LAUGHTER

Chapter 17 Dreams

Vanessa's POV

"My God!"I shouted,jolting upright in bed,drenched in sweat.

That dream again.

Laughter…he died.And I let it happen.

We were in some strange company building, surrounded by chaos,and instead of saving him,I just stood there.I let him die.

"You are the destroyer,the doombringer Vanessa…"

That same haunting voice echoed in my head like a cursed lullaby.My heart pounded in my chest.I gripped my bedsheets,trying to make sense of it.

"What am I?"I whispered to the silence."What have I done?"

I needed answers.I had to talk to Laughter.Maybe even Natasha.There had to be a connection between us.This wasn't just a dream,it felt like a warning.

And warnings don't come without cause.

Natasha's POV

It’s been two weeks…and Laughter still hasn't woken up.

Every day after school,I go straight to the hospital.His mother and I sit in silence,hoping for movement,a blink,anything.

But he just lies there.Peaceful…but gone.

The worst part?I keep dreaming too.

It's the same scene everytime:Laughter floating in the sky,a drone above him,a smile plastered across his face.Then chaos.Fire.Screams.And Vanessa, always there,always watching.

Why her? Why would she be in that dream?

In the vision,Laughter dies in front of the whole world,live,on television,his body breaking apart as light bursts from within him.

The image is so vivid,so real… I've even started sketching it.I don't know why,but I feel he needs to see it when he wakes up.

Because he will wake up.

He has to.

Jamie is a seer?

Laughter's POV

The last thing I saw was Natasha's horrified face as I lost consciousness.

I woke up and saw a white ceiling.I looked down and checked my clothes.I was alive.That's when I realized I was in a hospital.

I raised my hand and saw a drip attached.I couldn't really move my body.

The door burst open and I saw my mother run in with a worried expression on her face.The moment she saw my eyes open,she burst into tears. Natasha joined her.They were both crying,and I wondered what went wrong.

"You were out for 3 weeks,my love,"my mother cried.

Natasha came over to the bed and hugged me.

I had never felt so peaceful before.

Three days later,she showed me a picture that looked so real.

"I dreamt of this,"I told her.

She looked at me,surprised."Me too.That's why I drew it"

The next week went on smoothly,and I restarted school the next Monday.

Immediately I stepped into the class with Natasha,Vanessa pointed at me.

"Laughter,we need to talk,you too Natasha"she said to Natasha and I and walked away.

Natasha and I looked at each other,shocked and surprised.We followed her,and she led us to the back of our class,where she told us about the dreams she had been seeing,dreams similar to mine and Natasha's.

She said a voice told her she was the "doom bringer"

Natasha and I were so shocked.So this dream really meant something?

Jamiel appeared from nowhere and suddenly said, "Finally,You've been united"

We all looked at him in shock,not understanding what he meant.

He explained that his family comes from a long line of seers,and that he also had the gift of seeing.

And then... he explained what we all didn't understand