On a bright sunny morning, the city was in the process of recovering from the war the Impure Members had started. The Entertainment District was also in the process of being rebuilt. Many construction workers were busy repairing the damaged buildings. Landscapers worked tirelessly to improve the appearance of the Entertainment District.
In the Technological District, it remained unaffected by the war against the Impure Members. Surrounding the countless factories and science buildings was a science lab building. It looked like a grey building similar to looks of a warehouse building. Inside the building, it had a warehouse environment full of technologies. Many technologists were busy working on a creation.
At a different part of the warehouse, Mally was seen being escorted by two top technologists. One of them was the head of the place while the other one was his assistant. They were showing her the many forms of technology they were building. Mally made note of the following technologies with her Awakening Book.
There was a form of technology that looked like an old-fashioned car wheel. It had the length to that of an average human body. Two technologists were there to test how fast it rotated.
There was another form of technology that looked like a phone booth. In every minute, it changed its shape into something else. It was first a bathtub then an oven then a TV. Two technologists were evaluating the technology. They looked at each other agreeing out of approval.
Another type of technology that was really an armored suit used in the army. It could split itself into many things for the user. Such as a backpack, tool kit and army gear. Those things fused together to become the armored suit again. The technologists that were testing it were checking things off in their books.
Mally: “It’s amazing that this place has so many technological developments...”
Andrew: “It’s impressive. I know. We are currently building technologies in hopes of making our city stronger. You have seen our work but there are three technologies that stand out from the rest. We'll show you them.”
They walked over to the first technological creation to be a translucent triangular prism. It had buttons around it to show its many functions. She could feel the air around her being dragged into the top of the creation.
Andrew: “This is our first top invention. This is the Vaccumlator. It is designed to consume heavy amounts of Impurity from a given source. At least 100 square feet of surface area.”
Mally: “Has it worked?”
Andrew: “Yes but we have to find a way to keep that Impurity in place. Our technology could seal it in for just an hour. Care for a demonstration?”
Mally: “Very well.”
Andrew gave the okay signal to the technologist testing the creation. They prepped up the machine then went to the back to carry out a large cylinder. It was filled with dark energy. They placed it near the creation then they opened the tank. By them pressing a switch on the creation; the creation began to quickly suck the dark energy into itself.
In a few seconds, the dark energy burst out from the top of the creation. Mally and the rest of the technologists reacted in fear for a moment. The two technologists quickly turned on the suction on the cylinder tank. It created a suction to force the dark energy to return back into the tank. The tank sealed it shut resulting in everyone expressing relief.
Mally: “That was close... I thought you said it could contain that energy in for an hour.”
Andrew: “I guess we are still working on some bugs... The experiments we made with this device received a passing grade... It succeeded in keeping energy in place for an hour... So, I don’t know why it failed this time...”
Mally: “Well... It’s impressive technology nonetheless.”
Andrew: “Care to see our second top invention? And don’t worry, it’s not going to put ourselves in danger.”
Mally: She gave off a smile. “Just as long as you keep it under control.”
Andrew: “Certainly.”
Andrew escorted Mally to the second of the three top inventions. It appeared like an average bed consisting of a white mattress with a mattress foundation. From the bed, she sensed something special but couldn’t figure out what. Whatever the case, the bed was different from all the beds she saw before.
Andrew: “Here is our second top invention. This bed is called the Bed Shifter. It’s a technology we are currently building. We design it to link this existence with the physical world. Unfortunately, people could visit Earth as a ghost but only for a few seconds. We have been experimenting with people in this city. Learning from our experiments, we still have a lot of research to do.”
Mally: “Interesting...” She observed more of its features.
Andrew: “Lie on it if you like. Just close your eyes to let the bed take you there.”
Mally looked at him for a while then proceeded to the bed. She placed herself on it then started to close her eyes. When she opened them, all she saw was the dark sky full of stars. As she got up to observe her environment, she noticed that the science lab was gone. With it, she also discovered that the Earth City and its citizens were gone. What she saw was the lunar surface full of craters. Off to a distance, she saw Planet Earth.
Mally: “Amazing... I’m on the Moon in the physical world...”
With a blink later, she opened her eyes. As she got up, she found herself back in the science lab. A group of technologists were watching her with smiles. Seeing them smile made her smile back. She got off from the bed to meet up with Andrew.
