Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ The Story of Escaflowne ❯ Chapter 16: A Dream or a Vision? ( Chapter 16 )

Chapter 16: A Dream or a Vision?

As Sarah slept 'peacefully' she was hunted by another nightmare. She was standing in a dark, cell-like room. There was barely any light coming from the six lamps positioned around the room. Sarah just stood there and took in her surroundings. As she gazed towards the centre of the room she saw what looked like a table of some sort.

Just as she stepped towards the table, five bright lights shown down on the table from the ceiling. Before her on the metallic table laid Dilandau strapped down. Her eyes widened in shock. *What's going on?* Then from the door walked six men clothed in black capes. They all huddled around the table and one pulled out a long needle.

Sarah could sense what was going to happen so she shut her eyes and covered her ears. As the sorcerers injected the clear fluid into Dilandau's body he began to yelled and scream. No matter how hard she clamped her hands over her ears, the sounds of his screams of agony echoed through her mind.

"Wouldn't it been easier to just get rid of the girl?" the shorter sorcerer suggested.

"Perhaps but this way we can ensure there are no further problems in the future." one hissed.

"And also with Strategos's rebellion against the empire, Dilandau would be useless even with the girl dead." Sarah gasped. She knew the 'girl' they spoke of was her and they wanted her dead. Her heart raced in fear.

"Well what's done is done. We have repaired our ultimate soldier so lets send him back." the sorcerers all grinned wickedly.

The room began to spin before Sarah and she awoke from her so called dream startled. *was . . .Was that just a dream . . .?* she shook her head no. *it was too real.* a sinking feeling formed her in stomach as Dilandau's screams echoed through her mind. His pain was now her pain. Tears welled up in her eyes as she laid in 'their' bed alone. All alone.

Sarah sat peacefully, deep in thought, in the Dragon Slayer's lounge room until a hand touched her shoulder. Sarah didn't move. She was too concerned with her dream and what it could have meant. Was her mind just trying to think up of excuses for what happened? Or was it a vision? It had to be a vision. It was too real.

"Sarah?" a kind voice asked. Sarah blinked and looked towards the voice.

"Oh hey Chesta." he frowned and sat down beside her on the black velvet couch.

"What's wrong? Are you still worried about Lord Dilandau?" Sarah quietly nodded.

"I had this dream but I don't think it was a dream." she went on to explain what she had seen in her dream.

Folken stood at the doorway listening in on the conversation. When he heard Sarah mention the sorcerers, it all made sense. He never really knew what the sorcerers had done to their "experiments" but now it was all clear. *so, operation perfect soldier wasn't a rumour.*

"I hate this." Sarah sighed as she slouched back on the couch. "This has to be all a dream. It only makes sense!" Chesta gave Sarah a funny look.

"Why do you say that? This seems pretty real to me." Sarah sighed again.

"Well, for starters, on Earth or what you call the Mystic Moon we can't see Gaea like you can see us. It just doesn't seem possible that this could all work out! Even with Earth's satellites we should be able to see Gaea. Also how I got here. A pillar of light! Everything about Gaea just bogles my mind!" she ran her hands through her hair in frustration. "I just wish I could wake up from this dream."

"Well perhaps Gaea has like a stealth cloak over it hiding it from the Mystic Moon." The suggestion Chesta had made, made sense somewhat.

"Perhaps . . ."

A/N: sorry again about the shortness