There's Always Hope

Prologue

Movie Buff

The man sat in his living room, watching one on of his DVD's on his big flat-screen TV with surround sound, on a cold, wet rainy day, with a bowl of popcorn. Normally, he would be out, running, but the rain came, and he was in no mood to lift weights today. His name is Michael Parsons. He is a Martial Arts student, he is a brown belt. He studies all forms of combat.

The movie of the day was "Carrie". Michael had a total crush on Sissy Spacek. He was smiling as he got to the scene where she was walking home and made the boy fall off his bike. He felt sad every time the movie got to the end. He hated watching such a pretty girl die.

"If only I could enter the screen and save her," he said to no one in particular.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and his TV started to glow and hum.

"What the fuck?" whispered Michael.

The TV screen seemed to ripple and stretch forward.

"Whoa," said Michael as he reached out to touch the screen.

It felt like gelatin. Then it latched onto his hand.

"Jesus Christ," he gasped as he tried to yank free.

The screen would not budge. He screamed as the screen gave a yank and completely pulled him in. He fell screaming through nothing but white void. Then he blacked out...