Just woke up from a rather interesting dream.
Myself and some RL friends (and some other, fictional people) were involved in some shady dealings, the nature of which I can't really remember. There was something to do with a girl who was hiding out (possibly in my friend's parents' house?) and there was a bit where someone had to jump on the front of a train and hang on to escape a country (probably inspired by me watching Sin Nombre not long ago), but I'm sure there was more to it.
One thing that sticks in my memory is that at least twice when I and the other main characters (I remember myself and two of my RL friends, but I believe there were some others as well) parked a car and got out, we had parked outside an old building which had at one point been a sushi restaurant before closing down and becoming a paint shop, with bits of posters and signs from its old businesses still showing across the building.
The second or third time this happened I remarked on it, thinking it was pretty damn amazing.
I don't think the others shared my enthusiasm, though... I guess we were doing some pretty scary shit, but still, I thought it was cool.
Anyway, that last time we parked outside an old sushi place we walked into some sort of big mall/supermarket and split up. I remember my best friend saying/texting something about how he'd "told him to get the money and go pick her up, and I told them to make sure she's ready to go," and then I and my other friend Adam had to go get something from a store.
We were walking along, through this cavernous big shopping complex, when I noticed two guys step away from a wall and start following subtly after us, chatting away happily, one of them pushing a shopping trolley. I glanced back at them, then nudged Adam and said, "Hey look, isn't that Killer Bob?" He made his own quick glance and said it was.
This was worrying- Killer Bob (Normally a terrifying character in a certain show) was apparently a mob enforcer in this dream-universe. And I knew he had plenty of reason to be after us.
(The other guy was just some average-looking old bruiser with a silver quiff, still intimidating in his own right.)
Anyway, despite that we continued on to the store we needed to go to.
It was some medium sized place with bright walls and white shelves in the aisles. I can't even remember what we were looking for now, but it was something needed for some nefarious plot we were involved in. As we were looking for it, the two mob guys- still all smiles- cornered us.
Can't remember exactly what was said, but they wanted to know something, either about what we were involved in, or were someone- probably my best friend- was. Or maybe that girl, I don't know.
Anyway, they sat Adam down and kept asking him questions. I guess they picked him as an easier target or something?
I dunno. I had more of an idea of what they were up to, that's for sure. He wasn't telling them anything but I could tell he was shit-scared. Killer Bob (who looked weirdly young now that we were in the store, with black hair instead of grey and a young, pale face marked with acne) started to gently, soothingly brush my friend's long hair aside with a hand, and I realized they were about to mutilate him somehow, cut off his ear or something.
I decided I had to do something and quickly. I looked around in a panic, with the other guy telling me to stand still, and then eventually I saw a pair of crutches leaning against a table- or in a display stand for sale, not sure. Anyway, I waited for a moment when they were off-guard, then grabbed up the crutch and whacked Killer Bob with it.
The weird thing about this part of the dream is that when I picked up the crutch and attacked them, I still felt scared, like I might not be strong enough to take them on. This is unusual with my dreams, usually (unless I'm having a nightmare) I can slaughter just about anyone with any weapon or even my bare hands. Clearly these guys were pretty tough.
Anyway, I managed to fight a running battle with them around the store.
Eventually I somehow managed to choke Killer Bob out using the crutch when he was separated, then brained the other guy with it when he ran at me. Then we fled the store, and I woke up.
I know there isn't that much substance to what I remember about the dream, but it was really cool and I wish I remembered more.
I just wanted to write it down. Before any of that I dreamed that I turned my TV on, then woke up thinking I had only to realise that I'd never picked up the remote and it had just turned on automatically.
Then I turned it off and went back to sleep, to have the aforementioned awesome dream.