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As Madelyn descends with her super wheelchair towards the convertible limo, Justin suddenly returns to normal size.
He cups his face in his hands. “This is so embarrassing,” he says.
“Dad, why’d you turn into a baby?”
“I don’t want to talk about it,” he says quickly.
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I find that I’m breathing hard. This was scary for me. I try to sort myself out. Everyone is.
We’re all here in this small tunnel, where Justin, Master Mind and I can’t even stand up straight. Madelyn keeps touching Joy’s shoulders to see that she is fine.
Charlie jumps up and down, and occasionally laughs to himself. I think he completely panicked.
Justin exhales. All he’s worried about is that Joy got out safely.
Joy recovers the fastest. She goes to the edge of the tunnel and looks down. “What was happening there? Why were there all those kids with--”
Then, out of nowhere, the adult dreamer appears from the outside, below the tunnel’s exit, his arms grab Joy inside the tunnel, and scoop her towards him.
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Justin raises his hands. “Hey there, hey there,” he says in a calm voice. “We come in peace.”
Three of the children are aiming their guns at us over their breakfast table, here in the desert. The other children look at us with fear in their eyes.
“Everybody, keep your guns down,” Justin instructs everyone in a calm tone. “Master Mind, step in front of her.”
The three kids all point their guns at Justin.
“You’re not going to shoot me, are you going to shoot me?” he says in a very calm voice, his arms still raised, as Master Mind places himself between Joy and the children. “Do you understand English? Parlez vous Francais? Dreamers, prepare something that will protect us from bullets,” he says that last sentence in the same tone as if speaking to the children.
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We take turns peeking out of the tunnel and looking down at this dream that Charlie had found.
When it’s my turn, I see that we are in the middle of the desert. The desert is rocky with sparse green bushes I’ve never seen before.
“I don’t recognize this place,” I tell them.
Fortunately, Madelyn is next. “This is Guban Desert,” she says. “I have been here once. We are in Somalia.”
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Charlie flies into the dream with a jetpack on his back and hovers next to Madelyn, looking at Joy and Justin.
“Guys, guys!” He's super excited. “I’ve found a dream! A dream with kids!”
“What!” Joy opens her mouth in surprise and seems unable to close it.
“There’s not just one kid - there are like ten kids. Boys and girls. They’re eating breakfast. It must be the Dreamer and his friends or her friends. And there are no demons anywhere! Just a camp!”.
Justin’s eyebrow furrows. “Are you sure, Charlie? No demons?”
“I’m sure. Double sure. Triple sure.”
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Justin’s mouth falls open in shock as Master Mind tells him what happened when Joy tried to ride the magic carpet to the roof while wounded.
“Okay. Okay. Okay. You,” he points at Joy. “Never do that! Listen to adults for a change! When we tell you it’s dangerous, it’s dangerous! Grandma and Grampa know more about that because they’ve lived longer! You should listen to them! Got it!”
Joy looks down, but doesn’t answer. Justin doesn’t wait for a response. “Master Mind, good job not listening to her once she fell off the roof. I don’t trust her to listen to me so you have complete authority from me to never let her do something that can open this wound or any other wound! Got it?”
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I am here with my granddaughter. I’ve stopped the bleeding. Artemis’ arrow is in her leg.
I’ve created a tourniquet but she’s lost so much blood! She needs help and I’m the only one here!
I hear a familiar sound above me.
Madelyn’s super wheelchair comes flying from the tunnel, and she heads right towards us.
“Mon dieu, Zhoy!” she leaps off the wheelchair and lands next to her. And suddenly she has legs! “Mon dieu, mon dieu, mon dieu,” she can’t stop saying it. “This is all my fault! How are you feeling, Zhoy?”
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I am watching the adventure from afar. Artemis, the Greek goddess and huntress, has rebelled against Olympus and taken Zeus’ lightning bolt. This takes place in what Justin calls a “neutral arena”, which means that he created a Planet Olympus, which is far in outer space and not anywhere near our home. Joy, however, halfway through the adventure, had made the place glow, and so the planet will remain forever in Justin’s dream.
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We are off again!
Over the last two weeks, we’ve had adventure after adventure with Madelyn. Madelyn has been in South America, getting ready for one of her races, so her dream time is the same as Justin’s and Charlie’s.
So day after day (I mean our days, not their days), when Justin appears, we get ready and head off to meet Madelyn on top of her Shroom. Then we decide where we should have our adventure: in Justin’s dream or in Madelyn’s.
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Justin stands up and bends his head, since he is taller than the tunnel. “Joy, let’s just get out of here.”
“We have to save the baby. Right, Charlie?” she looks for help from her friend.
Charlie hesitates, though.
Justin reaches out with his hand. “Joy, it’s just a dream. The baby will disappear in a few minutes. I don’t want to let you touch it or suddenly we’ll have a real baby that we can’t get rid of.”
Joy looks like she’s going to cry again. “And what’s the matter with that?”
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“She left the baby!” Joy is jumping in place hysterically. “She left the baby!”
Justin puts his hands on her shoulder. “It’s just a dream, Joy, it’s not real.”
Madelyn turns her super wheelchair to face Joy. “There is a lot of sadness in the world. There are mothers that can’t take care of their babies--“
“No, there aren’t!”
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The six of us crowd together at the edge of the tunnel as we look in on this new dream. Madelyn sits in her super wheelchair in the middle, and we all try to squeeze in around her. All except Master Mind, who takes one peek then moves back.
“Our first rule, Madelyn, is safety.” Justin tells her. “We’re Dreamers. We can wake up if something happens to us. Joy can really get hurt. We have to protect her at any cost. Do you understand?
She nods, her face serious. “Protect Joy. Of course.”
“My dad, Grampa Walt, can also get hurt. But protect him second. First Joy.”
I notice he didn’t explain I was a dream made permanent. That’s wise for now.
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As we walk through the tunnel back towards Justin and Master Mind who are waiting on the surface of Madelyn’s Shroom, Charlie can’t stop looking at Madelyn’s super-wheelchair and laughing.
“What’s so funny?” Joy asks.
Charlie shakes his head and laughs.
Madelyn looks at him, and continues.
“Charlie, what’s so funny?” Joy insists.
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“I can lift you and walk you back through the tunnel, invalid,” Master Mind volunteers.
“Master Mind!” Justin and I both shout at him.
Madelyn raises her hand at Master Mind. “I can walk by myself, robot. Zhoy, you are coming with me?”
“Me, too!” Charlie says.
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