Mally: “Your experiment worked. You just need to increase the duration a person could stay in that existence. Maybe I could assist you with this creation.”
Andrew: “Really?”
Mally started writing something in her Awakening Book. Soon, its pages started to reveal the information she wanted to show to Andrew.
Mally: “Here are the blueprints to the Dream Machine I’ve gathered back in the Impure City. I was wondering if you have the means to create something from it. If you can, then my friends and I could return to the physical world.”
Andrew with his technologist studied her blueprints for a while. A look of amazement was on their faces.
Andrew: “This is amazing! We thank you for these blueprints. With these blueprints, we could advance the Bed Shifter to a new level! We could make history!”
Mally: “How about you reveal to me your last invention?”
Andrew: “Yes, certainly.”
Andrew guided Mally to the last top technology. It looked like a square metal gate with a short platform leading into it. Inside the gate showed static similar to static found on a TV screen. A couple of technologies were studying and testing the creation.
Andrew: “This is our last great invention. This is our Mooninary Portal Gate. It allows us to enter onto other moons. We have to establish portal gates to those moons first. That's a huge challenge for us. We don't have ships to take us to those locations. I'm sorry that we can't let you test it.”
Mally: “That's okay. I’ll test it once it's completed. I think I could also help you advance the Mooninary Portal Gate too. I possess blueprints for other technologies during my exploration in the Dream World Building. By altering the blueprints, you might be able to test it. I will transfer the information into your book.”
Andrew: “Yes, certainly!”
Andrew summoned out his Awakening Book. Mally started to write something in her Awakening Book again. Soon, a beam of purple light shot from her book to Andrew’s book. After a few seconds later, all the blueprints were downloaded into his book.
Andrews started to look at each blueprint in his book. The first page showed the blueprints of the Dream Machine. The second page showed blueprints for the Dream Boxes of the Dream Machine. The 8 other pages Andrews saw revealed blueprints to random technologies of Impurity. Through the blueprints he was seeing, his eyes were filled with wonder.
Andrew: “They are amazing... We have to work together to advance the Mooninary Portal Gate!!”
Mally smiled as a result of his statement.
At the northwest area of the Living District of the city was a type of gym center. The gym center was in a place called the Army Grounds. It was a place where the Earth City Soldiers lived in. The gym center was wide enough to accommodate two football fields.
Inside the gym center, it had two smaller gyms each the size similar to school gyms. In one of the gyms, Penelope was with a high-ranking commander. He was guiding her around the army grounds. She saw in the gym many features similar to that of being in an army camp. She took note of what she saw.
She saw wall hooks that went up to the ceiling which was 50 feet up. Spinning disks and lasers were placed in certain locations. A few soldiers were climbing up the wall hooks. They were looking out for the spinning disks and lasers. Some had to time their climb carefully. Some went all reckless with their climb risking injury.
She saw five soldiers who were suspended 10 feet up the air doing pull ups. Underneath them was a bin full of sharp pointy nails. The bin was similar to the size of an average backyard circular pool. When a soldier felt like giving up, he looks down at the bin. Knowing he can't let go, that soldier had to continue no matter how tired.
At another spot, 10 soldiers were testing their kicks and punches to the Impure Troop Dummies. They gave the dummies a beating by unleashing every fighting skill and ability they had. Looking at the soldiers on their faces, they appeared determined and engaged in their training.
Penelope: “Pretty tough place you got here. Your troops really like to push themselves.”
Commander: “I do want to see the best out of my soldiers. I want them to be strong protectors for our community. Despite this, the Impure Order has proven that we have a lot of training to do...”
Penelope and the commander walked into the second half of the gym. Inside, it was different from the first half of the gym. It looked similar to a typical gym like its wall mats to its basketball nets. There was a group of 40 soldiers laughing and socializing to themselves. When they saw the commander, they went into formation to appear strong to their superior.
Commander: He had a satisfying look on his face. “These here are my best of soldiers. Each was able to handle Six Impure Troops at once.”
Penelope looked at them for a moment.
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Penelope: She looked at the commander. “How about I test them? I want to know where they're at in terms of strength.”
Commander: “Yes... It will be like a test for my soldiers.”
The commander pointed at three soldiers of the pack. The soldiers came to them.
Penelope: “They are the best of this group?”
