Reina nodded, "You're right," she said. She and Mai started as they looked at the sky and noticed the sun setting already.<br/><br/>"Not possible," Mai said.<br/><br/>Reina nodded. "It can't have been more than three hours since we got up this morning." She rubbed her head, "Jeez, honestly. What's going on with this world?"<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">I wonder though, if this could possibly be the result of another mutant?</span>Mai found himself thinking, moments before he found himself, and everyone else, pulled into a dream.<br/><br/>------------------------------------<br/><br/>Mai opened his eyes, but he found he wasn't awake. Their surroundings were strange, there was lots of fog, and the moon was abnormally large. Mai looked to his right and saw a hand on the ground. Shocked he ran over to it. Luckily he found that the hand was attached to a human.<br/><br/>"Reina!" Mai exclaimed, pulling her up.<br/><br/>Reina stirred, then her dream body woke up. She blinked and rubbed her eyes, confused, "Where are we?"<br/><br/>"I think we're dreaming together," Mai said. A slight shock settled on both of them when they realized he could talk normally.<br/><br/>"How..." Reina started.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"It's because this is a dream,"</span>said a voice.<span style="font-style: italic">"You can do anything in a dream within the limits of your imagination."</span><br/><br/>"Who are you?" Mai called to the voice. "Where are Blue and Lestat?"<br/><br/>The voice let out a light laugh.<span style="font-style: italic">"You don't need to worry. Those two are absolutely fine. They're on the other side of that lake"</span><br/><br/>Mai and Reina looked to see that there was a rather large lake to their right.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"As for me,"</span>said the voice, which was distinctly feminine,<span style="font-style: italic">"My name is Irie. I've been watching all the mutants through their dreams and I've chosen you four to help me."</span><br/><br/>"Help you with what?" asked Reina.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Some bad people are doing bad things out in the waking world. But because of my mutation I am useless in that world. The only way I can communicate with people is through their dreams." The voice paused for a moment. "I have just told the other two what I told you. Your first task is to find each other. Once the four of you are together again I will explain my request."</span><br/><br/>"Is is optional?" asked Reina.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"You can turn it down if you wish. But keep in mind, none of you can leave this dream world unless I say so. You have as long as you need to find each other."</span>And with that the voice was gone, and the two, rather unsurely, went to find their newly met companions.