Chapter 54: Part 53
Part 53
Dream is in italics (๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ)
Real world is normal lettering (like this)
Third Person POV
Josh had been asleep for an hour or so before a dream began to creep into his mind. He didn't mind it at first, but then his dream became dark.
๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ. ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ, ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐. ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ'๐จ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฉ. ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐, ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐จ.
๐ผ๐ฃ๐, ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐, ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐'๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ข ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ข๐. ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ง๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ'๐จ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฉ. ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐. ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ, ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ข.
"๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ?" ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐.
๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐.
"๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ?!" ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ.
๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐, ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ง, ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐.
"๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช'๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช?" ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ.
๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐. ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ.
"๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ?" ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐, ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฎ'๐จ ๐๐๐๐. "๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช?"
๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐.
"๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐๐ฃ'๐ฉ," ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐.
๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐.
"๐๐ค๐ช ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ข๐!" ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐. "๐๐ค๐ช ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช'๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ค ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ."
๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ฎ.
"๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช'๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐! ๐๐ค๐ช ๐ก๐๐๐ง!!! ๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐จ๐๐จ ๐ข๐!" ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐.
๐๐ช๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ, ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ'๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐'๐จ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐. ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ข ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ.
Josh's eyes flew open and he saw his mom kneeling on the floor, holding onto her ribs.
"Mom, are you okay?!" Josh asked, scared that he was the one who hurt her.
"The more important question is if you are okay," Josh's mom said, looking up at him.
"What do you mean?" Josh asked.
"You were crying in your sleep before yelling something about a promise," Josh's mom said. "And then when I tried to wake you up, you started throwing your arms around."
"Did I hurt you?" Josh asked, scared for his mom's answer.
"It's probably just a bruise," Josh's mom said, brushing it off. "But I want to know what your dream was about."
"It was nothing," Josh said, fully remembering his dream and how pale and dead Justen looked.
"Well, it was obviously something if it had you screaming and crying," Josh's mom said.
"I don't remember what I was dreaming about," Josh lied. "I'm sorry that I woke you up."
"Don't apologize," Josh's mom said. "I was up getting a glass of water anyway."
"Okay," Josh said.
"Alright, I love you," Josh's mom said, kissing him on the forehead and leaving the room.
"I love you too, mom," Josh smiled as his mom left his room, closing the door as she did so.
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In Justen's house, Justen was having a not-so-similar dream to Josh's.
Justen has just gotten home with his sister, Natalie, when he smelled the familiar scent of weed in the house. He feared the worst as he walked through the house and to his dad's room. Opening the door, the smell smacked him across the face. That's when Justen was met with an angry dad. Justen's dad was red in the face and his bloodshotย eyes locked with Justen's. Justen immediately ran over to Natalie. He tried to pull her out of the house so nothing would happen to her, but with her frozen in fear, it wasn't easy.
Justen's dad stomped out of his room with the same angry face he had shown Justen. Natalie only stared at her father, scared of what he might do. He only pushed her aside and grabbed Justen by the collar of his shirt.
Justen tried to not let it bother him. But the aroma was too much and with Natalie watching everything, there was nothing Justen could do.
With a smirk, Justen's dad laid the first punch. And after the first punch, there were many more and Justen's dad only stopped when there was a knock on the door.
Justen's dad stopped hitting Justen and dropped Justen on the floor so he could answer door. Justen's dad smiled an evil smile when he saw Josh standing in front of the door.
"No!" Justen cried, seeing his dad's smile.
Justen's dad pulled Josh inside the dirty house and smirked at him.
"Don't touch him!" Justen said, getting off the floor and jumping on his dad's back to distract him.
Justen's new tossed Justen off his back and Natalie grabbed Justen to hold him back. While natalie was holding Justen, their dad turned back to Josh. Justen, knowing what his dad was going to do to Josh, started to try and escape his sister's grip. When Natalie felt her brother trying to escape, she started violently shaking him.
"Wake up!" she growled. "Justen, wake up!"
Justen's eyes flew open and he looked up at his dad.
"Are you okay?" Justen's dad asked, worry in his voice.ย
Justen only nodded.
"Are you sure? You were screaming and throwing yourself around on your bed," Justen's dad said.
"I'm fine," Justen said.ย
"Alright, just let me know if you need me, okay?" Justen's dad asked.
"Okay," Justen said, watching his dad leave before grabbing his phone.
He dialed the number to the one person he wanted to talk to: Josh.
Weekly Power Status
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Ranking 
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