Story of fiction and fantasy and science fiction

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66 OCCUPY PARADISE

Aberdeen would never give up; never go back to that detestable woman. He lay in his own bed, weak and pale. He was determined not to contradict or deny his heart's passions by selling the food they created for those that were in need or by giving into Amanda's demands. Not able to afford the costly private medical system funds required to keep him alive and too weak to do anything on his own now, he relied on Connie for his every need.

He had an intuition two nights ago from a dream he had, a dream where he saw his future children that things would turn around for the better. And so he waited patiently. He trusted intrinsically now that all the divine forces that created him were also the divine forces that would nourish and sustain him. He was now Gods intensive care patient and it was the only thing he could do. Wait.

As she sat beside Aberdeen, Connie anxiously considered their situation. However, Connie was a spherical thinker. She knew that for every problem that existed in the world, there also existed a solution. She recognised that Amanda was a force to be dealt with. She had lived with Amanda long enough and had been at the end of Amanda's wrath many times during her stint as a housekeeper. She realised that whatever Amanda wanted, Amanda got. She also knew that the whole legal system was an unhinged, completely insane, maniacal, colossal system that had no place in society. She knew in her heart that true justice couldn't ever, wouldn't ever prevail for Aberdeen. She had no desire to get tangled up in that black widow's web. She had to take matters into her own hands.

She had watched the last Occupy movement on T.V a very long time ago when she was a very young girl and it gave her an idea. It was a small idea but it was planted firmly in her mind. But first, she had to run it by Nick because she knew that by sharing, the ideas could build and multiply upon themselves to a whole new level. That evening whilst Aberdeen tossed and turned in his sleep, restless because every breath felt like his last, she rang Nick and they talked long into the night.

The next two weeks saw a flurry of activity. It took quite a bit of coordination and planning but their strategy appeared sound. Whilst Connie looked after Aberdeen, Nick went into full swing with their ideas. He knew they would have to be spontaneous enough and mobile enough to stay one step ahead of whoever wished to stop them. He enlisted in the dreaming network the aid of anyone who would be sympathetic to their cause; anyone who could travel, grassroots movements, the alternative media; anyone really daring enough to prepare to hunker down for the long term if required. The day came when operation "Occupy Paradise" was invoked.

Tens of thousands of people from all over many different countries and across the land arrived at "Paradise" to begin the preparations. People arrived in their swarms by buses, in cars, by train, in taxis, on foot, carrying all kinds of camping equipment, kitchen equipment, and musical instruments and gardening equipment. All wore happy smiles. The only thing that worried Connie was, would Aberdeen hold out long enough to get what he needed in order to survive? The people arriving all had this common ground together; to honor what one man had started and to honor Mother Earth’s lands and lastly but most importantly, the right to occupy the lands freely. It was going to be a celebration, the biggest ongoing celebration the world had ever seen but first, there was work to be done and preparations to be made.

Firstly, shelters and the comforts of home for the greater numbers of people who thronged to the site had to be completed in record time. Chairs and tables and temporary frames to house, feed and shelter for people were erected by hundreds of master woods craftsmen who had arrived to specifically create what they knew how to do best; make the most of what the fallen trees of the vast, thickly wooded areas surrounding them and thickets of bamboo so readily provided. It seemed as if the trees had already anticipated what was coming and had shed bark, dropped limbs and felled themselves in the right kind of numbers for the right kind of use. The woodsmen were astonished but not surprised. Trees were often known to see entire futures and serve mankind in a way that would make people ashamed to cut them down. The shavings flew around the dining compound whence the woodsmen built from ancient tools. Everything built could be spread amongst the poor once dismantled.

Connie and Nick had come to the conclusion that food was the most important part of the preparations because a celebration was no celebration unless food was the centerpiece. It also had a spiritual quality to it because food is where people would receive the internal nourishment they needed to bring them the external fortitude they would need to make living in such a close community, a very agreeable and lasting one, if necessary. But people were prepared to put aside their differences because they knew that this could potentially herald a new beginning for those living and sharing on earth and it was made evident by the music and the high energy and lovingness the people exuded. Hugs and laughter and love was evident everywhere.

A very large team arrived and set to work preparing the vast food kitchens and dining areas from where people could gather and eat. Using the food from the agro forestry to feed them, some of the most talented plant nutrition chefs had been inspired to prepare menu's that could provide the diversity and the nutrition that the hearts and minds of the people would need. Delicious aromas began to waft in the air; it was a real comfort to the people present to know that they would be provided for unconditionally when it came to food. It was a carnival atmosphere and everyone was in high spirits.

Connie had wondered if she had bitten off more than she could chew with the whole "Occupy Paradise" idea but what she saw when the people arrived and coordinated themselves the way they did in the forest with such honor and respect - gave her great and complete reassurance.
As she wandered around, meeting and greeting everyone, she noticed that a group of passionate permies had heaped compost in huge piles everywhere.

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She was very curious as to what they were doing. It seemed such an odd thing to do. They explained that long copper winding water pipes lay underneath the piles. They were funneling water through these pipes because the compost pile centres were extremely hot. The heated water would provide hot showers for everyone. It was extremely impressive to watch person after person take a shower. Neither the water nor the heat seemed to ever run out!

It seemed that not only were humans the only ones attracted to the festivities of "Occupy Paradise". Deer and other small creatures could be seen gathered near the waters edge where the large natural amphitheatres nestled into the sides of the hill. It was a curious spectacle. The animals appeared as if in a trance. Even a lion was purportedly spotted by a hillside nearby but it was all put down to a child’s rather vivid imagination. That child had insisted it had seen a very golden lion but his mother put the child to bed, wondering if it was all the stories told by the fireside that had spurned his latest imaginings.

