Chapter 27: Werewolves! (Saving Joed)

Then as they walked on, they finally saw the cutoff point of Francis' dream. As soon as they stepped into the other dream, Francis' dream vanished.

"What happened? That didn't happen before."

"I have a bad feeling about this Raffy."

"Where are we anyway?"

"I just hope it's another dream, not the void that we were in the first time we went here."

"This place doesn't look like any void. This is way creepier than that void."

They were in a cemetery lighted by a full moon above their heads. The trees that surround them are all dead and some of them have skeletons hung on them.

"This looks like a set for some horror film."

"Does this remind you of any fear of your frieds?"

"I don't think so. I don't know them that well actually."

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from behind them.

"Raffy! What was that?"

"I...I don't know. Just keep close."

Then rustling came from behind them again.

"I do not like this nightmare Raffy, not at all."

Then Raffy saw a shadow from behind one of the trees.

"Cassandra, follow me quietly."

They slowly went behind the tree to see who it was.

"Joed? Is that you?"

"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!"

"Whoa, it's me. It's Raffy."

"Don't sneak up on me like that!"

"Sorry, I thought you were the one making those rustling sounds."

"Where? Where did you hear it?"

"Right over there behind those bushes."

"What? We better leave, fast!"

"Why? What is it? What are you staring at?"

"Umm...Raffy, I think we better leave."

"What is it Cassandra?"

"Lo...look!"

Raffy saw what Cassandra and Joed was looking at. It was a strangely big wolf standing on its hind legs.

"Is that what I think it is Joed?"

"Yup. That's a werewolf."

Raffy tried to get closer to the werewolf to talk it out of eating them.

"What are you doing?"

"Wait. Let me just try this thing that I saw in a movie once."

"It's too dangerous! Don't be foolish."

"Just trust me Cassandra."

Once Raffy got about 12 feet away from the werewolf, he tried to talk some sense into it. But the more he talked, the more the werewolf looked hungry and angry.

"Raffy, what was that movie that you talked about before?"

"It was 'A Thousand and One Tales of Bugs Bunny'. Why?"

"You idiot! Run!"

Suddenly, the werewolf started howling. Everybody started running out of the cemetery with hopes that the werewolf will stop following them.

"Is it still following us?"

"I don't know. Just keep running Cassandra!"

"I don't think I can run anymore."

Cassandra tripped but Raffy managed to catch her.

"Thank you."

"Don't mention it. Wait, where is the werewolf? Do you see it anywhere Joed?"

"No. I think I found its weakness. Look."

Raffy looked in the sky and saw that the full moon is being enveloped by the thick clouds.

"But that cloud isn't going to stay there forever, we better keep moving."

They walked towards the entrance of the cemetery as Cassandra noticed something.

"Hey Raffy."

"Yes?"

"Isn't it that every dream has a cutoff point?"

"I believe so. Why'd you ask?"

"Because I think the cutoff point is coming towards us!"

Raffy looked at the entrance of the cemetery and saw it disappearing along with the ground.

"Uh oh. Joed, you have to wake up. This is all just a nightmare!"

"I...I don't think I can."

"No! You can do it!"

"I...I don't know how."

"This is much different than the others'. We made them go back to the real world by helping them conquer their nightmares. But I think this nightmare's going to conquer us."

"We have another problem guys."

The cloud that enveloped the moon before is starting to reveal the moon once again.

"This is bad. Real bad."

"Tell me about it, Joed. Hey, how about we use our powers to destroy the monster? After all, it's only one."

"Great idea."

"Better power up you guys. Here comes the werewolf. Or should I say, werewolves."

The moon revealed two werewolves behind the trees. Once Raffy saw this, he powered up and transformed. Joed, however, could not.

"What's the problem?"

"I don't know. I can't use my powers."

"Raffy, I think Somnus is preventing Joed from using his powers."

"But how come I can use mine?"

"It's because you are not dreaming, or something like that. You came from the real world into this dream. Somnus has no control over you."

"Then I should do this alone. You guys stand back."

"But..."

"No buts Cassandra. Leave it to me."

Raffy then hurdled towards the monsters while throwing balls of fire. His transformation gave him amazing speed and agility that he can easily avoid the attacks of the werewolves. While Raffy is fighting the werewolves, Joed introduced himself to Cassandra, in an ungentlemanly way.

"Hey there sexy lady. I'm John Edward, but you can call me Joed. Have we met before?"

"I don't think so. Do you think we can help Raffy fight those monsters?"

"He's big enough, he can handle himself. You know, you have very beautiful eyes when the moon illuminates them."

"Thank you. But I really think we should help Raffy."

"Let's not talk about Raffy. Let's talk about us. How about a date, then afterwards, maybe something more intimate?"

Cassandra looked disgustingly at Joed.

"Hey, hey, don't look..."

Joed was interrupted by Cassandra’s hand. She slapped him on the face so hard that he fell to his knees.

"What was that for?"

"Talk to me like that again and I'll slap you so many times that you will not be able to recognize your face in the mirror. Now, stop flirting with me and think of a way of helping Raffy!"

"All right, all right. Sheesh. Hey, isn't it that everything that comes in the way of the cutoff point that you're saying is vanishing?"

"Yes. Why? What do you have in mind?"

"Raffy will blast the werewolves towards the cutoff point so they will vanish."

"That's a brilliant idea."

"Raffy!"

"What is it Joed? Can't you see I'm busy?"

"We have an idea on how you can destroy the werewolves!"

"Yeah? What is it?"

Raffy put a firewall around the werewolves to give him time to hear the plan.

"Is that it? Sounds simple enough."

"Yeah, simple enough for a simpleton like you."

"You better hurry up Raffy, the cutoff point's almost here."

Raffy waited for the firewall to subside and hit the werewolves with a blast of his flamethrower attack.

"Now Raffy! Do it!"

As soon as the firewall revealed the werewolves, Raffy blasted them with fire into the cutoff point.

"Raffy, you missed one!"

"What?"

Raffy and Cassandra was caught unaware of the escape of one of the werewolves that it had enough time to attack Cassandra.

"Aaaaaaaaaahhhhh!"

As the werewolf was about to attack Cassandra, Joed picked up a large branch of a tree and swung it powerfully, enough for the werewolf to fly into the cutoff point.

"Umm, thank you."

"No problem. By the way, sorry for the way I acted before."

"That's okay. After all, you saved my life."

"Hey guys! Are you okay? Nice swing Joed."

"Hey Joed, you conquered your fear! You actually placed your life on the line to save me."

"You're right Cassandra, he did it."

"I couldn't have done it without your help. Thanks."

Then Joed slowly vanished and went back to his bed.

"Raffy, we have another problem."

"What is it? The werewolves are gone and Joed's safe, what other problems are there to take care of?"

"That one."

Cassandra pointed to the cutoff point that heading towards them in a very fast pace.

"I don't think we can stop that thing from coming near us, or even avoid it."

"Then what are we going to do?"

"Let's just hope that wherever that thing's dropping us, it is not with the werewolves."

As the cutoff point neared them, Cassandra held Raffy’s arm tightly. Raffy on the other hand, feeling Cassandra's fear and his, hugged Cassandra to brace themselves on what was going to happen next. As soon as the cutoff point passed them, they disappeared.