In Continuum.

Automated Defence Mechanism Part I: The Activation

(The below is a fictional interpretation of what happens in one's brain as a person falls asleep,and slowly drifts into a nightmare then out of it.Pure fictional work,really)

All stations standing by for body shutdown,awaiting clearance.
Clearance granted.
Proceeding with body shutdown in T minus five.Four.Three.Two.One.Deactivate.
Body shutdown,clear!
All stations standing by now for the activation of the brain to dreaming mode,awaiting clearance.
Clearance granted.
Proceeding with dreaming mode,all stations prepare for sub-conscious visual activation.
SCA activated,uploading dream.
Uploading complete.Dream will start in T minus five.Four.Three.Two.One.Activate.

I am in a field,it seems.The field is surrounded by woods,and it was all quiet.I could hear the birds in the distance,and the moon is bright and soft,in a pale shade of yellow hanging in the starless sky.A rustle,i heard in the bushes.I could hear it now,to my right the bush next to the pine tree,it quivered and shook.I stepped back,a step or two,then took off.Whatever was in the bushes leaped out of it,and growled in a low-pitched voice.It was monstrous,it was hideous,as i stared back.I couldnt see what it was,but it had red eyes,bloody red eyes and a shadowy body.I couldnt see what it was,but it was like a mass of blackness,moving with gaining speed.

I started running,running faster.The beast chased after me,and i could feel its breath behind me,with its teeth snapping at my shirt.I could feel its drool on my back now,and there was blood.There was blood!I fell,and my face hit the rock hard.I spunned around,and the beast was above me now.It bared its teeth,and its fangs dug deep into my chest.I couldnt breathe,i couldnt breathe under his crushing weight,and i stared up into its bloody eyes,as it pierced through mine was absolute death.I was going to die,i thought.I was going to parish.

All stations stand by for defence mechanism activation.Awaiting clearance.
Clearance granted.
Proceeding with self-defence mechanism in T minus five.Four.Three.Two.One.Activate.
All stations stand by for dream deactivation,awaiting clearance.
Clearance granted.
Proceeding with dream deactivation,stage one in process.Deleting current dream.
Proceed with stage two,regaining consciousness.
All stations stand by for full-body reactivation.
Reactivation in T minus five.Four.Three.Two.One.

Wake.