Chapter
13
A Serialized Story of the
Not So Distant Future
April 27, 2005
Part Twenty Four
Sam was exhausted that night, Martha had turned on a murder mystery but Sam couldn't follow the plot at all. He decided to call it a night.
Sleep came almost instantly, the first half of the night went by in an instant, but he woke up around two to use the bathroom.
As Sam stumbled back into bed, he mumbled the word "remember" a few times as he fell back asleep.
Incredibly blinding white light hit him again. Sam should have been blinded, but somehow he could still see. Gaby was moving a little bit further ahead of him.
"Gaby wait! Where are we?"
Gaby didn't even pause, she continued into the light, and then turned back to face Sam.
"This is where we must part, my love." Gaby said, "but only for a time." She no longer even looked like herself, her body was radiating waves of colors.
"I'm coming with you." Sam said, "nothing is going to keep me away."
"You can't Sam. It's not your time." Gaby said. "You're still needed on Earth."
Sam pushed his way into the light. For the briefest moment, he was one with it, he suddenly knew everything. He knew who he was, here in the present, a thousand lives in the past, and uncountable more in his future. He felt such an incredible sense of belonging, the feeling went beyond anything he'd ever felt as love. He also knew with absolute certainty, that he didn't belong here.
"Hello Sam." It was a man's voice, one that Sam had almost forgotten.
"Dad?"
Michael Quinn stood before his son looking exactly as Sam remembered him. Sam through his arms around him and realized that he was once again in the body of a seven year old boy.
"Dad, I miss you." He began crying.
"I miss you too son." Michael Quinn put his arms around his son. "But I need you to do something important for me."
"I'm not going back, " Sam said, "I want to stay here with you and Gaby."
"I'm sorry son." Michael Quinn lifted Sam's form and Gaby walked along beside him.
"You can't make me leave." Sam said. Seeing Gaby again returned him to his adult form.
"Yes we can." The two of them grabbed Sam by each arm and hurled him out of the light. As soon as Sam was clear, he felt himself being pulled uncontrolably down into darkness.
There were voices, hundreds of them, some near, some far. If Sam focused, he could follow any one conversation, there were doctors around him, they were setting his broken leg. There were people talking in the hallways, and there was his mother, crying uncontrolably on a chair in the waiting area.
Time passed. Sam could wander the hallways, even visit his home. He often found himself wandering around his bedroom. He was in the house when his brother's draft notice came.
"You shouldn't have to go Robbie, you should be able to get a hardship dismissal because of Sam."
"I want to go Mom, it's my duty." Robbie said.
Sam tried to comfort his mother, to speak to her, but she was completely lost in her own pain.
It took a few months, but Gaby finally rejoined him. She worked with his physical body at least once a day, and they spent the rest of their time with each other.
Gaby was a trained healer now, and was instantly drawn to where ever she was needed. It was Gaby who first met Rose, being drawn to her during a tricky bout with pnuemonia. Parkinson's disease had left Rose's body almost immobile, but her years in physical isolation had made it possible for her to master being out of her body.
"You two are sweet kids." Rose said, "I wonder if you would be interested in meeting some friends of mine."
"Uh, sure." Sam said. "Friends like us you mean?"
"Yes. We're sort of a club, there's a great deal of darkness in the world right now, we're bringing some light to the darkest places."
"What sort of light?"
"Meet my friends, you'll see." Rose said.
Sam and Gaby stood together with the rest of Chapter 13 among scenes of chaos. Cars were burning in the streets of LA, random violence was everywhere. Store fronts were smashed and looting was rampant.
"This is the vision I saw last night," Pamela said, "the riots begin several hours after a 7.5 earthquake damages the region and knocks out power in the city. Emergency crews are still trying to save lives in the more heavily damaged areas, so there are no authorites to stop the rioting. That's enough Peter."
The scene around them vanished. They found themselves standing in a living room.
"I'd offer everyone a drink if I could." Pamela said, taking a seat on the couch."
"What can we possibly do about this?" Sam asked.
"I don't know," said Pam, "but there must be something."
"The earthquake is not natural nor is the rioting." Pandora said, her voice was unusually deep. "It was caused by the great array, it can be stopped there."
