Michael (crying): Thank you, Yuna. You really are an angel to me.

He sits up as they hug each other.

Yuna (crying): I am so happy that you are back.