Knocking

I want to share with you all the most heartbreaking dream I have ever had. It took place in the not too distant future. Earth was starting to degenerate. There was a viral epidemic starting to sweep the world and the government was starting to gather people who they suspected of being infected. There was a theory that there was not a virus at all though. I was sitting in my living room with my family when we got a knock on the door. A bunch of guys in hazmat suits said they had to check people for the virus. They determined that I had the virus. They then took me to a truck full of other people who supposedly had the virus. I saw my best friend in the truck. We both started talking and decided that we were going to try and escape. When they unloaded the truck at this camp out by the woods, we made a run for it. Years passed as we ran from the government, hiding in our parents houses and in the forest and city. When we were hiding in my parents house one time though, a bunch of hazmat guys burst in through the windows and took me and my friend. My parents tried to pull them off, but they managed to take me and my friend. We were both hit with clubs and blacked out. When I woke up, I somehow knew that they had lobotomized me, as if i could hear what they were saying when I was unconscious. They thought the virus was seated in the part of the brain that controlled basic functioning and memory. So when I woke up, I was unable to move well, and was mentally retarded. I was in my elementary school gym( its painted light blue with a light blue/gray carpet) along with a bunch of other people who had been lobotomized, as if the government had converted the school into a place to house the people with the virus. I still had memories though so they had done the operation wrong. This is when i knew that there was no virus, because if there was, I would be dead. Walking around the gym with all the other lobotomized people, I saw my friend. He was in a wheelchair, and also seemed mentally retarded. We both recognized each other, so we could tell that we both had out memories intact. When the nurses/guards were not around, we would talk(though in broken voices) and reminisce. This seemed to go on for years. It was like living in a mental hospital. They gave us pills daily. One day when we were just walking around the gym, an announcement came on. It said "all patients are allowed to leave". The guards were surprised, but unlocked a door on the side of the gym that led to the outside. All of the patients walked outside. It was the first time in the dream that I had seen the outside world in years. It was beautiful. The sky's were blue, the sun was shining, the trees were green and the flowers were in full bloom. birds were flying and chirping pleasantly. It was the most beautiful experience. You hear about people waking up from dreams because they are incredibly frightened, but I woke up from this dream because I was incredibly happy. In the dream, I was finally free. The moment I woke up, I started crying, and I really mean crying. I was straight up sobbing. I have never had a dream that affected me so much.