Oh man, last night's dream freaked me out so much. It was like a horror movie at the time.
In the dream, I was at the mall. My mom was with me at the beginning, because I convinced her to let us have lunch at the Villa Pizza in the Food Court. That was the last time my mother was in the dream.
Somehow, I ended up in the bathroom and found a somewhat plump, middle aged woman who seemed to be infected with some virus. The virus apparently made her stuck to the wall and melt (very very slowly) into a puddle of green stuff. That was the last time I saw her. After that, my dream started to focus around a different woman (who
looked almost identical to the first one). This second woman was also infected with the virus. She was stuck to the wall and had these strange red vine things growing from and around her. As the dream progressed, she slowly had more and more grow over her until she was almost entirely covered. The last time I saw her, her entire body besides her head was covered with the vines. In the dream, I was under the impression that I spoke with her several times as this happened and she seemed very cheeful and optimistic (odd, considering her circumstances).
The virus spread throughout the mall, but no one seemed to notice or care. There was no effort to quarantine the area or treat the virus. In my dream, I somehow kept finding that I was out of the mall, in areas around my college campus. During one of these times, I overheard two people who had been talking to the lady in the vines. It was implied that she was either dead or going to be dead soon.
I was back in the mall and scared of being infected with the virus as well. By now, the vines were all over the walls and I remember using the bathroom and seeing them growing all over the place. The light was also dim with a reddish tint. I was careful to wash my hands, but still no one else seemed concerned. I saw a boy I knew from school (Mike) eating with some friends. Mike had been infected and his right hand was growing extra fingers and becoming encased in a tangle of red vines. He seemed to think this was no problem at all and playfully tried to tap me with the vine-covered hand (I freaked and ran away).
Towards the end of the dream, I somehow got the idea that the virus caused some sort of damage to the DNA and could be cured if the DNA were repaired. To do this, I somehow was under the impression that I needed an undamaged bit of the DNA from the first person infected (the woman stuck to the wall and covered with vines). I found Mike and his friends and was very upset by how they weren't taking the situation seriously. I screamed at them that I knew how to cure everyone, but I needed their help.
Then my alarm clock rang. I was never happier to wake up.