EARTH
Since Aileen's death, I had dreamt of her only once and in the dream, we didn't talk and it was as if she couldn't see me. My skin crawled every time I recalled that dream. I had never told the others about it because I figured there was no need, but even so, I couldn't forget it.
She had been standing or rather floating, in front of me. Her eyes looked hollow and haunted as she stared off into space. Her dark hair was matted with blood making it look all stiff and tangled behind her. Her skin was pale and looked almost too transparent for it to be real. Her clothes were torn and there was a thick bloodstain on her abdomen where her hands reached as if trying to pull something out from it.
I had stood still as I stared at my wounded cousin. I had even walked around her, trying to