"Great array?" Gaby asked, almost everyone had blank looks.
"It's called HAARP." Zeba said, "I'm pretty sure I've felt it's effects in the past. It gives me blinding headaches. I always go on vacation somewhere far away when I feel it; I've heard rumors that it could do this kind of thing but..."
"The powers that be are raising the stakes to tighten their grip." Pandora said, still speaking in the deep voice. "They spread chaos to force order."
"Can we see this harp thing? Sam asked.
"Let's go." Rose said.
They joined hands and flew at blinding speeds to a huge snow covered field. Row after row of antennae were arranged like some bizarre metal orchard.
"This is almost as bad as the city, what could we possibly do here?" Sam asked.
"Follow me," said Zeba, "we'll go after the control room."
To their surprise they were repelled by some sort of force when they tried to enter.
"What the hell?" Zeba said. "It's like they were expecting us."
"The prophet may have saw us coming, but how could they block us from entering?" Pamela asked.
"Who exactly is the prophet?" Sam asked.
"Later. Pandora, is Sedna still with you?"
"Yes."
"How can they keep astral bodies from passing through a physical wall?" Pamela asked.
"High powered magnets layered in specific patterns can have this effect." Pandora/Sedna said. "Sam will be able to enter."
"Me? How?"
"You can breach the barrier and destroy some of the magnets, thus ruining the pattern." Pandora/Sedna said.
"Ok." Sam stepped up to the concrete wall of the building. He touched it, and could feel the intense resistance blocking him from moving through it.
"Push hard Sam, this is one of your talents." Pandora/Sedna said.
Sam pushed, but the barrier was solid. He tried ramming it with his shoulder, but bounced back. He was relieved to realize that there was no physical pain involved. Feeling a little invincible, he punched the wall full force, the kind of punch that would have broken his knuckles in the real world. To his amazement his hand passed through the wall and dislodged one of the magnets.
He had felt the magnet move from the force of his hand! It was as if he were momentarily physical, yet he hadn't effected the rest of the wall in any noticeable way.
Sam punched a few more times, and even broke one of the magnets, which were actually quite thin and brittle. When he cleared an area about a foot in diameter, Pandora/Sedna said: "That's enough."
They flowed in, through the hole. Physically, it was far too small for them to enter, especially as a group, but the rules at this level were very different.
There were several soldiers standing on the other side of the wall. "I think you've got rats in their Colonel." The man said. The group passed through his partner, who suddenly shuddered.
"What's wrong with you man?" the Colonel asked.
"Just a chill sir. It's nothing."
"It could be the damned commies. Get me some EMF detectors up here!" the Colonel ordered. "We've been breached!"
"Oh Shit! What do we do?" Sam said.
"Pay them no mind," Zeba said, "they can't touch us."
"Sam must make his choice now." Pandora/Sedna said.
"What choice?" asked Sam.
"You must decide now, whether you want to join us."
"But, this is a memory." Sam said, "we did all this already."
"Yes and no." Pandora/Sedna said. "Time is not linear at this level, you must make your choice. If you choose not to join us, we will find other means of accomplishing our goals, and you will go on as if we never met."
"What about Gabrielle?" Sam asked.
"Gabrielle will still be with you, but she will not share anything she experiences with us."
"Do we stop the earthquakes?" Sam asked.
"Not entirely, but their effects are much less, and there is no mass rioting. The overall plan is negated." Pandora/Sedna said.
Sam looked at their faces. They all looked a little pale in the glow of the fluorescent lights overhead. Around them, a variety of military men and scientists were using some sort of handheld detectors to try and find them. They were scrambling back and forth occasionally walking through one of the group, but never actually focusing on one of them.
Sam realized that he trusted these people, their intentions and their goals. They had a deep bond of trust among each other and a deep sense of compassion for the world around them. He knew this was the most significant decision that he had ever made in his life, but it was also one of the easiest.
"I'll join." Sam said.
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Celebrate New Years Eve in Alaska this year. Scientists will use the HAARP array to manufacter man made auroras in a spectacular show for the American people. The Alaska Hilton has constructed an enclosed dome, from which the spectacular show can be enjoyed in warmth and comfort.
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