In this dream I have realized that I can retreat into my own mind and look around in a sort of virtual reality in my head. It takes quite a bit of focus but I am getting the hang of it. When I enter the virtual reality, I can step out of my body and see it in the position I left it, but it appears in a glowing teal color (like tron). As I move around I can see that I am now a bright blue cube. With considerable effort I am trying to look around the room and notice that up and behind my body someone is watching. I am so startled that I am knocked out of the virtual world.

I decide I need to try to show this virtual world to my friend Erik. I manage to get him into the world and try to explain what is going on. Then I tell him about the person watching, but there is no one there any more. Suddenly a teal cube (the one who was watching) attacks from behind me and Erik saves me by knocking him away. Erik says something along the lines of "I got this, I am strong here".

Suddenly I realize what is going on, and try to explain it to Eric. "He is me, come to replace me in my body! See, it's a metaphor, Erik. As our body and mind continually change, our old selves are destroyed and replaced by new selves in a never ending cycle of death and birth."

Eric is not really paying attention, he is trying to chase down the teal cube. He is slowly walking towards it in an elevator. I suspect something is up. He is about to enter the elevator, and then... Black. I fell out of the virtual world.

When I return to consciousness in this world I look around to see that quite a bit of time has passed and there has obviously been a fight. There is debris and wreckage all over and I see dents all over the metal walls. I look at the elevator where I last saw Erik and see that in the elevator door is dented the number "18".

Then I wake up, unsure if the 18 was left by Erik as a clue or if it is a trap left by my future self in an effort to eradicate me.