Imaginations were running rather high and rampant with all the creativity that flowed and cascaded all around them. It seemed that by day there was an endless stream of live music provided by various indigenous and folk and cultural tribes; Ainu music, Moroccan music, Indigenous Australian music, Tibetan chanting, African music, Maori music, Azerbaijani music, Rai music, Native American music, Louisiana Zydeco music, Inuit throat singing, Calypso music, Andean music, Soukis music, Andalusia music, Garifuna music, Carnatic music, Baul music, Breton music, Afghan ragas, Hindustani music, Tuvan throat singing, Berber music, Malouf music. The list went on and on and kept on growing as more musicians arrived. It was becoming a celebration as musical as it was food oriented. The people danced and stomped and sang and celebrated with such spontaneity, such open hearts and minds, such joyousness and abandonment, it all felt as if it would never end. At night, there was singing and chanting for all around the fire pits. The campfires burned brightly as the people sang and dreamed in to being, freedom of the lands for all people.

Aberdeen lay in his bed listening to the faint sounds of rhythmically beating drums and was touched by the sounds of crowds cheering and singing intermittently. Whilst he couldn't participate as he lay alone, he felt buoyed by the promise of the land being saved for its original intent and his heart for the first time in two weeks felt at ease. Someone had placed a vase of roses by his bed whilst he slept and now the heady scent of the roses filled the entire room, reminding Aberdeen of how good it was to be alive. A faint smile flitted across his face as he sank into a restful sleep.

As Connie prepared Aberdeen’s evening tonic before bed, Connie's only concern now was how Amanda would react once she found out that Aberdeen was not going to comply with her plans. She knew Amanda was like a ticking time bomb that could explode at any moment and she didn't want to be around when it went off.

Moving quietly into the bedroom they so lovingly shared and carefully placing the tonic on his side of the bed stand, she glanced at Aberdeen and noticed how peacefully he was sleeping. In a half-sleep, he became aware of her presence and uttered the words "If you live to be a hundred, I want to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you", he murmured. Connie's eyes filled with tears and one lonely drop fell down upon her cheek. She lovingly bent down and swiftly kissed his sallow cheek. "You and I will be together a long time my love" she whispered into his ear and quickly left the room, sobs caught in her throat. She silently choked back those sobs. She never wanted Aberdeen to hear her crying over him whilst he was so unwell.

The day of the court hearing had arrived and Amanda was dressed in the tightest sheerest black dress she owned. It left little to the imagination and this was the intention. Her bronzed skin powdered and rouged perfectly, her blond frosty hair pulled back in a chignon that could only be described as painfully tight. She was ready.

Amanda took one last look in the courts bathroom mirrors at herself and was pleased with what she saw. As she strutted into the courtroom like a peacock preparing to mate, perfect diamond earrings glinting and reflecting mirrors off the harsh courtroom walls, the judge swore silently.
That putrid woman and her ghastly perfume had arrived. Her noxious trademark perfume preceded her. It made him feel ill on all levels of his wretched being to see her but he knew that he was as good as dead if his wife ever found out about his little affair with Amanda. And here she was approaching the bench! The temerity of the woman!! It was more than he could bear and his forehead was shiny with beads of sweat. She said nothing but smirked and winked boldly. The judge gave her a withering look but he knew he had been defeated by her mere presence and limply banged the gavel to call order to the court. Flashes were seen everywhere as the paparazzi snapped pictures and fawned over Amanda. The gallery was in an uproar.

With an exaggerated swing of her hips, she postured, turned a pose for the gallery audience and lasciviously sauntered back to the gallery like a model who had conquered the runway. The bailiff stood in his usual corner of the courtroom. He was aroused by the mere sight of that wildcat Amanda. That was one great session she had given him in the backseat of her car and there was the promise of more. It was a good ten minutes into the court proceedings when it was realised that Aberdeen or any representative for Aberdeen was not going to show. Amanda's face looked like stone. She had counted on Aberdeen showing.

It was three weeks into "Occupy Paradise" when Amanda finally caught wind of what was going on. Amanda's fury was spent but the carnage that lay around her was evident everywhere. In a drunken fury, she had smashed furniture and crockery, thrown food at walls and ceilings, ripped and shredded clothing and wet puddles seeped deeply into the carpet where her tiny little dog had piddled itself in abject fear. Dull and groggy from the alcohol, she realised that her phone was ringing. She roused herself from the floor she was sprawled upon and stumbled to the middle of the wreckage she called her apartment to answer it. According to the "Bore", chief of police Rolin Wakely, a warrant for Aberdeen's arrest for being in contempt of court was now complete and did she want to be there when it happened?

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The drive was long and tedious for Amanda, especially with that halfwit Wakely. She cunningly avoided having to speak to him or to put anything more out for him by feigning a sore throat. Wakely could smell the alcohol on Amanda when she had opened the door to let him into her apartment and had insisted he drive. With one hand to her forehead and the other over her throat, she pretended to feel very ill each time Rolin glanced her way. Besides, she did feel rather hung over and hungry.

By the time the two had arrived late in the day, celebrations were in full swing at "Occupy Paradise". There were throngs of people everywhere and it was such a carnival atmosphere that Rolin totally forgot where he was for a moment. As he pushed his way through the masses of people dancing and singing, the energy and the vibe of the place was so magical, the more he moved through the crowds, the more he felt all his worries and cares begin to vanish. As he attempted to make his way to the house, a beautiful native Hawaiian woman placed welcoming Lei around his neck.

He felt so bedazzled by this wonderful honor and was so disarmed by her natural beauty that he spontaneously bestowed a kiss upon her lips. She kissed him passionately in return and somehow, he managed to lose his shirt as they fumblingly made their way towards a natural pond.
A brief pause for air and one turn of his head revealed many naked revelers either sunning themselves on rocks or swimming naked in the pond and in his utter astonishment, he tripped. It was however, an immediate reality check for Rolin and shaken out of his reverie, he wrenched himself free from the woman and doggedly and determinedly ran back towards the house. He didn't have time to find his shirt now but he didn't care, he was here to arrest Aberdeen and arrest him he would! He frantically looked around for Amanda but she was long separated from him. No one present at "Occupy Paradise" made it easy for him to get there. They had sensed the presence of someone who was not energetically connected with the divine moment and they had intuitively closed ranks on him.

Amanda felt her wrath rising again as people stepped on her toes and jostled her. She was being carried away by a sea of shining faces towards the amphitheatre where Nahko bear and the medicine people were playing. She tried to yell out to that idiot Wakely but her voice was drowned out by the singing and clapping and stomping of feet. The drums beat wildly and people were cheering and clapping and whistling as they got closer.

