

The sky is black and filled with stars, and in the distance is a familiar blue globe. In an attempt to flee her captors, she launches from their confines only to freeze at the view outside the window. Little does she know how far away from home she is, though. Waking to the sound of voices, Aimee realizes that she has been kidnapped. She becomes paralyzed and watches in horror as her hands vanish before her eyes. Aimee trails after him, and in the stillness of that forest the unthinkable happens.

On an early evening walk, her cocker spaniel charges into the woods on the other side of the pond. College beckons, as does her dream of becoming an engineer. It is the day after Aimee Patterson's high school graduation.
