AllFreeNovel
Share Us
She gave me a grateful nod and then approached the tormented scene.
With a sweeping gesture, Grace began altering the narrative of Uhah’s nightmare.
The children, previously banging fruitlessly at the door, now bent down to inspect the locking mechanism.
They tugged at the small locks near the ground, but their tiny fingers couldn’t stretch up to the top lock.
The doors weren’t faulty, that was what Grace was trying to show Uhah.
They were merely out of reach for the children.
“Come on, come on,” Grace murmured, encouraging the children in the nightmare.
She made another gesture, and one of the kids seemed to get an idea.
Slowly, the child aliens began stacking on top of one another, building a living ladder to reach the elusive lock.
Their tiny, determined faces were lit by the flickering flames, reflecting their perseverance.
I watched, my heart in my throat, as the topmost child finally grasped the lock.
With a triumphant click, it unlocked, and the previously insurmountable door swung open, letting in a rush of fresh air.
The children, no longer prisoners of their fate or Uhah’s guilt, tumbled out in a joyful mass of relief.
They sprinted into the adjacent field, their silhouettes growing smaller against the backdrop of the blazing facility.
Their laughter and cheerful cries replaced the earlier sounds of despair, filling the air with hope.
As Grace and I watched from a distance, the fire consumed the structure, its insatiable hunger for destruction evident in the way it devoured every inch.
The building, once a symbol of Uhah’s guilt and regret, now stood as a beacon of redemption, its fiery demise cleansing the sins of the past.
With a final, thunderous roar, the building collapsed in on itself, sending a plume of smoke and ash into the night sky.
The children, now safe and free, looked back one last time at the inferno, their faces a mix of awe and relief.
Grace, her mission accomplished, turned to me, her eyes shining with tears. “We did it,” she whispered, pulling me into a tight embrace.
I nodded, hugging her back. “You did it,” I corrected gently. “You found a way to reframe Uhah’s guilt, to give him a chance at redemption.”
She smiled up at me, her face glowing in the firelight. “We did it together,” she said. “It was a team effort.”
We stood there, arms wrapped around each other, watching as the last remnants of the fire burned out.
The nightmare, with all its pain and regret, had come to an end.
* * *
The abrupt end of the nightmare jolted us with a force that sent us tumbling from the depths of Uhah’s consciousness.
We were now standing beside his bed in the ethereal dreamworld, its familiar misty ambiance a stark contrast to the fiery inferno we had just witnessed.
Grace and I glanced at each other, catching our breaths and sharing a silent acknowledgment of the magnitude of what we’d just accomplished.
A feat not just for Uhah but also for the bond that had grown stronger between us.
A soft groan from Uhah drew my attention.