The more Rolin pushed and shoved and resisted against the people gathered around him, the closer the people pressed against him. There seemed to be such a warmth and lovingness about the people that threatened to engulf him in their attempts to gently and energetically connect with him. But Rolin was confused because he had never experienced such a united front of love and he fought hard against it. His heart was pounding in his ears and he felt all the blood rushing to his head in his wild attempts to break free of the crowd. A voice calmly said to him, "Whatever you resist persists."

Rolin immediately felt fear grip him. His skin prickled all the way up his back because he knew it wasn't his own thought. It felt as if it came from somewhere outside his head but it wasn't said in words, the voice only communicated silently. He had heard about all those mind control experiments in underground bunkers, maybe this was a cult trying to take over his mind! He wasn't sure what the hell was going on but as soon as he had arrested Aberdeen he was getting out of there, Amanda or no Amanda. For a split second, the crowd parted and Nick Green appeared. The crowd closed ranks again and Rolin was almost cheek-to-cheek with Nick. With no warning, Nick embraced Rolin and Rolin began to lose touch with all his bodily senses and everything appeared to be coming from a distance, a bit like when you look down a telescope the wrong way.
He began to see visions. They were so clear and so colorful and panoramic. He had taken, partaken in Ayahuasca ceremonies before but this was something else. There was so much clarity and the presence of unconditional love within this experience. It was if he was inside a holographic multiverse where he could reach out and touch every lifetime he had ever experienced because they were all within the divine present, all around him and all within reach. All his lives were somehow simultaneously unfolding like a Mandelbrot set. He was able to watch as each day in each lifetime unfolded and went on forever. It was a kaleidoscope of the One continuous eternal life, playing out in parallel universes with the many other beings who were he! "So these are what people called past lives." He said to himself as he watched countless lives playing out simultaneously. It was a dizzying ride.

Each lifetime was like a cell in a body. There were so many of these cells. He could see the direct correlation between all these cells in the body and all the lifetimes he had ever lived. Each had its individual role to play and each served the whole body. "Cells interacts with each other through the process of osmosis," He thought to himself and Rolin saw how this was also true for how each lifetime had left its imprint on the next via the soul. Every cell had its own unique story to tell and oh boy, could it tell a story!

Everything he had ever learned about life, every emotion he had ever felt were all wrapped up in these individual stories that were really just the One story. He felt the microcosm and the macrocosm playing through him. He was forever receiving divine thoughts from the cosmos through the breath. The heartbeat and the breath were intertwined in a delicious infinite dance that carries intuitions and inspirations to the superhighway of the nervous system which sends signals to the brain as many thoughts. He was so engaged in what he saw that he hadn't noticed the crowd dispersing.

Nick sped to Aberdeen and wrapped the belt with the dispance cloak around him that Bill had given to him. He didn't know whether Rolin's living life review had given him the shift in consciousness he needed and he wasn't taking any chances. "What's this” said Aberdeen in a quavering, tremulous voice. "No time to explain Aberdeen," said Nick very quietly. "Just stay very still, very quiet and I will explain afterwards as he activated the cloak.

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67 ROLIN WAKELY

In an induced trance Rolin began to see and remember his life. It was as if the past, present and future were all one as he slipped deeper. Rolin Wakely had joined the Police force at the tender age of 18. He had joined because he had felt an enormous sense of duty to the whole of society and because the police force had accepted him where no others would. He hadn't done very well at school due to having severe learning difficulties. The police force at the time was the only place where attitude had been more important than aptitude. It wasn't long into the job that he realised that he was doing what he loved to do.

In his earlier days as a cop, he had spent many hours visiting schools and talking to the young about how inequality influenced crime. He debated with the teachers and young alike about the justice system reformations and what could be done to aid the youth who were troubled. He was loved by everyone in his local neighborhood because he really did what he was entrusted to do, to serve and protect all. It was a job he had relished because it had allowed him to help people every day in the most practical and compassionate way he knew how. He was a natural. If he wasn't chasing the robber who had snatched an old ladies handbag or assisting the young drug addict in getting back on his feet, he was doing community service work with the young parole offenders or talking to the young men on the street about their gang lifestyle choices.

Whilst Rolin battled against severe learning difficulties, it hadn't dampened his curiosity about spirituality, health and wellbeing. He painstakingly researched everything and anything he could get his hands on around these subjects. He pored over publications and books. He watched every video and attended every lecture on subjects that would stupefy most. He met with every expert in their field and peppered them with questions that the experts themselves had never stopped to think about. It was tiring because it took him twice as long as anyone else to grasp the material but once he got it, he really got it. He persisted with a determination that could never be dampened because unbeknownst to him, he had a natural and a spiritual intelligence for all that was living. He was so cognizant of what he read that he had a better understanding of the potentialities for all life forms that other experts in their field could never have. He especially loved neurology and studiously applied himself to understanding everything he could about the brain and its plasticity. He loved how new neural connections could be established by the brain, even after it was attacked by disease or accident. He loved how the body worked with the brain to intelligently bypass any challenge it faced as long as there was the conscious observance and the will to overcome.

At the beginning of his job, each day had held promise for a just and thriving society but as time wore on, he had begun to realise that the problems that society faced as a whole had origins far deeper than he had ever realised. He had such a warm and engaging personality and such a way with people that in time, he naturally rose through the ranks. However, he found himself sitting more and more behind the desk and less time out there on the streets with the people that he wanted to protect and serve. The dreams he had of helping to create a society where true justice always prevailed was moving further and further out of his reach and he felt it deep within. When he was finally promoted to Chief of Police, it was with a certain reluctance to spend further time away from the streets that he had once patrolled but it had once again given him hope that there could be the opportunity for real change within this city.

One day whilst he was researching the effects of psychoactive drugs upon addictions, he came across the research of Gabor Mate and his work with addictions and psychoactive drugs. He watched and read many anecdotal stories of where people who had addictions had overcome them with the use of Ayahuasca as a healing medicine. He had also seen documentaries where severe depression or diseases had been spontaneously cured and it really made him curious about how it could assist himself in putting all the spiritual pieces of the puzzle together. It spawned the idea of his going on an Ayahuasca retreat. He was encouraged to visit Peru and take part in an Ayahuasca ceremony. He hoped that he would be open enough to receive what he needed to know but he was also realistic enough to realize that he may not have the neurological pathways in the first instance in order to not only receive the information but process it in a way that it would build awareness. Only time and a ceremony would tell.

