Page 17 of A Stranger's Fear

Eagle he assumed was his name who walked forwards hands aiming towards his face. He jerked from the male taking off his hat off of him spilling out his long black hair.

  Jinx saw recognition form on Lone Eagle’s eyes and face who spoke loudly “I know this male.”

  He felt fear hitting him as Lone Eagle spoke “It’s the missing guy from the hologram who Steven showed me. He said that he was a bounty hunter hired from some family who have been seeking him for awhile.”

  Jinx formed a nervous expression on his face as Lone Eagle added “There must have been something bad going on with this guy’s family hence he punching Steven. Along with him resisting the bounty hunter’s attempts to go with him quietly which I saw the resistance out the window of my office.”

  He heard in response “You want me to book him or not?”

  He stared at Lone Eagle with his blue eyes narrowed as the male spoke “Do it. A night in jail should cool this guy’s temper enough to listen to the bounty hunter’s reasons for seeking him.”

  Jinx felt Stone haul him through the desk area to a doorway. He saw was stairs leading up and down in both directions.

  He felt the male pull him down the stairs to a door which Stone kicked open with a foot. He found himself in a hallway with a series of gated barred doors on both sides. He felt himself pausing as Stone waved a foot in his line of sight at a console on the door quite low which slid opened with a creak sound.

  He felt the handcuffs off of his wrists and he pushed inside the room and heard the door slam behind him.

  Jinx eyed the some what small rectangular room illuminated by a round overhead light shining above him while sensing a camera recording his every move. He saw that the cell was stone cement all around with a high barred window high above his head on the wall facing him while feeling himself nervous again. He saw below the window was a toilet with a sink next to it. Besides it was a metal bed with a mattress and a pillow on it along with a blanket. He felt sleepiness hit him hard yawned loudly to go to the bed pulling the blanket up. He got onto the bed lying on his side pulling the blanket over his head shutting his eyes falling asleep.

  He dreamed of ocean water showing two flower plants in the color black rising from water unfurling their petals recognizing them as the Dream Guardians spoken to people through dreaming states showing them as always roses rising from the ocean waters.

  He heard a feminine voice speaking “We're the Dream Guardians.”

  The female voice he heard continued speaking “Lance believes your behavior towards believers is driving you away from them. He has informed us to talk to you that the behavior of running away from people isn’t tolerated.

  Lance has made it clear that the running behavior you are doing wasn’t being tolerated. Hence you failing to listen to him trying to help you.”

  Jinx frowned hearing the female's words with recognition within him.

  She added again speaking “Lance has asked us to tell you that you should be putting your problems in him to solve. Not keeping them to yourself or solving them by yourself by that way.

  He feels that you have forgotten that he is powerful enough to influence people and help them with their problems like the caring god leader he is.

  He has said that when you have trouble you should turn to him for help with the problem. He’ll help you for he is being there for you to help solve your problem.

  Put your faith in Lance for he'll always help you as long you need him.”

  The dream went black followed by himself standing on a beach wearing clothing that felt familiar to his body. He stood staring at the water as he felt a hand on his arm and looked at his left to see Steven with a frown on his face.

  He stared at Steven who spoke “I arrived in the area nearby town closest to Elizabethtown several days ago from New Jack City seeking you as ordered. I went around trying to find you. I felt like I was getting no where.

  I asked Master Lance for help via prayer method in some place of religious worship despite it focused onto some other god.

  He gave me a dream one night of the town of Elizabethtown.

  You dressed in gonoid skin clothing while appearing to be crying in some graveyard in front of a gravestone with Lizette O'Neil’s name on it.

  I was there at this beach with several others sighted but not seen clearly who I’m not sure who they are when he comforted you as you complained about your life.”

  Jinx frowned hearing Steven’s words as the male paused then continued to speak “I’m sorry that you’re in pain, Robert. I just wish there was some way I could help you with your suffering.”

