203 Commander trouble

"Where am I? why is it so dark?" Crystal is looking around it's so dark she cannot see even a hint of light. Putting her hand over her mouth she begins to heave at the putrid smell. She keeps telling her self " I will be fine , it's just a dream that it  I'm  in a dream" A loud banging noise is blocking out all other sounds, Crystal tries to think where is it coming from? Listening closely realizeing it's her heart pounding. I begin to shake and I feel my cheeks get warm from tears running down them.

" Why am I here , please God if it a dream let me wake up ?  Please show me why I am here?" Hearing a shuffling noise she screams. There is a flash of light and she sees a man beaten and barely breathing. Telling herself, you can do this he is hurt just crawl towards him. Crawling towards the where the man was laying , Crystal reaches him. Laying her head on his chest she can hear his heartbeat. Sighing with relief that he is alive. She feels his chest heave and he begins to cough. Feeling the weight on his chest the man tries to push it off. 

"Who is there?" The weak voice asks. Crystals head shoots up in shock it's Steve's voice. 

" My cookie is that you ? It's me Crystal, why are you here ,where are we?" The man begins to cry. 

"Oh God,I must be dying I can feel and hear my precious imp. " hearing this Crystal knows now she has dreamed walked into her great-uncles dream. He is hurt with no one to take care of him. He needs for her to find him. Crystal tries to wake herself up so she can get help but is unable to. So she decides to just hold him and talk to him till she can wake up. 

"Hey my cookie where are we do you know?" Hoping he can tell her so when she wakes up she can get him help. 

"I don't know where we are? We were on a mission to rescue some men from Iraq and my unit was captured. The man holding us is not like anyone I've encountered before. It's like he knows our every move and thought. Are you really my imp or am I just imagining you because I'm about to die?" Crystal cringed inside imagining her great-uncle dying. 

"I'm here my cookie, you know while you have been gone I started my bow training, I'm going to be better than Aisling. I'm going to make you proud of me. You have to get out of here. I'm afraid here it's an evil place. " crawling up his chest she takes his face in her hands kissing his forehead she tells him. 

"What is it , why are you trembling?" Talking through her sobs she begins to tell him about her dream walk.  HeJin hearing about her husband's predicament calls the her contact at the base. 

Astila hold Crystal close and soothingly rocks her to calm her enough to get some real answers.  

"My cookie is in a dark damp place, he is hurt he can barely talk. He has been beaten and I am afraid he is going to die. I tried to come out of the dream walk but I couldn't . I had to bite myself till the pain woke me. " she tells them between sobs . Holding Astila tightly crying now uncontrollably. Astila looks at Yona his face is dark and cold. Yona seeing this he comes and takes Crystal from him. Astila goes and finds HeJin . He goes out to the porch and sees her standing by the rail. 

"HeJin what did they say?" He asks.

"They say he was on a secret mission in Iraq. They can't officially go look for them. They have a unit trying to find them but the person who has them has never left any survivors. He has never even been photographed, so they don't even have a description of him.They say there is not much hope. We can't have Crystal dream walking. If what she says is true she could get trapped there. Steve would not want anything to happen to her.  He told me that this mission was dangerous and that he would be leading his men into a place that no one has returned from. That's why I cane, I couldn't bare being alone there and not know. At least here I was useful, I had you all to keep me sane. Now our little one has seen him like that I don't know what to do. You know the person they are looking for leaves no trace. If he dies we might never know . " Astila pulls her into his arms and holds her while she cries . Astila stares out into the starry night his heart is anxious , he prays for his friend to stay strong and to come home. He has never felt the anxiety before that comes when a loved one is on a mission. Now that he is feeling it first hand Astila is grateful that he met Aisling after he left the military. He would not want her to feel like this over him. Aisling comes outside and sees her husband holding her Aunt , smiling she goes over and asks him 

"will you go and tell Uncle John, I do not want to tell him over the phone. Ask him to come so we can have a prayer circle. It is the only thing we can do at the moment. I want to go to him but I'm afraid when  Crystal said she couldn't wake up that where he is at could be magically protected. If that's the case we could be in danger and I can't risk our twins. My uncle would not want that , he would be angry if something happened to them or to one of us. I'm at a loss as to what to do." Aisling lays her head on her husbands shoulder crying for her uncle . 

Astila goes to get John and calls Audis to ring the family. Taking a deep breath he knocks on john's door. Waiting anxiously for someone to answer. John opens the door he is already getting his jacket on.

"Lets go I know my brother is in trouble, I was awoken from my sleep with him on my mind. What do you know so far?"  Rushing out of the house Astila watches the elder walk towards his car. Once inside Astila's car , he tellls John everything he knows. When they reach the house there are twenty cars already there. John looks at Astila and explains. 

" I began to activate the prayer chain the moment I woke up. I know when I wake like that someone is in trouble. Even if I don't know details. " 

the two go inside to start the prayer vigil for Steve. The women already have coffee started and everyone is gathered in the living room. Crystal sees John and runs to him squeezing his neck tightly whispering in his ear. 

" Did you see him ? He is hurting bad we have to save him my cookie cannot leave us. Please save him." Her face is a washed with tears again , John just holds her tightly promising they will pray that he will come home.

john gets everyone into a circle holding hands Moll is on his right and Maureen on his left. He begins the prayer. 

"Father we come before you asking for my brothers and his men's safe return. Father bring them home to their families and bring those who are holding them to justice. Give us strength to withstand the anxiety of not knowing . Father I know my brother would not go blindly into danger, so I know that for him to be captured that something unforeseen has happened. Father I ask that you place angels around him to keep him safe from all harm. In your sons holy name I pray. The circle stayed linked and in silence each saying a silent prayer for the unit of men missing. No one noticed that Crystal had slipped out of the house. She is walking towards the creek. To sad to notice that the sun was coming up. She finds a place to sit by the waterfall. 

"Father God please send me to save my cookie, We just lost my Norma we are not ready to lose him. Please if you can't send me can you send Uktena and Morrigan to him. I felt an evil like the one before . This ones essence is just like hers. He is either one of the fallen ones or Nephilim . My cookie has no active power to protect him, so please send him help. I will give or do whatever you need of me if you will save him."  Crystal begins to cry begging God to save her great-uncle.