12/22/2008
”The Day The Earth Almost Stood Still”

(I wish I could remember more of the beginning of this dream. All I can recall really is the end, which was amazing.)
There was some ancient, evil faction that was trying to fulfill some sort of prophecy that would result in the destruction of the Earth, by way of a huge, robotic alien/weapon that resided somewhere in deep space. There was a large, medieval building (Either a castle or a fortress, I can’t remember which) where the summoning was going down. Only I and a small group of other unlikely heroes - including my friend Ang - knew about this plot and were in the building, trying to stop the villains from destroying the Earth. This is basically where my recollection starts. Everything was really intense throughout this period as we were going through all of these rooms and passageways, trying to find something to help stop their countdown to the coming of this thing. (My notes say something about defying gravity and running along the walls, but I really don’t remember that too well.)
We came to find out that we could not stop the countdown, altogether, but we could divert the weapon that would be used. It was a fail-safe that would cause the technology - which is really futuristic, and used to kick-start this apocalypse – to self destruct in the event that it might come into the wrong hands. Coming down to the wire, we got into a scuffle with some of the bad guys, in the room that housed the panel that called down the assault. There were all kinds of crazy modern alarms blaring and lights flashing, and everything was just really chaotic, signaling the end, when someone from our group broke away from the others' defense and lunged at the control panel. Another set of alarms began to sound off, and we – much to the dismay of the villains were warned to evacuate.
At this point, my perspective switched from first to third person, and was plotted way out in space. There was a massive robot – many times the size of the Earth – just floating there. The single lens that ran across its eye(s) began to glow red, and a huge beam of light burst out of it. My perspective followed this beam through space until it closed in on the Earth, looking for a direct hit. Then, my perspective switched to the outside of the fortress, seeing it as the only structure in the foreground, sitting on a hill, with a nice, countryside background stretching off into a sunset. Suddenly, the beam of light streaked in from the horizon, shearing straight through the top half of the fortress/castle and blowing the entire thing to pieces. The explosion was the most vivid image I remember of the dream. After the initial pop, it seemed to expand in slow motion, the blast completely rocking the whole scene.
After that, I was back in my body again. We had escaped the building and were collecting ourselves amongst the smoldering debris. I don’t remember whatever happened to the villains, but I do remember Ang being really pissed at me about something. Dunno what it was, though.
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