Music from the band Black Sabbath was blaring out of the speakers of Joshua's flat screen TV as he lay asleep on the couch in his living room. Ironically the song which was playing, was from a 1978 tour and was entitled 'Symptom of the Universe'.
Joshua was in the middle of another horrible dream, one which he has had many times, always the same, always ending abruptly, always causing him to awaken with screams and sweat.
The wealthy young man lived in a high-rise building overlooking Times Square-The 21st floor. Joshua had just awoken and was presently sitting on the edge of his couch, elbows resting upon his knees and his head in the palms of his upturned hands.