Death Ship: Part -3, Melicertes' Dream

An Account of Melicertes' Forgotten Dream - Taken From Unknown Sources

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Their cousin has been living with them for thirteen years. Melicertes and his brother take her to a beach where they each begin to collect shells. As she bends toward the sand her long hair falls from her head. The sea washes in suddenly, rising above their ankles and dragging the hair out with it as it recedes. Melicertes looks in horror to his brother but he hasn't noticed.

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His mother pacing outside the house repeating that something has gone wrong. Melicertes asks what and she says, your brother your brother - I think your father has hidden him. Melicertes doesn't understand. He turns and sees that all of the trees that once stood in their garden have been chopped down. A pack of hunting dogs race toward the house. The lead dog has a dead rabbit in its mouth and he hears his mother say, oh no they've killed him.

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His Mother dragging him toward her red Fiat 500. Melicertes is crying. His Mother says that he has to come with her.

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A cauldron full of boiling water. His mother is chopping onions and dropping them into the water. Melicertes asks what she is cooking and she says that he has to go to bed a seven. He says that he doesn't want to go to bed at seven. She tells him that he must because he is seven years old, when he's eight he can go to bed at eight. This seems to make sense. And then he realises that the cauldren is his bed.

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He is in the front seat of his mother's car. He is crying and has an overwhelming feeling that he doesn't want to be there. His mother is silent. The sea rises before them. He feels that on each side of the car is a sheer drop and that they are in danger of falling at any moment.

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He is underwater and surrounded by bubbles. He sees his mother swimming ahead of him and he tries to follow her. He worries that he is running out of air but then takes a breath and realises he can breathe. As he swims he is overtaken by a dolphin carrying a body. He swims faster to catch up to it and recognises that the body is him. The dolphin swims away into the dark of the sea.