Friday, February 5, 2010

Traveling with my company's president, confronting a criminal in the engine

I am traveling by van with the president of my company to present my idea for a video game to a client. She has two young sons with us. I am talking to the kids, they like me. One is precocious in math and takes special classes.

We stop at a house to get something to eat. We walk through the house toward a street with restaurants and I step in an old well that has been covered up but the wood covering it up is rotting. Our president says, "No one wants to fall in there!" When looking down at the well I notice I've forgotten to put on my shoes.

I return to the van for my shoes to find a man stealing the van's front bumper. He's in the engine disassembling it from behind. He continues to work as I confront him. I press a unbent coat hanger on his hand and threaten to poke all the way through if he doesn't stop. He still doesn't stop. I don't want to put the coat hanger through him so I grab his hands and pull him out from behind the grate. He walks into the house and meets another shady character outside the back door.

I tell them to leave but they won't. I try to dial 911 on my cell but can't get the numbers right. Eventually I dial some three or four digit number which rings and I decide to pretend I'm talking to 911 in hopes that will make the men leave. I describe the situation and give a physical description of the men to the man who answered the phone. The person on the phone responds with something funny I don't understand as the criminal men slowly wander off. The man's comment seemed to be to amuse people who were listening to him answer the phone. I tell him I didn't understand what he said and that I "don't care if this is 911, I just wanted those guys to leave. What is this number?"

"The Kingdom is Close at Hand."

"What's that, a religious thing?"

"I don't think I should tell you, it sounds like you have a preconceived notion. I'm an atheist."

I reply that I am too and again ask what the organization is. As an answer, the man counts off a song and a metal band begins to play. I realize The Kingdom is Close at Hand is the man's band and I called him while they were practicing. I continue to listen to the song while walking to catch up with our company's president and her kids, but am not paying close attention as I don't like the song.

I see our president and her kids get into a jalopy across the street driven by our company's chairman. He is married to our president in the dream and those are their kids. Another van of old high school classmates pulls into the driveway. I notice the song is not playing on the phone any more and that the man has hung up on me. I pretend to say goodbye for the benefit of those watching me.

The chairman pulls out from the curb and I am afraid they are leaving for the restaurant without me, but he pulls into the driveway to pick me up.

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