Dead Dreams
by Key

Chapter 1: 10/23/2005 11:16

Gary was having a good time taking his kids trick-or-treating. He had two young boys, aged 7 and 9, and they were dressed as a goblin and a skeleton. He was having so much fun he didn't notice the car coming down the road until it was almost too late. His younger son, Adam, was in the street, and the car was heading right for him. What do you do? (as Gary)

Voting begins!
Final Results:

Options	Votes
throw a rock at the car	1 (25%)
run out and grab the boy	2 (50%)
shout and throw a bag of treats at the car	1 (25%)

Chapter 2: 10/23/2005 11:24

OK, you run out in front of the car, throwing your son to the side. And the car hits you. You flip over the hood and fall onto the pavement as it speeds away. Then you get a strange feeling, like you're floating outside your body. You look down at your body from the treetops and you can see your boys and the neighbors calling the police.

You seem to be able to move, but you can't speak. What do you do?

Voting begins!
Final Results:

Options	Votes
move closer to your family and try to communicate	1 (25%)
try to re-enter your body and force your mouth to speak	3 (75%)
go to the stars	0 (0%)

Chapter 3: 10/23/2005 11:31

OK. You try to move into your body and force your mouth to speak. But no sound comes out. Then you see a strange elderly gentleman dressed all in white standing among the police and EMTs.
He says to you, "I'm afraid you've passed on, Gary. You can't go back.

"I'm here to take you to the Great Beyond." And he smiles and looks up at the stars.

What do you do?

Voting begins!
Final Results:

Options	Votes
run away	1 (25%)
ask for an extension	1 (25%)
refuse to go with him	2 (50%)
ask him if he's the devil	0 (0%)

Chapter 4: 10/23/2005 11:37

You say, "No way! I'm not going anywhere with you." He looks kind of sad, but he says, "As you wish, of course" and disappears.

But you still don't seem to be able to talk. The medical people shake their heads and draw a sheet over your head. Your wife comes and cries and tries to comfort your boys. You try shouting at them, but nothing seems to happen.

You can move around, but you can't seem to affect anything.

What do you do?

Voting begins!
Final Results:

Options	Votes
try to possess someone else	2 (67%)
try to commit suicide	0 (0%)
try to get to heaven	0 (0%)
stay with your body	0 (0%)
try to go to hell	1 (33%)

Chapter 5: 10/23/2005 11:43

You stay with your body on the ride to the morgue. And while you're there, you decide to see if you can possess someone. When one of the workers is taking your body onto a slab, you enter his body. With a great effort of will, you find that you can move or speak.

What do you do?

Voting begins!
Final Results:

Options	Votes
shout out your name	0 (0%)
look in a mirror	0 (0%)
stay with it, don't do anything strange	0 (0%)
ask for your wife	2 (100%)

Chapter 6: 10/23/2005 11:49

You make the morgue attendant start to dance. You were quite a dancer when you were alive, so you can make him do the charelston and the cha-cha without any problem.

The other morgue attendants look at you strangely and call for a psychiatrist. He comes and says to you, "Mr. Peterson, are you feeling all right? Have you had too much stress lately?"

What do you do?

Voting begins!
Final Results:

Options	Votes
Tell him the truth	3 (100%)

Chapter 7: 10/23/2005 11:54

You start telling him the truth, all about what happened to you since you were hit by the car. You can tell that the rest think you're crazy, but the psychiatrist seems to be looking at you like he might actually believe you.

then you notice something strange about the psychiatirst. He looks suspiciously like the elderly gentleman dressed in white that you saw earlier.

He says to you, "Come on, now, Gary, why don't you come out of there? It isn't fair to Mr. Peterson to take over his body just because you're dead."

What do you do?

Voting begins!
Final Results:

Options	Votes
go with the old man	0 (0%)
ask where he wants you to go	3 (75%)
refuse to go with him again	1 (25%)
make peterson dance again	0 (0%)

Chapter 8: 10/23/2005 11:59

You say, "Where do you want to take me?"

He says, "I told you, Gary, you're going to your eternal reward."

"You mean Heaven?" you say.

"Um..yes, Heaven. That's it, you're going to Heaven. Ready to come?"

What do you do?

Voting begins!
Final Results:

Options	Votes
get away from him and try to contact your family	0 (0%)
pin him against the wall and beat him up until he gives you some answers	4 (100%)
say yes	0 (0%)

Chapter 9: 10/23/2005 12:04

You rush at the old man and shove him against the wall. The people all around grab you and pull you apart. But you find that as they do so, you leave Peterson's body and the old man leaves the doctor's body. So you still have the old man pinned against the wall. And as you have him, he changes to a snakelike creature, then to a large fiery bat, then finally to a man with red hair and fangs.

"All right, all right," he says. "You don't have to squeeze."

"Look, it's all in the rules. Anyone who dies on Halloween is mine, as long as I can take him down on that day."

"So now you know the score. But that's no reason we can't still do business. Tell me, what's it worth to you to come down to Hell?"

"Because I can arrange lots of stuff for you and your family here on Earth. I'm very motivated, because if I come back empty-handed, I'm in trouble. So you can drive a hard bargain. What do you want?"

What do you do?

Voting begins!
Final Results:

Options	Votes
see if you can summon an angel	3 (60%)
tell him to fek off	2 (40%)
ask for a lifetime of bliss for your family, and many cool magic powers and minions in Hell (and no chores)	0 (0%)

Chapter 10: 10/23/2005 12:15

It's been a long time since Sunday school, but you think you remember something from Sister Mary Grace's classes on demonology and exorcism.

You rub your hands together and say, "In the name of God the Almighty, I hereby summon forth an angel to do battle with this foul creature from the fires of Hell!"

There's a flash of light and a being all in white appears, with great feathery wings and a silver sowrd.

The demon says, "Oh, shit! I'm never going to live this down."

The angel says, "Better luck next time, Clarence."

And then he says to you, "All right, you've got a one-in-a-million thing going on here, summoning an angel on Halloween and all, so you've earned the right to a miracle."

"You don't have to take it if you don't want, but if you want, I think we can pull off a resurrection here. Or you can just come with me to Heaven. Your choice - what do you say?"

What do you do?

Voting begins!
Final Results:

Options	Votes
Resurrect	2 (50%)
Go to heaven	1 (25%)
Ask for proof that the angel is who he says	1 (25%)

Chapter 11: 10/23/2005 12:24

You say, "I want to live again!" The angel says, "yeah, that's what I figured. You people just don't appreciate the joys of eternal bliss, do you? You'd rather have your chocolate sundaes, your Chardonnays, all your material world... makes me wonder why He ever - well, never mind, all right, Resurrection it is."

With a sudden flash of light, the angel is gone and you find yourself stuffed inside a morgue bag.

"Help, help!" you call, and some amazed morgue attendants, Peterson among them, open the bag. "What a strange day!" they say.

You sit up. What a strange dream, you think.

The End.