Doing the Ayahuasca ceremony over 12 days had given him a certain sense of clarity around who he was and why he was here on this Earth but it had really only supported him in so much as offering affirmation of the way he already viewed the world. Perhaps he hadn't done the ceremony enough times to have any significant spiritual breakthroughs come his way, but perhaps, just like the people he met on retreats who had participated in ceremonies over 50 to 60 times, he would still be searching for the breakthrough answers he required? It was just after he had come back from Peru when Amanda had flagged his car down for assistance.

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He saw into Amanda’s mind and became her as she played her game on him. Amanda had Rolin's number the moment she found out that he had been attending Ayahuasca ceremonies. She had spent countless hours, with a well-known spy and informant within the police force. She had plied him with a lot of alcohol to get the dirty on Rolin. She knew that people grew loose tongues with alcohol and this spy was no different. And now she had Rolin right where she wanted him. She knew that no one in the police force would accept this as any less than drug-taking and she had now blackmailed the spy into giving evidence about Rolin if needs be.

"Poor stupid guy," she said to herself as Rolin's police car approached her vehicle. She pushed the button on her electric window to roll it down. Rolin had quickly spied the expensive Bentley parked on a lone and dusty highway. On closer inspection, the car's tyre was almost flat. He let out a sigh when he noticed who it was. Amanda was well known in the Police district. She had a way with the lads that he didn't like or appreciate. He didn't like what he saw as he approached the car because he caught a glimpse of her smile in her side view mirrors. It was a truly evil and loathsome smile. Intuitively, he felt himself stiffen, sickened at the thought of having to deal with her. He had studiously avoided Amanda at any of the charity functions hosted by his colleagues but now there was no avoiding her. It wasn't long into changing her tyre that he found out that he was right to trust his gut instinct and now he was trapped.

Nick had induced an altered state in Rolin by hugging Rolin and whispering in his ear an embedded command in such a way that he immediately went into a trance. Whilst still in that deep altered state, Rolin had seen himself in everyone he had ever met. He had been everyone who had ever lived and he was everyone he would ever meet. It was this part that was so earth shattering. He realised that every thought, action and deed vibrated a message throughout the universe and directly affected every other being because they were also a part of him, a part of the whole. And now...he was coming out of the trance. "Wait..." Rolin shouted to no one in particular as he found himself back in this reality.

Rolin felt himself snap to the present moment. All the nerves of his very being felt innervated and alive! He felt so exhilarated and connected with everything within and around him. It was as if a light had pierced the darkness and flooded his very being. His face shone with gratitude. So grateful was he for the opportunity for such an experience that he stretched his arms out wide and did a spontaneous victory dance on the spot.

It was a highly contagious expression of the heart and before too long, a whole crowd had gathered to celebrate with him. It was a joyful overflowing of the heart experience for all. A drummer appeared and as they whirled and twirled and drummed up a dance of the heart and sang their hearts out unrestrainedly and unselfconsciously, surrendering them selves to the music, Rolin felt that whatever was missing within was beginning to be made whole again. Everything else was just falling away. Moving and gyrating the body was so good for the soul. Dance is the hidden language of the body and when we dance spontaneously, we allow our souls to connect with the divine dance of the universe. "How did I forget this," said Rolin to himself as he danced to the rhythm of his own soul in nature's divine surroundings.

The more he moved, the more he comprehended that he could not compromise his heart anymore. If the police force found out that he had partaken in an Ayahuasca ceremony, so be it. Other professions such as psychologists were using Ayahuasca as a healing tool so why couldn't the police force also be educated? He would deal with the consequences once they became a reality. He had consciously made the decision to be real about his life and this was the affirmation he had needed. He also realised that at some point that he would need to find Amanda and put a stop to everything but she found him before he found her. The girls were heading his way.

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68 METAL PARTS AND HUMANS

The thing standing in front of them looked like a robot, the body was all metal and the face or head looked human but the eyes were glazed over. One of its hands looked human and its feet were also human. The metal cage of the body could be seen through and there were human organs with blood vessels and muscle just inside the metal structure surrounding it all. They could see the blood pumping through the veins and the organs moving just as real humans would work. The thing was looking at them with no emotion or acknowledgement that they existed as humans but rather a threat of some kind. It raised its arm and they all saw the barrels of the mini-gun wheeling into position. Michael had already set his TM Gizmo to a place where something would be sent that would not survive. He immediately activated it on this thing just before it could send solid rounds of ammo into them. It disappeared and they all stood there in amazement and horror of the entire encounter. Theresa had tried to reach into a mind but found nothing. It felt as if she was trying to read a computer or some part of a working machine. Michael had sent the thing into the gas giant of Jupiter and now gave more thought of where to set the space dial and even the time dial for that matter.

Daniel looked down the corridor while they all stood inside the elevator car. He could see double doors at the end which looked to be about 75 feet away. One side of the corridor did not have doors and was just a smooth wall all the way to the double doors. The other side had two doors or two openings. One was a single leaf door with no window and the other was a double door system with small window panels in each door. The double doors at the end of the corridor had small window panels also. Michael told everyone to set there time and space dials for the sun. Susanna said in her mind that if these things were uncontrollable at this point that they might send them to the capital building in Denver and let those tyrannical jack boots handle the situation. Michael thought about that and said lets see what we run into first. She agreed and they all moved down the corridor towards the first door. Half way to that first door they heard the elevator close and the car go up. The level indicator showed it stop at the first level. Daniel had a bad feeling and they all moved to the first door and opened it. Inside was a short corridor with two doors. They all piled into the corridor and opened the first door, it was a restroom but not very big. They opened the second door and it was a storage closet that was bigger than the restroom. Michael said everybody in and they all piled into the room. Each one had there TM Gizmos ready and stood around in the dark listening intently.