Commander: “Yes. These soldiers were able to fight against an army of troops and lived to tell the tale. They now serve as team leaders of this group since the rest look up to them.”
Penelope summoned her weapon without powers to surprise them.
Penelope: “Attack me with all you got.”
The soldiers looked at the commander who agreed for them to proceed. They summoned their weapons then went into attacking position. The commander and the rest of the soldiers looked on as spectators.
The soldiers charged towards Penelope. She raised her weapon straight up to result in a clash. Her weapon locked horns with the blades of the soldiers. They then started to swing their blades to her. She was able to easily dodge each swing of their blades.
They moved back to a distance to stare at her seriously. One soldier fired a brown spherical energy while the two summoned energy attacks to her. The energy sphere looked like it was vibrating. The two soldiers' energy attacks moved like the wind. It was if wind itself had an appearance in the form of energy. Unfortunately for them, Penelope easily countered all their attacks away with just one slash.
One soldier went in to slash her but she done a front flip over her opponent. She landed on the other side to flip her weapon to expose its hilt. She used the hilt of her weapon to jab him on the back. With a chop to his neck, she sent him to the ground.
Worry was felt from the other two soldiers but they braved it out. They agreed with each other before approaching her. During their run, they split off to end up on opposite sides of her. One went to her right while the other one went to her left.
They blast many spheres and energy attacks to her in succession but she spun her body around. Their attacks went towards each other forcing them to dodge and counter their own attacks.
As they were distracted, Penelope jumped up in the air to one of the soldiers. In the air, she went down to knee him in the gut. The pain from her knees hitting his gut forced him to the ground. He held his stomach trying to move but he couldn't.
Seeing his comrades down, he looked directly to Penelope. A sense of nervousness was on his face. He washed up some confidence before engaging her. In a state of desperation, he shot many spheres and energy attacks to her constantly. Penelope was dodging his attacks while moving closer to him.
When she was close to him, she went in with a fist forcing him to counter it. She then went in with an elbow that jabbed him on the chest. He went back a bit but refused to quit. Holding his chest, he charged to her swing his blade. Eventually, she stopped it with her own blade. She went in with a punch to his gut to send him to his knees.
In a state of pain, he fired many spheres to her. The whole time, she used her blade to counter his attacks. When she saw an opening, she went in to punch him to the head. The force sent him sliding his body across the floor. Once he went to a complete rest, he couldn't get back up to fight anymore.
The commander appeared shocked and even a bit embarrassed by his soldiers’ performance. Concern was expressed from the group of soldiers. Some were speaking quietly about what their commander would do to them. Penelope looked on with a smile.
Penelope: “Your soldiers have fought well commander even the last one. He fought to the very end even when I gave him injuries. Very good.”
Commander: “You really think so?”
Penelope: “Yeah but the problem is that I wasn’t using my powers. I’ve fought the Impure Members as have you... The truth is that they are five times the strength of your best soldiers... With the Human Potential in them, they could grow even more powerful. If they come here again, they might do more than just destroy this place...”
Commander: “I guess we have a lot to improve than I thought. Thank you for seeing weaknesses in our forces. I'll make sure to toughen them up big time...” He looked at his soldiers seriously. The soldiers looked on appearing a little bit intimidated.
Penelope: “How about I help you. I could create a training boot camp. One to really push them to the next level. If they could handle the trials, they might be able to handle the Impure Members. Let me show it to you.”
Penelope summoned her Awakening Book.
Penelope: “Awakening Book, show them the training camp that I had come up with.”
Her Awakening Book started to form out a hologram for everyone to see. The hologram revealed to the commander and the soldiers a miniature boot camp. It appeared like a circular training ground with six pillars around it. The training ground appeared to be located in a typical forest that possibly went out for miles. In the training ground, there were a variety of opponents in the form of plant and animal enemies. They were in battle poses as if waiting for an upcoming fight.
There was one opening which served as an entrance and another opening which served as an exit. The exit was a sealed gate portal that led to another designation. On the other side, the commander and soldiers saw what looked like a resort area. It was a pleasurable environment full of rivers and wildlife. There were pleasurable attractions like an entertainment area to a recreation place to help the soldiers relax.
Penelope: “My Boot Camp is a battle training ground meant to push these solders to their limits. If they pass, they get the chance to rest from their hard training. I'll summon living opponents to really push them. Through their hard training, they will have the strength of an Impure Member.”
