Las Vegas, Monday night

Isabel was trying hard not to panic as she set the picture aside. After first making contact with Peter in his dreams more than a week before, Isabel had been back to check on him several times while he tried to find out where he was being held.

But Thursday night, no matter how many times she tried, Isabel couldn’t find Peter on the dream plane. She didn’t panic that night, figuring maybe he was too excited to sleep. When she couldn’t find him Friday night, she started getting worried.

Finally on Saturday night, Isabel managed to make contact for the briefest of moments. There was a sudden flash of Peter’s face but before she could even call his name, she was abruptly tossed out of the dream.

It had happened several times since then, each time lasting only a second or two before she’d be tossed out of the dream. It was enough to let her at least know that he was alive, but Isabel was still worried. Something horrible had to have happened for Peter to shut her out like that.

She was going to have to tell Sam soon. She just didn’t know what to say.

[Peter modded with permission. Establishy but open post.]