"That's your third cup of jolt," I commented.

After the encounter with the cronie in our room, Won and I stayed in the dining area so that he can explain to me what his power really was. The lanky aechean trainee was putting himself into an addiction of jolt to prevent himself from dreaming another dangerous and apparently realistic vision.

"I can put my dreams together with reality. It's how powerful my system is. Areas where my dream can reach will become my territory of manipulation but it still depends on my control and the strength of reality that I am up against," he explained.

As I listened to Won, my mind filled up with hundreds of questions. "But what if you dream of a major cronie? What if you dreamed of it turning someone into a cronie? Will it be possible?" I asked.

Won sipped on his jolt and answered me. "That's a good question. I did say that I can put my dreams together with reality but they are still existent as two different things. The effects of my dreams have two types: permanent and impermanent," he told me.

I feel as if I was having a first time lecture in the academy with the amount of information I was getting. But all of this was too interesting. Won continued with his explanation and proceeded with his fourth cup of jolt.

"There are effects of my dreams which can only stay while I'm dreaming and there are effects which can stay even after I dream. It all depends on the strength of my system and the strength and resistance of the object that I'm up against. If I kick a wooden box in my dream that box will stay as splinters even after I dream. If you put me up against something stronger than me, well that's a different story. I could dream of beating that stronger opponent but it would be called a 'delusion in a dream'. Let's just say there are many possibilities and impossibilities when I'm up against something or someone stronger," he finished. "And to finally answer your question, I can dream of a major cronie turning other things into a cronie but this kind of dream is an reversible and temporary one. The major cronie will disappear and things it infected will return back to normal."

Just as Won finished his explanation, I finished the bowl of crisp and craved for more crisps and more interaction with Won. In all honesty I don't know anything about Team Ske. We have only been together for a short time but we have experienced many tribulations since meeting each other. And I wanted to know more about them.

"Is there anyone else in Team Ske who is just like you?" I asked him.

Won nodded his head and a slight enthusiasm to share what he knew was obvious on his sleepy features.

"Hoets is just like me but his power is different," he replied.

The self-proclaimed sexy aechean had more into him than I know?

"What can he do? Other than being sexy as he claimed? " I questioned. I will support Hoets and his campaign of promoting his handsome features.

"He can make anyone do anything and everything he wants by using their affections for him like buttons. If you're mentally and emotionally weak, you're an easy prey for him but the good thing about Hoets is that he doesn't use that power to his advantage. Imagine if Ki had that power, he would rule the universe with it or have everyone kill themselves since he's a bully."

I jerked my head back in disbelief. "I do not think he would do that..." Was I convincing Won or myself? 

But Ki did have a brutal side in him. He liked to terrorize the other memorize and in return, the other members give back the favor whenever they can. 

"He will. And if he had my power, he would induce himself to sleep forever so that he can get away with everything."

I should be careful around Ki. He didn't seem to be a person to mess with despite the fact that I truly believe that he had a kind and forgiving ticker.

"Actually Hoets and Stugox are older than us. Stugox was supposed to be in the intermediate level but he screwed up and got expelled in the academy. He came back a year later and was told that he had to go through the rookie level again," he told me.

Ah that was unfortunate. "But lowering his ranks to this extent must have been hard for him," I stated. Stugox must have been going through an emotional turmoil. Maybe that was the reason why he was always hungry.

"I wouldn't worry about him. He accepts his faults and said that he didn't mind going back to point zero if that would make him be a better Paragon."

That was very admirable of Stugox. My respect for him elevated. Not only did he adapt to the taste of Won's cooking but he was able to adapt such condition. What a manly aechean with manly arms Stugox was! 

"And Hoets?" I followed up.

"Hoets belonged to a NPO or a Non-Paragonian Organization before. He's a mole or an agent who does missions outside of the planet. He and Stugox are older than us by seven years and I guess they became tired of being mature so they regressed," Won drawled.

"Regressed?" I asked. 

Were they experiencing some kind of system retardation? Did they need medical assistance? Did they require therapy? I must know so that I can search for contacts in order to help them!

"What I mean is: Hoets became a narcissist and a body-building obsessed sissy and Stugox turned into a stoic newborn who always rummages the fridge for food and calls out to Ki whenever he's hungry."

Oh.

"But I don't really mind. There's no one in Team Ske who's stable. They collected the most unstable warrior-born aecheans in a group and expected them to work well together. Have you realized that in our alphabet the letter "Ske" is shaped as a cross mark?" Won asked me.

My eyes widened in realization and an excited grin spread across my lips.

"I am honored to be grouped into such a specialized group specially made for the troubled youth," I cheered.

