Flashback.

Years back...

“Hurry up Luke!” Ash ordered seeing the group of boys climb up covered in mud behind him, “It’s unfair Isaac tripped me up!” Ash laughed seeing the mud stained boy who standing next to him saw the abandoned mock up town, “What is this place?” Callum the youngest of the group queried and shrugging Ash spoke, “I dunno, let’s explore” the group started to split and exploring the buildings found nothing but dummies either standing there or were timed to perform a task when someone walked past.

“Look what I found!” Mark barked jumping down from the roof and holding the sign read, “Prosperity” Ash shrugged before opening his bag spoke, “Look at what I got from the store...” the group cheered taking a bottle of coke from the packaging and lifting the glass bottle up to the sky stopped when I saw the pair of curious eyes watching him and the others, “We have a guest!” Ash spoke and seeing Lewis drag the young girl out stopped as she looked down cowering in front of him, “Your the Jessop girl?” she nodded as he continued, “The outcast! The freak! The “weirdo who has no friends” girl?” she clutched herself nodding before stating, “I just saw the group and wanting to see what you were doing...” “Why?” Steve queried and looking up teary eyed at the angry group of boys, “Because you have no idea of what’s like to have no friends... to be picked on, I saw you all and wanted to join in, to actually have people to play with and laugh with!” Ash nodded before looking at the other boys spoke, “Group meeting.”

Ash stood in the centre as the others huddled and looking at each of them asked, “So Rachel... what do we do with her?” “It’s a boys club” Luke spoke and agreeing with him Isaac stated, “If you let one in then you have to let the others in!” Steve commented next, “Will she even want to do the things we do?” Ash leaned over before asking, “You do realise we do a lot of this, play soccer and all that, it isn’t going shopping and all that?” she nodded before commenting, “Anything is better than nothing!” he nodded before Callum being the first to take sympathy in her stated, “She has no one guys... we were alone before Ash added us. Plus Steve you did say you wanted an name change... how about the BaR Club; The Boys and Rachel club?” Ash looked back before stating, “It’s just one girl... believe it or not we are going to have to marry one eventually, I propose we vote for her to join and then state no other girls is allowed!” they nodded before turning around Ash smiled grabbing a bottle of coke and handing it to her spoke, “Welcome to the group Rachel!”

End of flashback

I woke up from the counter head ringing to the feeling of Jerome nudging me, “Where am I?” “Spread Eagle on the counter, things got wild last night!” I nodded looking down and seeing my bare chest with paint over it groaned returning to my seat, “You looked troubled Ash!” I nodded before grabbing more **** to get on top of my previous hangover spoke, “Yeah, it’s just these dreams I am having, well more like Flashbacks. They’re all of my childhood and teenage years; virtually always involving me and Rachel. The thing is it just doesn’t seem right, I remember the memories almost exactly how it happened but I see it as an spectator now and I can’t shake this idea that someone is watching with me on the other side almost in a parallel position to me!” “Faith? Maybe she is trying to manipulate you?” “If it was her then why isn’t she altering them?” “It’s seems like she is trying to show you an different view of the story? What happened?”

We sat there now with our coffees as I explained my latest one, “Me and the Boys club went to explore prosperity and she had followed us, she was never popular in school and bullied for it, her “friends” even would join in to be cool. She wanted to fit in and be part of the group, we let her in!” “What happens after?” “What happened is she became one of us, we went exploring together, bowling, to the cinema, swimming, hell she even played soccer with us, in school she clung to us and ensured no one bad mouthed her and when the group grew apart we stayed good friends!” “Maybe she wants to remember an happier time?” “So what... she is hacking my dreams?” “No but maybe in your conscious you are imagining she would act like that or you are trying to justify your actions in not wanting to kill her! She must be put down!” “She can be saved!” “Does she really deserve it?” “Do we? We are killing people to!” “We are killing the bad people, they are killing for the sake of it!” “If I can save her I will!” “You will have to make a choice... kill her or we will” “Let me kill Jacob first then I will decide...” “Go then and raise hell in the North!”