Dreams

As Ritchie and I reached the LZ and prepared to make the drop.
I ask him whether they were really there.
On a lifeless island merely a dot in the equatorial archipelago covered in thick dense rainforest.
I heard no reply as we both jumps off the helicopter as it made the touch landing.
We spent tnwety seconds securing the immediate perimeter before heading north in search of our "targets".
Our family was supposedly located here via satellite.
It seemed that the whole of south-east asian banded together to try and take down the western world.
Establish the dominance vietnam once failed to acheive.
Ritchie and I had immediately requested permission to recon our family and bring them to Australia after we heard that they were hiding out in a small uninhabited island off the coast of Indonesia.
Here i was, standing next to my brother in SAS uniform serving for the australian defence force?
I guess anything goes in dreams...

The tiny island off Sumatra was no bigger than Manningham itself covered in lush green rainforest.
The rain, sunshine, humidity and smell of the air was an instant reminder of how much I missed Malaysia.
immediately after the fimiliar smell of the tropical climate hit me, i realized this dream was just another brain game.
But hey, it's a dream nevertheless. Might as well go along with it.

Ritchie and I searched the whole of the island untill the sun came down and forced us to make camp on the beach.
With tents up, a fire going and our ration packs sizzling on our trangias.
I couldn't help but break the silence and ask Ritchie whether he thought they really were here after all.
Ritchie said nothing untill we entered our tents and tried to get some sleep.
While the embers of the campfire were still crackling, ritchie let out a sigh and said "They're here, we'll find em before tomorrow is gone."

Everytime I opened my eyes through the restless night's sleep.
It seemed more and more realistic that our family really was lost in my dream.
Lost in a world where my brain has all control, yet posseses no intent on controling what happens.
Morning came and we set back to searching the inner rainforest in search for the TAN family. Mom's side of the family.