Won raised a brow at me and swayed his head left and right. "No wonder you were grouped with us. I just hope no one else who is as destructive as Ki will join us in the near future."

"But he would be isolated if we do not take him in," I pointed out.

Now I was concerned for anyone who will join us in the near future. If he was as troubled as we were then it would be better if he would come to our group so that we can help him and he can help us.

"I shall get more crisps. Would you like more jolt?" I asked him.

Won nodded looking more awake than before. I grabbed the electric pitcher and the empty bowl to fill them up in the kitchen. I opened a bag of crisps and poured the contents inside the bowl and after the last piece got out, the bag evaporated into nothingness. This was one of the greatest creations of Aechean scientists in order to lessen the wastes in our planet.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and I turned around and found Won looking at me with an apologetic stare. "Sorry Aecha, I fell asleep," he told me.

I gave him a questioning stare. "What do you mean? You're here."

Won stared back. "My real physical body is in the dining area. I'm dreaming again," he told me making my ticker hasten and my senses alarmed for any impending danger.

I only left for a few seconds and he managed to close his eyes and get his sleep in those few seconds. He really had amazing sleeping skills.

"Are you dreaming of anything life-threatening as of now?" I asked.

Won stayed silent for a few moments and shrugged. "Anything I dream of now is unknown to my intelligence. But anything I will dream is among my experiences in reality, something which is really unfamiliar to me or a mix of both. I can sometimes foretell events which are yet to occur. So this dream can be worth my time or it could lead to time and lives being wasted. Just guard my body. I'll look around to see what my system is working up with," he requested.

Won turned around and I immediately placed my hand over his shoulder. "Will you be alright on your own?" I asked him. Shouldn't we wake the others up? Knowing the capabilities of Won's mind, they could be in grave danger.

"I will be alright. As long as my system doesn't dream of attempting to kill himself then I'll be alive. Go back to our room and wake the others up."

Won left me to carry his physical body towards our room. I released the pods of Team Ske out of their containment and shook them awake one by one after placing Won on the sofa.

"What's the matter Aecha?" Stugox asked me.

His eyes were squinted from sleeping which made them almost non-existent. He never had double eyelids before but now they were prominent.

"There better be a good reason for disturbing me out of a perfectly nice slumber," Ki grumbled.

Hoets yawned and stretched his muscular and pale arms up fully opening his bare chest for a stalking Hyuk Min and Imsothy to grab the opportunity to pinch his pink nipples.

"Hey!" Hoets protested and covered his nipples with his hands.

"Won is sleeping," I told them.

Ki crossed his arms and glared at me. "And? You woke us up because of that? Do you want me to stomp on your face?"

I put my hands in defense. "He slept without taking his pils," I added to prevent my future of getting defaced. Each and every one of them gasped and then whipped their attention to where Won was lying down.

They all scampered towards the sofa and Imsothy was the first one to jump and lay his weight on top of the sleeping aechean. Soon all of them lied on top of each other with Won being at the bottom and I worry that they were cutting down his oxygen without a fight.

"Wake up! How could you sleep without taking your damn medications?!" Ki angrily questioned.

"Please do not kill him. Won entrusted me with his life while he explores his dreams," I begged and lifted what seemed to be Hyuk Min's leg in attempt to pull them.

"It's either we kill him or he kills us!" Ki growled. His logic was was terrifying. 

"Don't worry Aecha, this is totally how we wake up Won whenever he forgets to take his pills. He wakes up as soon as he feels like his oxygen is being cut," Hyuk Min assured which wasn't really assuring.

I hauled Hyuk Min out of the pile of bodies resulting to multiple falls of multiple members with Imsothy being left on top of Won.

"I think we should let Won rest. The more sleep he can gather in his system the earlier we can wake up," I politely told them.

 I held Hyuk Min by his legs above the floor and he swung back and forth to amuse himself before jerking his ankles out of my hold and flipping over to land on his feet

Stugox threw Won over his shoulder and then began to hop causing Won's torso to bounce against Stugox's lower back. "He really doesn't want to wake up," Stugox emotionlessly stated. "Where is he Aecha?"

"He just told me that he's going to look around," I replied.

"Hey, who spilled this slimy purple thing on the floor?" Imsothy asked from the kitchen.

Whenever I hear the color purple I always have Necron in my mind. I just hope that this was not the case.

"Hyuk Min, whatever you're doing, stop it," Ki threatened.

"What?" Hyuk Min asked him with confusion in his tone.

"You're tickling my foot!" Ki spat and didn't bother looking down with great confidence that Hyuk Min was the one doing that to him.

But that wasn't the case.

It was never the good case whenever I was with them. 