Lieutenant Colonel Buzz Hedron and Major Miles Whetstone had inspected the Level one holding cells and the R&D labs. The technicians and the two scientists were almost morons as far as the Colonel was concerned. The Metals on level two, that is what he called them, were much more competent to handle this operation than the humans were on level one. They worked with precision and were non emotional as they performed the construction of a metal. The kidnapped human police were such whinny babies. They had been told that they were being patriotic for the emperors’ cause by volunteering for these experiments, even though they were not volunteering, and that they would all be much better at their jobs when the transformations were complete. The elevator stopped at level two and they were ready to deactivate the metal guard with the password T8 when the door opened. Both officers stood to the sides of the door as it opened and the Colonel shouted “T8”. They both waited for a moment and then peeked around the door edges. There was no Metal guard standing there. The Colonel let out a stream of profanity and exited the car. “I am going to have that piece of metal dismantled, it has been malfunctioning lately.”

Both officers traipsed down the corridor and entered the first door and then went into the restroom. The team in the storage room across the corridor could hear these two men clearly speaking to one another. The Colonel was saying how they really needed to find a better breed of humans for this experiment of the Emperor’s. “These policemen we are getting are coming from the lowest backgrounds and their IQ’s seem to be lower than a slug. I tell you the next one I hear complain about how they are being treated I will have him shot in front of the rest of them just to make an example. We may have to change that disable command for these metals down here, I think T8 is beginning to wear off or something. When is the next surgery scheduled I want to be here when they do it. I am to the understanding that they plan to remove the living brain on this next one and hook it up to the new improved metal. I also want to examine the skin transplants or that new material they are mixing up now. These metals have to look just like the real humans that we’re using before we can release them out there.” The Major had just said “yes sir” the whole time and then said “what are we going to do about that deserter that is supposed to guard our little building top side? This isn’t the first time he has gone missing. He always seems to have some morbid excuse for leaving the post unguarded. I think we need to court marshal him and then place him before a firing squad.” The Colonel said “we will deal with him soon, for right now I want to see some progress down here, Oh and by the way, that facility in Tallahassee is going to have to crank up their production of the parts for the metals. Remind me later to get in touch with Major Pourage. Now shall we visit the surgical room?” The Major said “yes sir” and they both exited the restroom.

Susanna spoke and said sounds like they have a surgical room and some sort of assembly area down here. Theresa said that is exactly what they have and that Colonel thought that these soulless metal things can perform better than the people up on level one. I think this Colonel does not have a soul either. Well said Daniel, at least we know something about our next target, sounds like a manufacturing plant. Michael told everyone there was going to be a change in plan for this level, we need to cloak while we are down here. When we complete this mission on this level we will go to one and become the visible officers once more. They had come out of the storage room and were standing in the short corridor when they heard the elevator go up and start back down within just a few minutes. They all turned the dispance cloaks on and became invisible and then moved into the outer corridor before the elevator door opened.

Standing next to the solid wall they watched the elevator door open. From the doors at the end of the corridor a machine or metal thing walked through the doors and headed straight up the corridor towards the elevator shaft. The mechanical movements were very noticeable as it walked they also noticed the mini gun attached as one of its arms. The thing stopped and began to raise the gun when another metal looking thing stepped out of the elevator gave some sort of silent order through its eyes. They saw a red beam like a laser light shoot out and rest on the other metal thing and it stopped and turned to walk back to the doors at the end of the corridor. The thing that had come from the elevator looked more human, it actually had human flesh covering most of the exposed areas and its movements were less mechanical. It had clothes on and a white jacket that looked like a doctor’s smock in a hospital. As they continued to watch the thing turned and re-entered the car. The next thing that happened was the first metal backed out pulling a gurney and another metal was pushing it. The first one turned and walked forward while the other one continued to push the gurney.

On the Gurney was a human being. He looked liked he had been drugged and a sheet was covering most of his body. The metals rolled the gurney to the first door before the end of the corridor and went in. Susanna mind spoke and said we must save that poor soul before they cut him up into pieces. Everyone knew that they had to do something and Michael said this is going to be the time to take out this lower level. We must make sure that nothing leaves from down here and all of this is gone before we move to level one, Susanna and I will take the first room and Daniel, you and Theresa will take that assembly area. These things are not human except for the parts they are using. They may be able to live in vacuum so I would suggest we put them somewhere that they cannot survive. The sun seems the best at this time. Everyone agreed and readied themselves for what had to be done. Michael and Susanna stopped at the doors into the surgical room and waited for Daniel and Theresa to reach the assembly lab. Once in position they started to move together.

As Michael and Susanna stood out side the doors into the surgical unit waiting for someone or something to open them The Major stood up and came towards them. They waited for him to exit and when he did they darted in. They moved to a wall and stood taking in the room and its contents. It was not a big room but had all the gear necessary for surgery. The two metals were standing over the human on the gurney and had turned him over. The Colonel was sitting in a small area off to the side and watching intently. A few minutes later the Major walked back in and sat next to the Colonel. The Colonel spoke and said “This will be very interesting they are going to remove the brain and keep the spinal cord intact and once that is accomplished they will take it all to the metal that is prepared in the assembly room and insert it all. I am to the understanding that they have created a module that all of this will fit into with a state of the art chip that will make it all adaptable. Hopefully that will complete a process to give it the mental capacity to be as close to human as possible but still have all the metal’s capacity to be almost invincible. I understand that the mini gun has been successfully incorporated so that the fingers in the left hand are now the barrels and the arm looks human but is the actual mechanism. The left leg has been made to hold the ammo and feeds up the left side and through the shoulder. A power source has been built in where the heart should be located and the brain will be the most important computer function. It will be the real thing but under our complete control. The other parts of this policeman will be utilized to form a more life like metal. I understand that these metals have completed something that is very close to skin and yet is indestructible once applied. Guess we wait and see during the test phase for that.” The Metals were ready to begin cutting and had a large container of fluid setting by. They looked at the Colonel and he nodded for them to proceed.