When the commander reflected on this, he smiled heartfully.
Commander: “I love it! That's exactly what we need. When could we begin this?”
Penelope: “Right now maybe. The forest around this place could serve as a place to build this camp.”
Commander: “I’ll summon the working hands to build this place.”
Penelope smiled out of anticipating the creation of her boot camp.
In Theodore’s house, Theodore was lying on the bed appearing to be sleeping. In his bedroom, there were a lot of material goods. His closet that was wide open revealed his wardrobe of trendiest clothing. The bed he was resting on appeared of a high quality with impressive-looking bed frames. His tabletops like the tabletop in the living room were artistically built. It revealed a group of four men lifting a platform. The red carpet made his room appear civilized.
In his bed, he might appear to be sleeping but in reality, he was in a state of mediation. He was living in his mind off someplace else. Inside of his mind, Theodore was in the center of darkness with images flying all around him. The images were square-looking holographic-like objects that were moving around him in a circle. Each image was radiating out one of three colors in the form of light. The color was orange, purple or green. The orange images belonged to Penelope, the purple images belonged to Mally and the green images belonged to himself. Theodore stood by looking at the images out of curiosity and happiness.
Theodore: “With these images from Mally, Penelope and my dreams, I’ll fuse them together into a dream event. From it, I will be able to understand the Impure Plan.”
He used his mind to influence the images to fuse into each other. It caused a bright flash of light soon consuming his entire surroundings. When he opened his eyes, he was now aware of himself in his bedroom. He got up in sitting position to face the windows. Looking at the windows, he reflected on what he had experienced.
Theodore: “This is the Impure Plan they are committing to... I better tell Mally and Penelope about this…”
As he was about to get out of the bed to warn his friends, he stopped to see a visible yellow energy emerging near the entrance into his bedroom. It was gradually forming into a humanoid shape. The whole time, Theodore was in a pose to show he was ready to summon his weapon. When the humanoid shape was fully formed, Theodore dropped his guard to discover with surprise to be Martin.
Martin looked around Theodore’s room for a moment. He had the facial expression of wonder and appearing interested. He then turned his attention to Theodore who was lying on the bed appearing to be happy and excited. Martin gave a smile to his friend.
Theodore: “Martin!! You’re here! It’s been a long time hasn’t it.”
Martin: “I see that you are well and fine… Looks like to me, you are living as a wealthy person…”
Theodore: “That’s right!! Ever since I’ve came here, I was able to enjoy this city and pursue my dreams at last!!! It’s awesome!! How did you know where to find me?”
Martin: “Kathleen, Shawn and I contacted the Lady of the Light. From her, we learned that you were still alive. I saw images showing the city you and our friends could potentially be in. I used the images as my guide to get to where you are. I wasn’t going to risk exploring the city again… Since I am the only person who is experienced in Out-of-Body Experiences, I was the only person who could find you. I looked in the Impure City first then in the fortress. I’ve decided to explore what lay beyond the deadly forest. It led me to barren land. After my long walk, I’ve discovered another city. It matched up with the images I’ve saw… It is there where I discovered you.”
Theodore: “That’s why you look so ghost-like…”
Martin: “Do you think I would go into the Dream Existence by myself? That’s why I used my Out-of-Body ability instead of sleeping into this existence. At least with my Out-of-Body ability, I can return back to my bedroom at any time. I’ve tested this while I was in Impure City.”
Theodore: “At least you are immune to the curse of not waking up...”
Theodore went from happy to serious.
Theodore: “How are Kathleen and Shawn doing? Is the world in any danger?”
Martin: “Kathleen and Shawn are doing well. The world is still normal at this moment.”
Theodore: “That’s good to know... It means that the Impure Members haven’t made their move in the physical world yet. You will be happy to know that Mally and Penelope are here too. We can arrange a meeting so we all will get caught up.”
Later in Theodore’s house, in the living room, Theodore and Martin were sitting on sofas. Mally and Penelope were with them.
Mally: “Martin, you are here. It is wonderful that we can meet again but what is with your appearance?”