A black root-like vein coming out from the floor had its tip swirling around on top of Ki's foot and all of us stayed silent for Ki to realize what was wrong.

I would tell him what was wrong but my mind wasn't done processing everything yet.

When Ki noticed everyone's eyes on him, he finally looked down and then leaped up so high with a shrilling cry causing Joe to scream with him which seemed to be a cue for Won to finally dream of the world being devoid of light. The room became extremely cold and the ground mildly trembled beneath our feet.

We could hear Joe's heavy breathing through the dark room along with Hoets soft whining of: "My sexiness can't be seen here...It can't be seen..."

"There there Hoets, we can still feel how sexy you are," Hyuk Min comforted. 

"I can't see! I can't see!" Joe panicked.

"Calm down and keep quiet," Stugox firmly ordered. "Any negative stimuli outside of Won's body will only cause him to dream worse scenarios. Everyone light up your eye beams," our leader instructed.

Why do we always forget that we can emit light through our eyes? It was really fortunate of us to have a leader like Stugox who points out the obvious.

All of us activated our beams and all of us simultaneously let out a scream when we saw cronies surrounding our group with the corners of their lips torn extensively close to their ears.

I got a shiver. 

 Joe released panicked shrieks and charged ahead shoving one of the cronies out of the way and running off.

"Joe!" Hyuk Min called out.

"Everyone get out!" Stugox ordered.

I shoved a cronie off of me and chased after the others out of our room. It was extensively dark in every hallway and the screams of the cronies behind us echoed through the hallways.

I received a notification of Dryp-ssu calling me and I answered him immediately. "Aecha, do you know what's happening? Seven won't answer my calls!" he stated exasperatedly.

"Dryp-ssu, Won is just dreaming but please remain careful. His dreams are very violent!" I warned him.

"This is his dream?! Remind me to use jolt for his eye drops later. A cronie attacked me in my beauty sleep!"

I got another notification of call and this time it was from Typhi-ssu.

"Aecha, get your group into safety. Meet us in the parking area. I already informed Gilmos of the situation here."

"Noted Typhi-ssu!" I replied. "Everyone get into the parking area!" I yelled out the order. I hope Joe heard that.

"Joe! Get your panicking ass in the parking area!" Hyuk Min screamed.

As we took our turns to get to the parking lot, I was suddenly pulled into a hallway by no other than Won who was in his dream form.

"Won, have you found anything?" I asked him.

He nodded at me. "Yes, I found something in the laboratory, follow me," he spoke.

I sent Stugox a message to ensure that they know where I was and followed Won. I wouldn't want to let Gilmos down again.

 Once we arrived in the laboratory Won pointed at the malfunctioning long and cylindrical object which was emitting the Necron-like dimension. It was identical to a missile-launcher.

"My dreams are either a premonition or just something to give me a scare but then, this feels like it fits in to both characteristics. What do you think?" he asked me.

My gaze narrowed at the machine that was releasing this dimension. "Have you seen anything like this before and read anything like it in your lectures?" I asked.

Won swayed his head into a 'no' before snapping his head to the right and shoving me away. "Watch out!" he yelped.

A sword sliced through the space between us and my eyes lighted towards the dark figure. He was wearing a mask that had a grin similar to a cronie and an armor which had purple lights tracing his suit.

"Are you dreaming this as well?" I asked him in a tensed tone.

"I can't tell reality from dream so I don't know what to answer you," Won replied.

The masked aechean sprang forward towards me and made an upward slash in which I dodged in a millisecond.

"Um, was there any chance that I did something to you that made you want to dream of killing me?" I asked again.

Won hummed a bit in thought. "Nope, you're good. I have no murderous thoughts towards you," he replied.

Oh thank goodness. I wouldn't want to form negative bonds with someone. 

I was leaning more on the possibility that this person attacking me was real because I was also attempted to be assassinated twice by an aechean similar to him.

I constantly dodged the fast attacks that he was giving me until my balance went off from getting tripped by a root. The man soared up with his sword pointing towards me in attempt to stake it on where I was and I let my sword materialize in my palm.

The ground in front of my feet spiked up and liquefied and slapped the assassin away from me. I looked at Won who had his hand raised in front of him.

"You're in my playground," he spoke softly. "So let's play."

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A/N: I'll try to update again. Hi twinkies :D

1. So can you guess who's the masked man? 

2. Do you wanna see the aechean alphabet?

3. By the way, I was planning to create a story with names of horoscopes.

4. I'm also planning to create another series!

5. I can't wait to rewrite this series. Do you miss the other characters?

6. There would be a new character in the remake of Lucifer's lover. You guys know him well. He loves stuffing his face with veggies. 

7. I missed you mah twinkies.