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daughter…your innocent daughter on top of that?” Isabelle’s watery eyes looked to him for sympathy.
    Leonard struggled to hold back tears that began to flow down his face like a waterfall. Then it happened.
    “Please, do what you will, but leave her out of this…she had nothing to do with it. This is your daughter, Leonard.”
    The familiar scene I was witnessing had finally reached the point I had seen play over in my mind a million times before. There it was. The haunting vision that had overtaken me so many times in the past was now playing out in its entirety, uninterrupted, right in front of me. The before and after, everything was coming together. Just as in my visions, the next scene played out spot-on.
    Christian walked up behind Leonard and whispered into his ear. I never heard what was said before in the vision, nor did I know who it was whispering, but I could hear it plain as day now and knew precisely who it was.
    “Finish the mission, Leonard. Complete your destiny. This moment of sacrifice will set the stage for you. You will live in infamy, becoming more powerful than you could have ever imagined. All you have to do is pull the trigger and become what it is you are meant to be. The time is now.” He urged Leonard on.
    Leonard walked up to the petrified girls and stood over them. I remembered from my vision that the next thing I heard was a gunshot and that is where the vision would always break away. I’ve never seen what happened next. I didn’t know if I would in this moment either, but I knew what he was about to do.
    Without a word, Leonard steadied himself, reigning in his tears and stopping his hand from shaking. Isabelle clutched her crying daughter and braced herself for what was coming next. Leonard started to squeeze the trigger before suddenly turning the weapon on himself and placing it under his chin.
    The sound of gunfire went off and suddenly I shot back out of his body and hovered over the scene at the top of the room. Leonard’s lifeless body fell to the floor in a clump as Isabelle and Christina crawled over to him. The two laid over the top of him, embracing him while they sobbed uncontrollably.
    Christian looked frustrated. “You fool, but nonetheless, mission accomplished.” He scoffed.
    The door behind him swung open and a couple of soldiers stood in the doorway with their weapons drawn.
    “Stand down men. Our boy Leonard here has decided to take the side of traitors and sacrifice his life instead of theirs. He lacked the guts to do justice. Let us go.”
    Christian started to make his way out of the bedroom when he addressed one of his men, “Private, let me see your rifle.”
    The soldier obeyed and handed his weapon over to their leader. Christian was now armed with a pistol, and a rifle in each of his hands.
    “Gentlemen, this is how we must deal with traitors. Take note.”
    Without hesitation, Christian walked back to the grieving mother and child and aimed the rifle first as he ordered the soldier to hold his pistol. Isabelle and Christina both screamed as Christian pulled the trigger and shot Isabelle. Then, without an ounce of hesitance, he handed the rifle back to the soldier and ripped his pistol back from him. He walked up and shot the crying girl like he was stepping on a bug. Both bodies fell lifeless on top of their father on the bedroom floor. It was a sad sight to behold.
    I started to hover right in front of Christian's face as he sat their smirking proudly at what he had done. I wanted to punch him, but couldn’t. As I was staring at his face, the environment around him, including what he was wearing, changed. The next thing I knew I was hovering back away from his grinning face. After getting a few feet away from him, I instantly knew where I had been taken this time. I was in Darryl Kite’s room, after he tossed Shade off the balcony and right after I threatened him and went out to save Shade.
    Darryl was standing back out on the porch, looking