[Rain McCloud]

Scene begins on Isarus, Extou's moon and inside William Bach's massive Laboratory during the formation of his "Dream Existence."

Dear Henry,
I, Dr. William Bach of Isarus, am at the point of supreme discovery! At this very moment, my project (my dream existence) is in the process of being developed. Finally, my dream of ruling all worlds is becoming a reality. This is it, what do you think? Join me in an eternal reign and become quite powerful, or fall to your knees, begging my mercy... the choice is yours.

Suddenly a doctor named Jago Falto approaches Bach from behind, "Dr. Bach, there seems to be a problem..." Bach replies, "A problem? That's impossible, my design is perfect." He turns his chair in the direction of the unbreakable glass lab. Jago is looking in that direction as he speaks, "Sir, I know that it is perfect, but our fellow scientists are turning into..." "Amazing... I have created a new race of humans. Fantastic. I want more of them for my perfect world..."

He turns and continues to write his letter. Jago stares at him for a moment, frustration and angry intent showing on his face, "You're insane!" he shouts and turns towards a valve that would end the production, "Your lunacy ends here." "NO!" Bach shouts, rising from his chair and stopping Jago in his tracks. "Look in awe upon these creatures... they are magnificent. You cannot end my dream now." "You're dream!? Those creatures were once our fellow scientists... are you mad!? And what is this about 'your dream'? Your dream was to turn us into monsters? I can not allow you to continue this."

Jago tries to pull away, but is pulled inside the lab near the mixture. "I must ask you one thing..." Bach says angrily, eyes red as fire, arms pushing Jago ever closer to the mixture, "How are you going to stop it... IF YOU BECOME ONE OF THEM!?" Bach tosses the weaker Jago into the mixture, and walks back to his chair to continue the letter. Unfazed by the loss of his friend and quietly says to himself, "Many sacrifices must be made, to achieve something this big. Farewell, Dr. Jago Falto."


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Scene is in Extou, Rain and Sarah's home 7:40 in the morning:

Rain is describing a dream to his sister. "Imagine being outside, walking along an old wooden bridge in the middle of a moonless night. A desolate and crumbling old city behind you and an abandoned warehouse before you. This was the scene which surrounded me in this awkward dream. As I continued across, you and a person in black armor appeared on the other end. He had his arm around you as though you were lovers and you were smiling, waving for me to come towards you guys. Then the dream just ends."

Sarah and Rain are eating breakfast in the dining room of the old house, Sarah watching her brother tell her about his dream, "Interesting dream, Rain. I wonder what it means." She says, "I really thought my knight would be in 'shining' armor... " "Heh... funny Sis. But seriously, this dream freaked me out. It was too real, ya know." "Yeah, I know it Rain. I've had dreams like that before. Anyways, we need to hurry or we're going to be late again."

Rain looks at the watch around his wrist, "You know what... you're right. Go get ready and I'll meet you at the front door." Rain says gathering the plates and placing them in a dishwasher that starts as he closes the door. Minutes later, he opens it again and the plates are clean. He places them in a nearby shelf and then goes to grab his school work and Sarah's backpack. Then patiently waits at the door.

Minutes later, "Ready?" Sarah asks, "Yep, let's get going." It wasn't really that long of a walk to the school, as it was just next door to their home, but it would have been an easier road to travel on if they had vehicles. But oh well. They got there just as classes were starting. "See ya at lunch, Bro." Sarah waves, walking towards her classroom, "See ya."

He walks into his own, taking the time to glance around the room and see if Kelly was there. Kelly had been his best friend for many years... I guess you could say he was 'into' her big-time. He sat down next to her and the instructor began calling role and giving the class announcements. "Hey Kelly, how's it going?" "Hey Rain, going great. Did you do your homework this time?" "Oh yeah... finished it just last night." "Ha... you're such a procrastinator Rain." Kelly said, brushing her long black hair behind her ear with her left hand.

She looked gorgeous today, wearing a light blue shirt that looked really well on her, and blue jeans. The class had started and the teacher kind of signaled to them that the time to talk was over.

During the class, Kelly couldn't help but to stare at Rain. She hoped he wouldn't noticed, but then saw, as she's seen many times before, how beautiful his eyes were as he looked up at her... "sh*t!" She says to herself, looking down at her paper, turning bright red. "Are you okay Kelly?" Rain asks, seemingly concerned. "I'm fine; I was just thinking of something and unfortunately seemed to be looking in your direction... sorry if it bothered you." lame excuse... she says to herself. "Ah don't worry about it Kelly." The bell rings. They would be separating for the other classes. "See you at lunch Kel." Rain says walking out.

"Yeah, see you." Lotus cheeps on her shoulder a bit. "Yeah, I know Lotus. Maybe I'll ask him at lunch." She says, a little disappointed, "I sure hope he likes me that way." Lotus cheeps again. "Thanks Lotus." She says to the little black creature on her shoulder, finally smiling. "Let's go to class." She gathers her things and walks to class. On the way Marv and Rachel were talking to each other and then joined Kelly as they were all in the same class.