Op:M  "Dreaming"
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	HC nexxus kline

        ALICE was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her 
sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice 
she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had 
no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a 
book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation ?' So 
she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for 
the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid) whether the 
pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of 
getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit 
with pink eyes ran close to her. 

Alice in Wonderland 
 -Lewis Carroll

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	Nexxus sprawled in her chair some more.  "Oy Vey." she 
thought to herself. "This is BORING!"
	Mal was reading a book, it didn't have pictures, it 
wasn't written in any language she'd seen before and he wasn't 
giving up any clues as to what it was about. Katze had gone to 
Chicago and Cal had gone with her. Phoenix had been locked in 
the computer room all morning working on the Comms system. Now 
that VR was finally getting organized, there really wasn't much 
to do. Especially on the weekends. Most people had gone home, 
taking advantage of the fact that there wasn't much to do lately, 
vacations don't come easy in the Jihad after all. Nex was in the 
process of deciding whether or not to go hunt down something to 
eat when she dozed off from all the [non]excitement.
  
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                #6 Search & Destroy
                KMFDM, Nihil

                Will we do what we're told
                'til the day that we're sold
                

        Maybe it was the smoke from the burning buildings and the 
sounds of breaking glass to the tune of one explosion after 
another. The screams of innocents and the smell of death, it 
really didn't matter when it all came to an end. You don't know 
who you're shooting at if you can't see. You can't see if you 
don't have the proper equipment. War sucks.
        "Collect weapons and proceed to next target." never mind 
all that "leave no one behind" crap. In this army you either walk 
away or get left for dead.  Unfortunately, that's exactly what 
happened.  They were forced to leave him for dead.  13 years of 
friendship meant nothing, not to them.  They made her leave him 
and then they made her organize the ceremony for those who didn't 
return. She told herself that's why she left, convinced herself he 
was gone because of them. It killed her to think about it any 
other way. Truth be known, it was her group, if they'd had the 
correct equipment... if only they had been able to see who they 
were shooting at...

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        She'd waited on the hill for days. It was the agreed 
place. Should one of them not return, the other was supposed 
to wait on the hill in case they managed to get themselves out. 
As slim a chance it was, she wasn't ready to give up. She'd 
been there for 13 days, days equal to the number of years they'd 
been together. The smallest price to pay in return for all the 
many days he'd waited for her, hoping she'd make it back from one 
mission or another. She'd scanned the horizon continuously, hoping 
to see him walk out of the mist. Night after night she'd denied 
herself sleep and food hoping to no avail and it was then, after 
the second moon had come and gone, that she decided to leave. [1]

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	Here she was again, on the mist covered hill, but she 
wasn't alone. "Hello?" Nex called out into the mist. "Is that 
you? Sev?" she added tentatively. There was no response. She 
couldn't see clearly, not enough to make out who was there 
anyways. "Who are you?" she shouted. The figure only made a 
slight motion, as if she should follow, before turning and 
starting to walk away. Being more than curious, she followed 
quickly, hoping she could catch up with the mist-like person, but 
always managed to be too far behind to get a good look. It seemed 
the faster she chased the farther ahead he/she/it got.
	Eventually she found herself in the middle of a clearing 
surrounded by thick forest.  The figure was standing just inside, 
facing the trees that formed the imperfect circle, back to her.  
As she caught her breath the figure spoke, voice unrecognizable at 
first and slowly took on familiar tones as the message became more 
clear.
	"It was your fault." the voice said accusingly.  
"Your fault."
        "Sev? Is that really you?" Nex asked, recognizing the 
voice. "I'm sorry, I never meant..."
	"I know where you live, I know your homeland." the voice 
interrupted. This time different, not Sev's, but someone's voice, 
someone she knew and just couldn't remember.
	"Who the hell are you!?" she demanded. "What kind of crap 
are you trying to pull?!"
	"She thinks she's being sneaky, thinks I don't know where 
she goes on weekends...but I do!" the voice said menacingly, it 
was Josh. "She thinks she can hide but I know who she really is, 
and it's too late now!" Nex just stood there, the mist was doing 
strange things to her eyes. Twirling, circling her and everything 
was fading into itself. "She's going back to the Master now, I 
have her." the voice took on an evil tone as the mist churned and 
collapsed in on itself, Nex felt herself falling into a vortex as 
everything mixed and spun into a tunnel of darkness.
	"Kat!!!" she screamed in her sleep as she fell out of her 
chair with an ungraceful thud. "Gotta tell Mal!" she thought to 
herself as she jumped up off the floor and ran to the door, down 
the hall and ran straight into Phoenix who was likewise running 
down the hall. "Katze!" they shouted at each other in unison. 
"Uh, huh?"  
	"How did you know?" Nex puzzled silently. "Something's 
wrong with Katze!"
	"Yeah, I know... Cal just called from Chicago, and he said 
Kat is missing. I'm supposed to round you and Mal up and were 
supposed to call him back." Phoe explained, out of breath from 
running.
	"OK, I'll get Mal, you go to the conference room and call Cal," 
Nex said.
	"Will do," Phoe said, and walked swiftly off towards the 
conference room.
	Nex ran three or four steps towards the elevator and 
stopped. "What the fsck am I doing?!" she asked herself angrily, 
"This walking stuff is a bad influence!" and teleported to Mal's 
office.	"MAL!!" Nex burst into the office from nowhere[literally],
landing on Mal's desk. "Oops, sorry 'bout the footprints," she 
paused to look where she was standing and hopped to the floor. 
"Kat's gone. She's been stolen..." Mal was glaring at her "...or 
something. I said I was sorry! Anyways, Cal and Cyo called Phoenix 
and he came to find us but we ran into each other at the hallway 
and he said to come get you because he's supposed to call Cal back 
so hurry up!" and with that, Nex got going while the going was 
good.

To be continued....

[1] Nex has given many reasons for her presence here in the 3rd 
dimension this just happens to be the real one. Full story 
forthcoming.