  He lowered his eyes to stare at the water turning his head away as he felt Steven’s hand gently rub his arm with a pat and again looked up to discover Steven gone. He sigh eyes staring at the water feeling peacefulness arriving within him. He felt a hand touch his arm looked to see a female with facial appearance of his Mother but her eyes were brown instead of blue from what he's seen from her while wearing a white dress. He stared at her seeing recognition in her eyes and a frown on her face. She wordlessly walked till she was in front of him and gave him a hug. He wrapped his arms around her feeling her hands rub his back in a gentle motion. He sighed loudly from hugging her as she pulled herself a bit backwards to stare at him in the face. Jinx stared at her as she gently brought a hand to his cheek gently rubbing. He felt her other hand going to his forehead followed by it forcing his eyes closed as the dream went black.

  Jinx came to with his eyes closed to feel himself lying in the bed in the cell with blanket over his head. He kept his eyes closed and adjusted his position till he was lying on his stomach. He felt himself not that fearful despite the confinement of the room.

  He mentally spoke "At least I'm safe for now."

  He heard "Jinx please put your faith into me in helping solve your problems as spoken by the Dream Guardians."

  Jinx groaned softly hearing Lance's voice spoken in his mind mentally spoke "You didn't need to use the Meritanians. Yerra and Tut to tell me that you're referring to the problem of me running away from people instead of solving my conflict with them."

  Jinx heard in response "At least you get it what I've been trying to tell you. I tell you as my son and I your Father that you're going with Steven where he wants to take you period. And don't give me any whining about not wanting to go for your going. I don't give a care if you're afraid or not.

  I insists you get over your fear and face whatever problem you have involving yourself and your people. It's a high time you do what I've been trying to tell you since you started this ridiculous journey trip."

  He groaned softly feeling himself nervous mentally spoke "Please Father assure me that facing my problems won't be too bad.

  Despite having nightmares of being chased by dinosaurs and containment in the glass box repeatedly keeping me up awake for nights."

  He heard from Lance "Jinx, your problems whenever they come up in your life will always be either good or bad from time to time.

  I as your Father, oath to you as my son, that there'll always be a solution to solving those problems. You just have to look for the solution and think it up along with making sure it’s the right one."

  He again groaned as his Father continued "That's something you haven't bothered to be doing lately. Despite me repeatedly yelling at you that I figured out a way of solving your problem. So next time listen to me for I'm always there for you regardless of problems hitting."

  Jinx mentally spoke "Fine Father."

  He heard mentally in response "Jinx, sleep you need it anyway."

  He obeyed willing himself to pass out unconscious finding himself doing it and not dreaming of anything nightmarish.

  Jinx came to feel a hand on his shoulder gently shaking him awake. He opened his eyes and rolled over on his side as the hand stopped touching him. He woke to look at Steven who appeared to look seriously upset but had a bruise on his forehead from him punching him there.

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p; Steven he stared at spoke “Are you alright, Robert?”

  He sat up and spoke finding his familiar fearful feeling gone from him “I don’t know.”

  He heard a throat clearing noise looked to see Lone Eagle standing at the door with seriousness on his face.

  Lone Eagle spoke as he held up Jinx’ hat “I believe you’ll need this, Robert O'Neil.”

  Jinx shot Steven a confused look feeling himself not that fearful.

  Steven noticing his look spoke “Chief Lone Eagle recognized you as the one I was seeking despite you having a hat on as your disguise. He was sort of defensive when I came to the station asking about you as a missing person I was seeking including saying your name to him. Lone Eagle made it clear to me that you were in pain and was suffering from something.

  He thinks involves the passing of Lizette O'Neil due to Officer Stone finding you sleeping there in the graveyard. Stone admitted to Lone Eagle to noticing the date of her passing on the gravestone.

  He recalled the date telling him when it was. Lone Eagle figured out that the anniversary of her death according to the gravestone's date was the day people first saw you in town with none of them indicating that they recognized you. Lone Eagle admitted to me that he sighted you sitting on a bench out the window of his office and did some computer scans to figure out your identity.

  Computer according to him didn't reveal much involving you despite him not having the proper authority to gain