The Crying Game

Chapter Twelve

It's that nightmare again.

It's Bonnie again.

She reaches her hand out and grabs mine.

She grabs both hands and asks me if I'm ready. I didn't know if I was, but I nod and begin to join her in unison as we chant to the skies.

Slowly the clouds gather in circles just as I'm sure are the same silhouettes appear in distance -each to their distinguished movements, though similar in few or more ways. I could see one sway back and forth, and another stand tall and proud, and another as still as the night. But the last beginning to approach us with every chant we call out.

I close my eyes to pull in more power, connecting palms with Bonnie as we call out to the spirits for any help that we need.

Then a dead silence; the atmosphere turns into an eerie quietness. I open my eyes to see Bonnie staring at me, both of us confused and a bit frightened. Until we could feel the presence of someone or something; Elena Gilbert.

"Bonnie?" She calls out. "Brandon? Where am I?"

We both stare for a moment, "we're not sure yet Elena," Bonnie muttered, "that's why we're here. To figure things out. Do you know how you got here?"

"No." She says confused, staring at the surrounding silhouettes around us, "who are they?"

"We don't know that either," I replied, "it seems that you only appear in order, right now, it seems that you're the first key to this all, which makes sense."

"All I could really remember is being home, the same home I grew up in," Elena explains, "then, as if I was being pulled into another dimension once again, being brought here, confused and scared until I saw you two."

She attempted to reach over to Bonnie for a hug, only to be shoved back by what seemed to be an invisible wall blocking any contact. "What's going on?" She cried out.

"There are a lot of things that we are unsure of." Bonnie replied, "which is why we're here to figure things out."

Just then, the sky began to thunder. I looked at Bonnie, then at Elena worried. "I don't think we have much time right now to figure this out." I admitted, "it seems that time is being controlled, and everything will be revealed at a perfect point. Which means that you may be pulled back to the same realm you came." I tried to explain everything began turning into chaos. "We'll be back, and we'll try harder to get through this as quick as we can."

"Just be patient with us Elena." Bonnie called out, "we'll get you out of here. I promise."

Like clockwork, my eyes opened and I was back on my bed. Sweating again and a bit unsettled from what I witnessed. It seemed that each shadow would reveal someone new each time we entered the dreams, the thing was, and we couldn't force them. This is the third time I fell asleep before we revisited the vision. By this time, I was sure that the evening was settling in. I've been sleeping quite a bit since we got here, and now I knew why it was needed.

"Brandon?" Bonnie knocked on the door before entering in her sleepy state, "are you okay?"

"Yeah." I rubbed my eyes. "How are you?"

"I'm good." She sat next to me, "it was good to see Elena though," she admitted, "which makes me want to try harder to get her out of there."

"Yeah," I hugged her, "I know you and Caroline both miss her."

She sobbed in silence, "I just wish that we weren't caught up in this mess Brandon, it's not fair that we constantly have to deal with death when we barely had time to live."