Michael and Susanna both pointed their TM Gizmos at the Metals and sent them into the sun at the same time. On the sun a small spark flashed and it was never registered anywhere. They sent the poor soul on the table to a hospital in St George Utah. The Colonel and the Major both stood so quickly when the metals disappeared, their chairs flipped over and skittered across the floor. The Colonel said “WHAT THE” and drew his pistol. The Major did the same and both looked around wild eyed. The Major scooted to the doors leading to the corridor and peered out the little window and did not see anything. He turned back around and shrugged at the Colonel. The Colonel continued to look around wildly and heard a mini gun buzzing in the assembly lab down the corridor.

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69 MELTING MEDALS AND SAVING HUMANS

Theresa and Daniel had waited for the doors to open just as Michael and Susanna did. They saw the Major come out of the surgical room and Michael and Susanna rush in. When the Major came out into the corridor something stirred in the assembly lab. Daniel was looking through the window glass and grabbed Theresa quickly and moved her to the side as the doors swung open and one of the metals came out and walked towards the elevator shaft. They took the opportunity to rush into the room then and as soon as they got in the doors shut again. They both moved to an area that would be out of the way and just in time because the metal came back through the door and walked to an area towards the back of the room. Daniel noticed that where this thing went there was another standing idly in a slot on the wall. The one that came back in walked to another slot and stepped in. A light turned on from above the slot and the metal stood perfectly still. These slots appeared to be recharging cells for these things. They both surveyed the room and saw in the middle two tables. One had something that looked like a cage or something and the other had a metal laying on it.

The metal was laying on its front with the back completely open. At the base of the spine area was a small unit that looked like the end of a spine could be attached to it. The unit was blinking with a small red light. It looked as if the structural cage of the head, the back of the neck area and the entire back of the body structure had been removed. As they looked closer they could see the other half of the cage sitting on the other table. Daniel wanted to get a closer look so he floated over to the tables and inspected the frame work of the metal. He could see where the two parts would be snapped together when ever something was placed inside. What he did notice very distinctly was the harness structure in the head cage for a brain that looked identical to fit a human brain into and the harness structure for a human spine to fit into. At the bottom he examined the unit connected to the harness and where the end of a human backbone could fit into. The unit looked as if it had a battery that was powering it. He backed away and went back to Theresa and mind talked with her about what he saw up close. When she heard what he had told her she said we must send this thing away. Daniel agreed and they both set their TM Gizmos the same as Michael and Susanna had.

Theresa pointed at the thing on the table and said she would sweep the tables if he would take the things out in the slots. Daniel pointed at one and she began to press her button. As soon as she sent the things on the table away the two metals in the slots moved very quickly. Daniel sent one off and the other had brought the mini gun up firing. It was strafing the floor as it came up. Daniel grabbed Theresa and pulled her down behind a desk of some sort as the bullets tore the tables apart. The metal was moving the gun randomly around the room. The walls lit up with small explosions as the wiring in them began to heat and melt. The lights in the ceiling started to burst as the bullets smacked into them. Daniel could not get up to target this thing from behind the desk and was deathly afraid that stray bullets would catch them both. The lab doors were next as the bullets ripped them apart and both became shredded metal and fell from their hinges. The thing continued to spray bullets all around the room and Daniel felt something tear into his right leg. He braved the spray and peeked over the desk long enough to send the mayhem into the sun.

The assembly lab became very quiet for a few minutes. Theresa looked at Daniel and saw blood oozing from a wound in his right thigh. He was sitting up and trying to stop the bleeding when two madmen rushed into the lab. One was screaming something and the other was starring around, looking for answers. He saw blood running under the desk that Theresa and Daniel were behind and started to move that way. He looked over the desk and became befuddled. All he could see was blood coming from mid air. He stuck his gun out and disappeared immediately. The other madman was still kicking at bits and pieces of furniture and looking around wildly. He held his pistol up and started shooting randomly just like the metal had done when it disappeared from his hand. He starred in amazement at his hand and turned around in a circle. “Who or what are you and at least show yourself so I can see for myself.” Michael de cloaked by the destroyed doors. The Colonel turned and stopped when he saw him.

“What the hell, he said, is a General doing here and destroying this lab?” Michael told him that he was under suspicion of being a traitor to the emperor and “I have been sent to eliminate you and the major and clean up this place because the Emperor suspects that you Colonel are selling these secrets to the underground.” The Colonel became incensed and spittle was flying from his mouth as he said “THAT IS PURE NONSENCE I WOULD DO NO SUCH THING” Michael looked at him with pity and told him that he could talk with the Emperor himself if he wanted to “but you must know that he is the one that wants you dead and he might just kill you himself if he sees you.” The Colonel thought about that for a minute and then Said “I demand to see him.” Michael had read this mans mind and knew that he had another weapon in a concealed holster on his back waste band. He pointed the TM Gizmo at him and said “your wish is coming true right now” and he sent the Colonel straight to the Emperors office in the white house at Denver and at the same time he placed the weapon into his hand.

Daniel had bled out considerably and was becoming quite weak. Theresa had managed to stop the flow of his vital fluid but all she could do now was hold him as his breathing became shallower. Michael and Susanna had cleaned up the metals and parts and sent it all to the sun. They knew the mission was not over but with Daniel slipping away fast they had to come up with another plan and quickly. Michael was ready to open a portal to the garden and get him there for emergency treatment. Theresa was in his mind and keeping him awake when Evelyne and Eryne popped into view in front of them. Both girls walked to Daniel and motioned for all of them to gather. Evelyne and Eryne both placed their hands on Daniel and his wound. Daniel had lost consciousness in the physical but he was with the all in the spirit. They all grabbed each others hand and the light moved in the circle and shot into Evelyne and Eryne. They all became a solid tube of light and moved into the universe into one. The one was there for eternity. The Divine Creator gathered the light and total connection was/is/always. The tube of light came back and entered the circle and faded. Each single entity flowed back and stood up. Hava/Luun took the pain and released it back into the universe. Time reversed and the blood flowed backwards into the opening in Daniels leg. His strength grew back and his face became a natural healthy color once more. The wound closed and his leg was whole. In all their minds Daniel laughed and asked what had happened that they all had to be standing over him, He had dispatched the metal into the sun had he not? Hava/Luun stood and turned sideways and disappeared. Daniel stood up and surveyed the lab and remembered the metal spraying everything with the mini-gun but thought no more beyond that at the moment. He said “is it time to go to the level above and start setting the humans free?” Every one looked at each other and smiled and said “we have to make sure this level is clean before we go up.”