Martin: “I am using an Out-of-Body way into this existence instead of going to sleep. It will give me the means to wake up instantly if Mansan arrives…”
Penelope: “That’s good to hear. We should have done this from the start…”
Martin: “I don’t know if it would work for you. I’ve trained since Middle School to perfect my Out-of-Body Experiences… It will take you a lot of time to master it.”
Theodore: “At least Kathleen and Shawn are alright. I got this from Martin. As much as I want to show Martin around the city, we have to get to business. Martin, we will show you what we had dealt with here…”
They all summoned their Awakening Books out. Martin started to close his eyes to take in the experience they would give him.
Theodore: “Awakening Book, show our friend here what we had experienced in this existence.”
Their Awakening Books glowed in their respective colors for a moment. Soon, Martin started to see the dream experiences of his friends. He saw what Theodore had to face in the Impure Fortress, what Mally faced in the World Lab Building and what Penelope endured in the Battle Forest. Although Martin experienced hours going by, his friends only experience a few seconds going by. Once Martin opened his eyes, he had the look of disappointment.
Penelope: “These are our dream experiences in the Impure City… Theodore had showed you the plans the Impure Order is doing to Humanity.”
Martin: “It is all disturbing and horrible… The physical world is already a depressing place as it is… Now, it’s going to get worse…”
Martin closed his eyes thinking over what he saw for a moment.
Theodore: “Exactly… It is very scary to think about…”
Penelope: “These same Impure Members invaded this city not too long ago. Derry and his forces weren’t enough to handle them… We tried to help them but Mansan had to get in our way… We are now worried about what the Impure Members will do in the physical world.”
Mally: “That is why we are working with the citizens here to find a way to stop them. I am going to work with technologist to develop technologies for my plans. Penelope would help to work with the troops to make them grow stronger. Theodore is figuring out what the Impure Order is planning in the Impure City.
Martin: “Kathleen, Shawn and I have gained another member. Her name is Bellamy, a leader of the ITH.”
Martin: “Awakening Book, show to them the image of Bellamy.”
Martin’s Awakening Book glowed before its blank pages revealed the image of Bellamy. Mally, Penelope and Theodore observed the lady. Theodore who was observing her soon realized something.
Theodore: “Yeah! I had seen her back in the park. She was talking about the end of the world and that we must join the ITH.”
Martin: “Well, we let her in with what we had experienced in our dreams. We learned that she had similar experiences of troops roaming the Earthbound Existence. She talked about one of her members who were tormented by people in dark cloaks. It happened in his dreams… Bellamy tried to convince the public on what was happening. It sucks that the public refused to believe her…”
Mally: “Martin, I want you to side with the ITH. With any luck, they could provide us with addition support against the Impure Order. Since you learned what we have provided you, tell our friends about this. They need to be fully updated with what happened here.”
Martin: “Agreed.”
Mally: “Theodore will transfer the information into your book. Is this possible given that you are without a dream body?”
Martin: “I have no idea. We’ll try to see if it can be possible.”
Martin summoned out his Awakening Book. Mally motioned to Theodore to transfer the information.
Theodore: “Awakening Book, can you download the information about the Impure Plan into Martin’s Book?”
The Dream Club Members waited for a moment. A look of concern was on their faces worrying if what Theodore’s book was capable in fulfilling Theodore’s request. Soon, Theodore’s book responded.
Awakening Book: “It can be done.”
A rush of relief was on the faces of the Dream Club Members.
Theodore: “That is a relief then… It’s good thing that this can work.”
Theodore’s Awakening Book started to give information into Martin’s Book. Once Martin’s Book stopped glowing white, he started to look at the content in his book with a smile.
Martin: “I have the entire plan here.”
Mally: “We are counting on you, Kathleen and Shawn to accomplish these objectives. Good luck.”
Martin gave off a smile before waving his hand to say bye. His surroundings started to blur into whiteness. Soon, he woke up to find himself in the park. He was lying under a fallen tree bark with many leaves around the area. He got out of his sleeping bag to stretch his body for a while before beginning to reflect on the situation.
Martin: “This sucks… I feel it will be better off for us to end up where my friends are… The physical world is doomed…”
Martin summoned out his phone then started texting away.
Martin: “Hello Dream Club Members. My Out-of-Body Practice worked. I was able to meet up with our friends. They are alive and well. Unfortunately, they had given me the Impure Order’s Plans that is very disturbing. I need to share this with you in our meeting immediately.”