Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 12:57:08 -0600
From: Paul Tolbert <jatonblue@gmail.com>
Subject: NEW STORY:  The Unit - Dream Catcher

Disclaimer: The Usual. I don't own any of these WWE characters, just the
original characters.


Prologue

-2 years Ago-

"Almost...finished."

Justin Gabriel sat behind a large metal desk in his newly acquired private
office contemplating the project he'd been working on for the past couple
of days. He'd been pushing to gain residence into the vacant office for
weeks now after his previous colleague left the small engineering firm. The
29 year old South African native was an up and coming Airplane Engineer
working on his latest top secret project. He continued to stare at the
sketch in front of him and ponder at its effectiveness and usefulness.

He'd been working for Auckland Aerospace Designs for almost 3 years and was
quickly gaining ground amongst his fellow colleagues and superiors for his
innovative ideas and hard work ethic. He was very proud of his job and good
at it too. As a child, airplanes fascinated Justin. He thought they were
the greatest thing ever invented. At age 12 he wanted to turn his passion
for airplane designs into a career. He quickly took up hobbies involving
airplanes and soon that's all he could think about.

Justin was working on a side project sanctioned by his employer. The
project entailed Justin to come up with an alternative design for a very
important airplane part to make it more fuel efficient. He sat behind his
desk and for several hours sketched and re-sketched a rough draft of the
part after coming cup with the basic design. After what seemed like forever
to him he finally came up with a unique design he believe to be what he was
looking for. He carefully went over the design with tired eyes again and
again to make sure he didn't miss anything.

"This is it..." He said to himself. He smiled and leaned back in his chair,
hands folded behind his head.

"Mr. Hanzeel will be impressed."

Justin turned his head and looked at the clock displayed on his computer
monitor.

"SHIT!"

The time was 11:23PM. He had made arrangements for a dinner date at 9PM
with a special woman he'd met at his local grocery market. He warned her
that he might be late but she didn't seem to mind. He was sure she'd be
fuming now.

"Oh god Melina is going to be so fucking pissed!"

Justin quickly reached into his pocket and grabbed his cell phone, which
was turned off, and rapidly dialed her number.

The phone ranged and went straight to voice mail. He made 2 more attempts
before giving up. The phone would ring once and go to voice mail, something
he took as a sign that she was purposely avoiding his calls.

"God I'm such an idiot. I have the perfect chance to woo a girl I like and
I blew it."

Justin cut his losses and began to pack up for the night. It was late and
he just wanted to go home and get some sleep. He'd been working tirelessly
for hours and needed to wind down for a good night's rest. Lately Justin
had a mild case of insomnia that was being treated by a sleep
specialist. He attributed it to his hectic work schedule. Tonight was just
one of those bad days.

He grabbed his leather messenger bag and holstered it on his shoulder,
grabbed his coat and headed out the door. As he walked towards the door he
stumbled, nearly falling down.

"Ugh I hope I can get home without having to call a cab."

He regained his posture and headed out the door. He walked down the hall
towards the elevator when he noticed a shadow ahead.

'Must be the janitor.'

He continued to walk leisurely until he reached the elevator. He pressed
the button on the panel and patiently waited for the doors to open. As he
waited he began hearing high-pitched sounds coming from the direction of
the shadow.

"What the...?"

He set his bag down and headed in the direction of the shadow to see where
the sounds were coming from. As he neared the shadow the sounds became more
deranged and horrific. He anxiously stepped forward and gasped at what he
saw.

"FUCK!"

A bulky, green figure with several heads and a spiked backside appeared in
front of him. Justin was frozen in place as the figure began screeching and
wailing. His mind was racing at high speed as he stood in
horror. Everything in his body was telling him to run but his body wouldn't
respond. He stood there wide eyed looking at the monster unable to command
his body to move. The monster stood still but continued to screech at
Justin.

Justin's eyes began darting back and forth looking for a way out. He
noticed a fire axe enclosed in a glass box attached to the wall beside
him. At that moment his body unfroze and the monster began to move towards
him at a snail's pace. He reacted quickly and smashed the glass door and
pulled out the axe.

"DIE!" He screamed at the top of his lungs as he repeatedly struck the
monster. It began to bleed and scream profusely as Justin continued to
strike it. He lost track of time and didn't realize his body was shutting
down on him. His eyes began to get heavy and his body was rejecting his
commands. He started to lose ground and began sinking down to the floor. He
stared at the monster and noticed its subtle movements. It ceased its
screaming. It was dead.

Justin's vision became blurred, his racing heart slowed dramatically.

"What's going on?" He asked himself as everything was becoming dark. His
body was numb and his heart was shooting with pain. Justin gave one final
breath before passing out permenately.

The time was around 7:54AM before his lifeless body was found.

...