A Nightmare I was swimming, even faster than I can go in my waking life, so fast that everything around me was a blur and the water swept by me like sunshine. It was amazing! I could taste the salt and knew I was in Hawaii, absolutely free of all those infernal files that Agent Price keeps giving me. I didn’t care about war or people’s lives, just myself and endless ocean. Suddenly, I felt a menace behind me. I could almost taste its hate and hunger in the water around me, this looming thing that was drawing closer, no matter how much speed I tried to put on. It had a huge grey head, long teeth in a gaping mouth, tiny angry eyes and it was gaining on me. I heard someone scream, “stop it, Puddles!” even though I could have sworn I was alone a minute ago. So I tried, putting up water shield