Jul 08, 2009 06:38
In the opening scene my friend Kyle and I were getting lectured by our boss. We worked at a store called "MegaMart" inside of some giant mall complex. It was your basic department store. We were security guards. I forgot my badge and shirt so I was getting chewed out for it. the boss gave me a weapon to apprehend people with. He told us that things were getting past us and if we didnt catch anyone today we'd get fired. We walked around talking and then split up after the boss told us to "get to work".
I saw a guy stuff some clothes into his hoodie so I came up to him and told him he was coming with me. He reluctantly obliged when he saw my weapon. I took him to the window of the head guard and the guy says "ah got another one?" I felt bad for the guy, he was a longhaired, bearded outcast guy like me and I saw myself in him. I told him I really didnt want to bust him but I would get fired if I didnt. I still wasnt sure whether I wanted to turn him in or not since he seemed like the type of guy who woulda been my friend otherwise. I even thought of my own shoplifting past and what I woulda thunk of a douchebag who caught me. I thought about how much I hated the capitalistic system and how this guy seemed like "family" one of the ones I wouldve lived communally with had I not needed money. Afterwards I felt so miserable about the whole thing that I quit my job.
I left the store and wandered around for a while. Eventually I ended up in the basement area and walked across a rusty catwalk up some stairs towards a door. It was a very poorly run asylum. There were mentally ill and mentally disabled people wearing robes who looked like they had been abused horribly. Most had bruises and scars, some with limbs hacked off or had been subjected to horrid medical experiments. The head nurse lady when i walked up told me to "get back in there". I could hear bonesaws going on in the background. I say "No way! i work at the megamart!" She laughed at me and said "then wears your badge and uniform?" "BRUNO!! Get him in there!!". A large mentally disabled bald man in a blue robe with a bonesaw in his hand comes towards me and Im thinking "ah HELL NO!!!". I stalled the head nurse and the automaton with smalltalk. When they were looking away I took off running with an escaped inmate. He was a skinny little guy, about my build, short hair and kinda manic. We got to a door, with a hall between and another door. Behind the other door was something that looked like an Alien from Alien. I went through the first door but not the second and the other guy chickened out. We were running through parts of what looked like a refinery. I ran up stairs, downstairs, across catwalks until I got into what looked like a child's nursery. They had animal cages though. I met a creepy guy in this area who hit on me. I ran through until I got back into the main parts of the building complex. I went up a few levels to what looked like hotel rooms or offices.
I went into one room where there were some Hare Krishna books and I flipped through them to comfort me a little. There was a friendly dark haired lady in the room who gave me food. One of the books had a note to me in it which told me to take the elevator. At this point I knew I was dreaming, knew it was a scary dream, but knew I could turn it around. I thought about how I always feared elevators in dreams because I could never trust them like real life elevators. I get in this obvious deathtrap. I push the door close button but there are no other buttons besides "1" and Im already on "1". The elevator starts moving, picking up speed as if to squash me. There is a big guy in the elevator with me, I had met him in the krishna room, real cool guy. All throughout the dream people made reference to the "boss" of this conglomerate building thing. I reckoned we were going straight to his office. That was okay, I had a bone to pick with him. The elevator flattened us, went sideways, horizontal, we were smacking all over all the walls. Finally it stopped and we both flew in the air and hit the floor. The door opened.
I walked out into what looked like a TRASHED room. There were bottles, food wrappers, trash all over the floor. Papers all over the ground. It looked abandoned. It was luxurious otherwise, with desks, chandeliers, fancy chairs and computers. After looking around for "the boss" we realized there WAS NO boss. He was either made up or no one realized he split and they followed outdated orders or the board made him/them up. I hatched a plan. I would be the boss. When the guards came up looking for us I would tell them I was the boss. I changed into a fancy suit. I would tell them that the big guy was my assistant. I would tell him to speak for me and he would tell them to speak to him for me. Only he would speak to me. I gave him an Uzi. The guards showed up in their swat gear and I told them what I had thought. They believed me as I had made it believable and made sure to hold no doubt in my mind. I WAS the boss.
They lowered their guns and asked if there was anything I needed. I told them I was throwing a party, to get some girls, booze, etc. Obviously the previous boss was a partyer judging by the looks of the place. I new the charade would only last so long though. I had a gorgeous girl hanging on both sides of me and I was making out with both of them.
When I went for a walk to find a pisser I looked over the railing to see the floor below (obviously where the board was) I saw a secretary carrying a folder and freaked. I knew they knew there was know boss but I didnt know whether or not the secretary knew and I was afraid she would narc on me. I was afraid guys in mech suits would come up and terminate me. I partied for a little bit and then the room started to flood with water. All the guards, girls, partyers, etc crammed into one elevator and left without me. I saw another elevator. The dark haired lady and the big guy from before were in it, trying to hold the door open for me but it wasnt holding and water was flowing into the elevator. I pried the door open from the outside and hopped in. I thought "this is it, Im out of this place, I need some fresh air".
I went down to an indoor rail platform after the elevator stopped and hopped on the first train which doors opened. I got back to my room (it was all brushed metal, sliding doors, very futuristic. Outside one cold window I could see outer space. No wonder there was no nature. I was onboard a space station.