I was living in a city, though I don't recognize the exact streets so it was probably something I had seen on TV or in the movies. I had just finished doing... -something- important that was relevant to my last dream, when I notice that the streets are totally empty. The friend who'd been with me since the previous dream (who I did not recognize in the least, other than she straight blonde hair... I don't think I actually know anybody like that...) explained to me that everybody was told to stay indoors due to some trouble outside. So, naturally, I went outside to check it out.

No sooner had I stepped outside, I was hearing high pitched screeches and gunfire all around me. Bat-winged monsters were flying about, diving at single targets among an army of armored military forces. It was really awesome to see that, despite the scene looking like the initial attack of a monstrous or alien species against humanity, the humans were actually -winning-.

I went back inside, but instead went to the top floor of an apartment building to get a higher view of all the fighting. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that the city's power was out, so I had to take the stairs instead of the elevator to get a higher view. (In hindsight, I did not realize that everything was pretty brightly lit for a building with no power)

By the time I got to the top of the building, almost all of the bat-things were shot down, and the military were just sweeping out to catch any stranglers. But then I saw in the distance a large shadow that was just coming over the horizon that pretty looked like a mix between Godzilla and Kraid from Metroid. So a fat Godzilla. This thing was Godzilla-huge as well, being a head taller than most of the 'skyscraper' buildings of the suddenly-metropolis-styled city. And it was moving -fast-.

In a matter of a single minute, it had reached the city's edge and starts just stomping the crap out of everything. I remember thinking, 'Ah, this is the boss phase where it gets closer block by block until it just destroys everything on screen. But how will it do that in a 3D environment?' To answer my unspoken video-gamey 4th wall question, it turned to the side a bit to stomp forward more, then turned again... basically looking like it was making a crop circle design among the city buildings. I silently rejoiced when it turned away from the building I was on, then was all nervous as hell when it walked towards my location. At one point, it ran over the buildings just across the street from me, the shock of its footsteps shattering all the windows in front of me.

So the military were having no effect on the new monster, so I went back downstairs to see what my friend was up to. She tells me that she's been hired by 'somebody helpful' to steal a quick item from one of the hospital's lobby shops. 'Sure,' I said, 'why the hell not?' Followed her through the streets, where there were all this destruction and corpses of bat-things and soldiers, but not actual civilians walking or running around.

We got to a storefront, which... somehow was accessable from the outside of the hospital... got in because the door was unlocked and everything was dark inside. 'Ah, the door was electronicly locked, so that's how we can get in, since the power is still out' was probably the only logic I needed (ignoring how the rest of the hospital rooms still had lights). Aaaaand it was also a jewelry store. Aaaaand the item that my friend was hired to steal was a diamond cutter. I don't know, I was only along for the ride.

We left the store, and my still-unrecognized friend mentioned something about leaving the city. I quickly said some lame one-liner that I think was like, 'If you ever want to leave, you'll still have to watch out for danger!'. During those last few words, our side of the street was suddenly covered with frost (I was on the sidewalk while she was on the street). I pushed her away and jumped back, just in time to dodge this... kind of suddenly materializing cubed 'train' of ice. Like, it came out of the frosted path on the street like a wave, 4ft wide and 4ft tall, slightly rounded corners. The weird ice attack keeps shooting forward like a speeding car, leaving behind the sidewards pillar of naturally melting ice. My friend thanks me for saving her life, I merely tip my wizard hat. Because... apparently I had a wizard hat.

BUT, that scene scared the hell out of me, despite trying to keep acting like a badass. After she climbed over the ice to get back on the sidewalk, I pulled her into a Walgreens to do some shopping. There were a few people in there, customers and employees, just waiting out this monster war like good little civilians. I go straight for the bargain rack and pull out all of the candy-things that were there. My friend started to ask if I was alright, and that's when I found tucked all the way in the back of the bottom shelf a freaking large bag of peanut M&Ms. And then I said I was good.

I went to go buy all this candy in order to get myself drunk off sugar, when I started to question myself why the bag of peanut M&Ms were in the dark brown bag instead of the yellow bag... which was when I yelled out, 'OH, CRAP! This is just a dream! I really wanted this candy!' Everybody looked at me like I was crazy... and -then- I woke up from the sheer embarrassed awkwardness that I wanted to just get away from.

Yeah, thanks brain.