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Vinnie was sitting in his luxurious office with two dogs and three secret service men. He had been reading about the progress of Gerou and some Intel about Colonel Hedron being a traitor to his cause. This Intel had just come in not more than 1 hour ago. The project in Georgia had been a pet of his and now this Colonel was trying to destroy it. He was contemplating sending an armed guard or better yet one of his best assassins down there to take this traitor out when all of a sudden the man appeared in his office. He starred at the man who seemed to be half crazed. The man had a pistol in his hand and raised it towards him. Vinnie had his own weapon and pulled it out. The army officer pulled his trigger first and the bullet hit Vinnie in the arm. He spun around and two of the secret service men tackled the officer. The dogs came up to him and growled with barred teeth Vinnie told his men to get the officer up. They did so and Vinnie walked over to face him. His arm had blood running down it but his angst was such that nothing mattered but this man that had dared to kill him in his own office. He should have had the man taken below so he could question him but the anger overtook him. He walked up and stuck his gun to the man’s ear and pulled the trigger. The dogs sniffed the man after he was on the floor but backed away. Vinnie told his men to get the mess cleaned up while he left to get medical attention.

The elevator stopped at level one and everyone was un-cloaked. Susanna was in front when the door opened. There were no guards but they could see men walking in and out of rooms at the end of the corridors. They walked down the corridor like they owned it and stopped at the first door. Daniel walked in and found the restrooms. He came back out and told everybody so. The nest door was on the opposite side of the corridor and actually had a sign that said supplies on it. Susanna opened it anyway and sure enough that is what it was. This corridor had 5 doors and the double at the end of the corridor. The next door opened into a small room with one door on the interior of the room. It had a desk and when Theresa opened the inner door it was a restroom. They all were standing in the corridor when a lieutenant walked up and saluted. He asked What a General and his staff might be doing in this facility, Michael walked up to him and whispered to him. “Lieutenant, we are here on official business, we are inspecting this facility per the Emperor himself. He will be arriving here in a few days and we are the front runners to make sure everything is in order for him.”

“Now, if you will be so kind as to show us the holding facility first and then we want to see the R&D lab and the actual development center. Do you understand?” The lieutenant had a surprised look on his face and said “yes sir” Michael then said “by the way where is your commanding officer?” The lieutenant told him that the Colonel would be on level two this afternoon and would be back up here to watch the tech’s perform some minor surgical operations on some of the prisoners. “And just what is it that you and your lab rats do lieutenant?” The lieutenant told him that they perform chemical lobotomies on the prisoners to prepare them for the greater surgery that the metals do down below. “We also pump chemicals into the organs to set them up for mechanical compatibility. We also experiment on skin grafts and have come up with some new material that simulates skin rather nicely. The Colonel thinks that those things down below have invented it but it was our team up here that did all the work. One of our main jobs is to assemble robotic parts that we get from the plant in Florida.” “Very good lieutenant, now show us the holding cells” “yes sir” and with that he turned on his heels and took them to the nest door. It was locked and the lieutenant had to push a button on the wall to get someone inside to open it.

The door opened and a part metal part human stood to the side holding the door. The lieutenant nodded to the thing and said “officer wince these men are here to inspect the prisoners if you will show them the cells I must go to complete an experiment I started earlier.” He turned and told the General that when they had completed their inspection to come to the R&D room just down the corridor, you can’t miss it the label is quite clear, now if you will excuse me I must go.” Michael excused him and turned towards officer Wince. “Officer Wince you may precede with the inspection.”

Lieutenant Horris Peabody entered the R&D lab and went straight to his little office near the back. He did not feel right about these top brass officers coming here. He usually knew who was coming to visit well ahead of time and this just seemed odd to him. He buzzed the lower floor to talk with Colonel Hedron but received no answer. He tried Major Whetstone and still got no answer. Next he tried the guard post above and all he got was static. He could not communicate with the metals. He thought he would take the elevator to the 2nd level and talk directly with the Colonel. The biggest problem with that idea was he did not know the pass word to keep the metals from blasting him to shreds. He mulled this over and thought something is damn strange. He reached into his desk and pulled his own pistol out and dropped the magazine to make sure it was full and re- mounted it and jacked a round into the chamber then stuck it into the pocket of the lab coat. He walked out of the office and over to Brad shimmer the other scientist. Speaking softly he said “Brad, something is happening down here that seems real funny to me. I am very suspicious. There are high ranking officers inspecting the prisoners holding cells at this moment and they came unannounced. I can’t reach the Colonel or the Major and all I get from the Guard post is static. I suggest you arm yourself and get ready to make it out of here when we can.

When Peabody came over and told him to arm himself, Brad already carried his weapon under his lab coat, neither Peabody nor anyone else in this facility new that he worked for the underground patriots. He had worked for them since he first met Lieutenant Daniel Ripper. He had heard of this bunker and its insidious experiments and his expertise had been in Robotics so when an anonymous advertisement had shown up for someone with his background he applied and was immediately hired and sent to the place. Once down here he was put to work assembling parts for hands, arms, legs and feet for robotic machines to be placed in major manufacturing plants. He soon discovered the true purpose of assembling these parts and began leaking information out as was possible. He stood up and made his way to a small restroom in the lab. Once in he pulled his weapon and made sure it was ready. Replacing it back into its concealed holster he went back to his work station.

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Officer Wince had brought the General and his entourage down a short corridor and entered another double door system and walked over to a heavy bar door system. When they were all standing there waiting the half metal half human looked into an eye scanner and the bar doors began to open. They all walked through and the bar doors closed. The room was a very large area almost like a warehouse. The cages were lined in rows and stacked on each other. They looked like animal cages in a lab area. Most of them were 4’x 8’ and the room buzzed with human suffering. There were sounds of people in pain and people crying. Some were screaming foul language and some were just talking to themselves. The cacophony was distracting and quite upsetting. All of the prisoners had been striped of clothing and the air conditioning was next to freezing. Most of the prisoners were moving back and forth as best as they could to keep warm.

