Dreamscape

by Philip R Benge

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  Rob told Sir Willoughby Brown, the man who led this small intelligence agency, of his dreams, and of his meeting with Colonel Masters and Ms Lang.

  “I am almost afraid to say it.” Sir Willoughby Brown said pausing here for a dramatic second before voicing his fears. “These events, and the ones that have been happening in your apartment just lately, all point out to a black magic connection Rob, you are sure that you killed Moira Bourbon and her father, she hasn`t risen again to take you off to yet another hell dimension?”

  “I shot them both through the head Sir Richard, they are both very dead.” Rob assured Sir Willoughby Brown. “However, a thought did occur to me while I was in the taxi. Lord Asbaritch was very taken by Moira`s looks, Cassie said he was even smitten by her.” Rob began. “If she ended up in the Dreamscape, is she now his queen, and is she using her new found position to further some bizarre new quest?”

  Sir Willoughby Brown did not reply to Rob`s words, he was waiting for Rob to inform him how he would proceed, how he would defeat the beautiful Satanist, now that she was already dead.

  “Sir Richard, we need to speak to Colonel Masters and Ms Lang, find out how the two of them are connected, if in fact they are. Simon Markman and John Agers were involved in the tail end of our last encounter with the Bourbons; I think that we should have them speak to the two people. I will tell them what questions to ask, and instruct them not to come away empty handed. Maybe they will give us a lead as to what Moira is now planning.” Rob said.

  So it was agreed, and Agers and Markman were duly despatched, Agers to Oxford and Markman to East Grinstead. While they carried out their assigned tasks Rob called his friend Father Pritchard on the phone, and he told him of this new satanic problem that was trying to ensnare him.

  “Rob, if Moira is now the queen of the Dreamscape, as you suggested, and if she is causing you to have nightmares, it just might answer a question that has been nagging me. I have long wondered how Lord Asbaritch gets enough energy to sustain himself, for the amount he gets from the Shades must be negligible, for so powerful a demon. However, if he can enter a person`s dream and turn them into a nightmare, he might be able to draw energy that way, it would be why one feels so tired after waking from a nightmare.” Father Pritchard said. “Promise to call me if anything else occurs, and have no fear about asking for my assistance, I will always be there for you.”