The Reality

After my episode I am feeling back to myself, even though I can still vividly remember and feel everything.

Mac had left me in the interrogation room for a bit while he let the captain know that I was having a personal issue and needed time to calm down.

I hate this. This is the only thing that causes me to have panic attacks. Normally Im very calm and collected but this, this breaks me down into a million pieces and hate it.

I take a few breaths before stepping out and heading towards my desk.

Mac sits by his desk going through some paperwork. I already know for what. Missing person's report.

"Hey." My voice is hoarse sounding. Didnt realize how bad it hit me 'til now.

"How you doing?" He sets the papers down and looks down at me.

Macario "Mac" Robles. My partner and crime, literally. He has been my good friend and best friend's bf. He is like a brother to me. Someone to talk too when my actual brother isnt there.

Mac is a big guy. He isnt tall but he is very built. He is just about two inches taller then me, and Im average height yet to some I am "tall", so yes he is short. He has really short black hair, that there is no need to get it done. The one thing is his eyes, he has a hazel eye and a light green eye, Heterochromia Iridum. And that is how he got my BFF.

"I have been better, though my body is exhausted and beaten." I look down at my feet. "Really beaten..."

"Did you see anything this time?" He asks.

I sit down on my chair and rest my elbows on my thighs. "No, other than pain. The worse part is that it happened here and close by." I sit up straight, " my god! I could have done something. Anything to help the poor girl out!" I start to shout, without realizing. "Mac! I could have helped her out but how! How-"

Mac stands up quickly and comes over to me grabbing my shoulders, "Aneli."

My panic starts to calm after his hold. He pulls me into the interrogation room once more and keeps a hold of my arm. "Aneli, you need to stay calm. Please. I know that you wish you could have helped her out but you need to stay calm. The least you can do is save her family." He assures me.

I pull away from with frustration, "How Mac? When I dont remember a single thing from my dream! I wrote what I could and it's nothing. Absolutely nothing! She's already dead, Mac" my voice cracks. "She's dead. How can I protect when I dont even know where she is at. How can I relief her family from pain if I dont even know where to begin! How." I start my cries again. This always happened. My fear and pain would take over. I never knew how to make things better for myself.

"We will find her. Aneli and we will fight for whats right for her." He assures me once more.

He hugs me tight, relieving that pain I was facing. He always knew how to make my panic go away.

We stay there for another 5 mins before really, REALLY getting myself together and head out to our desks to get things done.

We fall into a work flow going through paperwork, and trying to investigate some issues. Throughout our small breaks, I get my journal where I write down all my premonitions, dreams, and apparition feelings. Today I write down every detail I can remember from this morning.

The dream.

The pain.

The fear.

That's all I have on my journal, nothing, nothing is in my journal that can help me find this girl. The worse part is finding the person that did this to her, but where and how?

By the time my day is over I have nothing.

"Nel, ready to go?"

I nod my head. I grab my stuff and we both head out.

The weather is cold, cloudy with a chance of rain. Normally this weather Im fine with but today it is making my mood worse.

We both decide to have some dinner and try to figure things out. So we head to Chinatown and have some Asian cuisine. As we wait for our food, Mac converses with Rita, his girlfriend and my BFF.

"Tell her I said hi." I smile to him. I stand up and grab our orders.

I take a seat, and start munching. Now Im really back to myself. Relaxing eating like a normal person should.

We both zone out and focus on our food.

"So, Rita and I have planned a weekend at her parents cabin. Think you'll be fine without us?"

"Mackie... "I use the nickname that he hates, only myself and Rita like to make fun of.

He raises an eyebrow at me as he hews on his food.

"Yes. Geez you aren't my only friends."

He raises his eyebrow again.

"Okay fine geez. Ill be fine. I have Lou."

"Lou, doesnt count she's your cousin."

"Fwuk u.." Is all you can hear since my insult was muffled by chewing.

He chuckles and continues eating. As we finish the last bit of our food, we relax some more, but too soon our phone is ringing.

Work phone.

My blood drains to my toes and I know ai turned white as a sheet. My dream.

"Rojas." I answer it in a cold voice.

"Aneli, we have been contacted by a witness about a victim found by a hiking trail. Please have Mac and yourself meet us here. Ill send you the address."

"Its okay I know where it is..." I say monotone as I hang up.

Hiking trail the only hiking trail near my house. 8.5 miles away.

She was murdered 8.5 miles away from house.