Falling asleep wasn't easy for Jack. Not when he knew what was coming. But fall asleep he must, and fall asleep he did. He couldn't stop his body from drifting where it had to go.

His mind opened up as sleep overtook, and he saw darkness. The darkness that so often gave way to those dreams. He waited for it. Waited for the memories or the switch.

But this night, it didn't come. This night he heard a voice.

You're not here he thought as he twitched slightly in his sleep. You're not real. You're dead.