The Nomad Chronicles

I rise up out of my bed.

I am a dark energy demon with a rage parasite in my brain. I leap off the balcony, and into my spaceship. I open a portal to the Moon. In the wormhole my ship becomes silvery armor, and I blast the fuck out of parasites trying to stick to me. I land on the Moon. Raven walks up holding a fox kit.

Hey Nomad. Nomad? Uh... What's wrong.

NOTHING. I am going to kick Gawn's ass. Want to come?

Yoda? You can't defeat him.

I know. But, I can get better. And my rage will help me defeat him.

Nomad. That doesn't make sense. Let me just....

She scans me.

STOP scanning me!

Nomad! You're sick.

NO! I push her away with wind energy. She looks sad. I pretend not to notice.

I form my spaceship around me, and take off to the Dream Warrior Planet. Raven sticks a grappling hook on the ship.

I land on the ship. I have the feeling that Raven has made herself very tiny, and is sitting on my shoulder or something... I get distracted by my surroundings.

GAWN? GAWN! I shout.

He appears before me. I lunge at him, and he changes into a matador. I get confused and tumble into a portal.

We battle through worlds. He constantly mocks me. He is toying with me.

I grab the VR helmet, and rip it off.

***

I am in a VR Danger Room created by Professor X. What the hell is the point of this, Xavier?

Put the helmet back on. DAMN YOU. FINE.

***

I put the VR helmet back on. I see myself wandering through a South American jungle... the jungle of Nod... tracking down a prey... I am a black werepanther. The dream explodes.

Raven pulls the parasite out of my brain. Aha! I can think clearly. Gawn starts laughing at me. Raven burns up the parasite with orange flame.

WTF?

I don't feel like fighting.

***

I am screaming hysterically, insanely on a mountain... I am in Hell... a battlefield... a bombed out city... The dream whips in and out of me, and I lose control.

I focus on a tiny dot of white energy, and go into myself.

I wake up in Silverwolf's cottage...

Ah, his fever broke, says Tigress.

Angel and Raven walk in the room. Angel kisses me on the forehead, and gives me a glass of water. Raven makes a tiny cloud in the room to keep the room cool. I close my eyes, and sense Sarnox and Joseph near me. MoSh is standing in the doorway, lighting a cigarette. He says something about PureLeaf found only in dreams.

I fall asleep.

***

I am falling down a rabbit hole. I land in a garden with giant flowers. I am wearing a blue and white dress.

An ugly little girl!

I am not a girl!

Then, why are you wearing that dress?

I don't know.

I see a naked blond woman, half hiding in the shadows. She motions to me. She gestures for me to give her the dress. I take it off, and give her the dress.

***