The Reunion Zone

Submitted for your approval: a group of people who shared an uncommon experience - at one time or another they had inhabited the same place, over forty-odd years ago. Not just your ordinary, run-of-the-mill place. A place that was, and still is, inhabited by a spirit. A spirit that can only be found in.......the Reunion Zone.

Fast forward to the present. A hotel in the working-class city of Newark, New Jersey. The kind of hotel that business people often frequent, rushing about in their daily ritual. And there's the occasional party. On this particular night, the eighth of September, in the year 2007, just such an event was in progress, an event not of time, or space, but of mind. And heart.

And it was on this night that the lonely spirit, thought long gone in the ether, reappeared. Quietly, it crept up on the unsuspecting revelers, inhabiting their bodies, infusing a life force they hadn't felt for many years. Taken by surprise, they felt an uncontrollable sensation, compelling them to act in strange ways. Before they knew it, the tears were flowing and they were hugging and kissing one another as if time had stood still. And there was dancing, with wild abandon, shedding the years like an old, wrinkled suit of clothes.

The night wound down, and so did the party. The parting was hard. People slowly drifted back to their hotel rooms to pack for departure, and as they did, pledges were made, such as "I'll stay in touch", "We'll get together soon", and "I'll call you". Some would keep their pledge, most would not. As they drifted off to sleep, they dreamt they could hear the spirit whisper in their ears - "never forget me, for I am the spirit of Omega and I live on in all of you".

Had they been haunted, overtaken by a supernatural force? The truth lies somewhere between fact and fairy tale. You see, the spirit had been in them all along, waiting patiently to be re-awakened in.... the Reunion Zone.