Officer Wince began walking the cages and rattling a baton on the bars all the while telling everybody to shut up. Some would shut up as Wince passed but would start up again as soon as he passed. The conditions were completely horrible and Michael, Susanna, Theresa and Daniel could feel the mass confusion and pain in the prisoners. Theresa spoke in their minds and said this is despicable and we must free these people now. Michael agreed but said we must bring clothes to these people before we move them from here. Susanna said I know where the clothes are located for them. She relayed the image to the party and everyone set their TM Gizmos and began to retrieve and materialize the clothes. Officer Wince saw the clothes materializing and began walking around to each cage and banging his baton on the bars. He was speaking loudly and telling the prisoners to stop what they were doing. All the prisoners were ignoring him and dressing themselves. Officer Wince moved to an intercom station on the wall and started to buzz for assistance. Just before his finger reached the button he disappeared. He reappeared in a cell at the detention facility in Mississippi with no clothes on his body. The lower half of him was all metal and the only human part was from the upper chest to his head. He looked out of the cell and started to yell. The Guards that showed up took one look and pulled their weapons and began to unload on this nightmare that was in one of their cells.

As all of the humans in the cells dressed themselves, Theresa began to speak into their minds and told them what they would have to do to save themselves. All of them began to acknowledge and understand. Once this was accomplished the cell doors began to unlock and the humans began to assemble in the bigger open space. Michael opened a portal to the prison on the surface and stood in the middle of those cells. Susanna was with him and they both spoke into the prisoners’ minds and told them what was going to happen. All of them understood and waited. Michael and Susanna stepped back into the bunker prison and gathered Theresa and Daniel. All the humans were standing around in both prisons waiting for the happening. The party exited the holding cells and made all the locks disappear. They walked down the corridor and entered the R&D Lab.

Lieutenant Peabody was standing next to a technician when the lab doors opened. All of the people in the lab stopped what they were doing and turned to look at who was entering their work spaces. Michael walked in first and saw the Lieutenant. He spoke and said, “Lieutenant Peabody, we have found you’re holding cells to be inadequate and are going to shut them down for now. That also includes the rest of this facility until it can be brought up to standards.” Peabody stepped away from the tech and pulled his weapon from his lab coat. “You are imposters and I will see that you are executed for this intrusion into the very important work we do here.” A very loud bang surprised everybody and they all turned towards the source. Brad was standing next to his station with a smoking gun in his hand. The Lieutenant had jerked and dropped his weapon as he turned and looked at Brad while falling to the floor. Brad told the technicians to set down and listen. They all sat down while starring at him. Brad looked at the party and said “I am not sure who you people are but you seem to be on the good side. If I am wrong then I guess I will be dead but I can tell you this I will not leave this place before it is destroyed.” Theresa read Brads mind and new that he was part of the underground, she read the truth in his mind and spoke back to him and told all what they were here to do. Daniel mind spoke and said he knew Brad when he had been stationed here. Brad looked surprised but lowered his gun and put it back into its holster He then spoke openly and said “What can I do to help?”

The Tech’s minds were read and discovered that they all wanted to escape this hell hole. They were transferred to the holding cells top side to join the policemen in their escape. All the research in the lab was transferred to a place that burned it up. Brad had showed where all of the spare parts and all of the research were located. He took them to the lab at the end of the corridor and showed them the chemicals and all the other bad things. All of it was sent away and the rooms became empty. Daniel and Theresa opened the portal to the Suburban and stepped out next to it. Brad had went with them and said he could help them at the bunker in Florida if they were willing to let him tag along. Daniel then told him who he was. Brad became very surprised and said “I had a feeling that we had met somewhere before but could not put my finger on it. How is it that I can’t recognize you in the physical sense?” Daniel told him that it was a story for later “right now we must get out of here.” Brad asked how they were going to get out of there and Susanna opened the back door of the suburban. Brad jumped back and starred into the back seat but could not see the rest of the truck. Susanna said Just get in and we’ll explain as we drive out and to our rendezvous. They all piled in and headed out.

Michael and Susanna opened portals for all the prisoners and they all stepped through and filled the choppers. The underground bunker caved in on itself and the building with the elevator caved in and everything crumbled. The prison cells on the surface caved in and crumbled. There were explosions and fires on the base and the emergency services where called out. Level one and two of the underground bunker became a solid mass of concrete and earth. Michael and Susanna had opened the portal to their chopper and climbed aboard. Michael was lifting the bird when he saw the other birds starting to lift. As they got higher he and Susanna started seeing the other choppers firing the mini guns at different buildings on the base. It resembled a fire fight in one of the old wars. They flew up and over to the trees and talked to Daniel and Theresa as they drove the suburban out of the trees and hit the interstate. They had hovered to make sure no one was coming out and witnessed the base on massive fire. This was going to be one big story for propaganda news sources. Two hours later Michael dropped down and landed in a small clearing and Daniel, Theresa and Brad walked out of a clump of trees and over to the chopper and climbed aboard. The chopper lifted off and headed towards Tallahassee Florida.

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70 BURNING ROCKS AND POLITICIANS 3

Lionhawk and Arie came over the bank and dropped down to where everyone was waiting. Lionhawk told them that this would be the way in for everyone. “Inside about 100 feet or so is two large metal doors that open and close for vehicles. There is a human door just this side of the vehicle doors and there is a air vent above it. I think I can get into it and hopefully to the inside corridor that will let me open the door from the inside. We will have to be very careful when we get inside the tunnel until we get inside of the corridor. Those vehicle sorties could happen too often and we have to coordinate the movements. I suggest we keep watch here until we get a good feel for our entry.” They all agreed. Arie told them in the mind speak that he and Chephirah could go up to the mountain that opens and check it out for movement and when they were ready to enter here they could mind speak to them. Lionhawk spoke back in the mind and told him and Chephirah that was a good plan and they would watch for a while to get the timing set. The two lions padded off up the hill side and all the humans took turns lying at the top of the bank watching and timing.

Mark was lying on the bank when he heard the vehicles coming through the trees. As they came out of the trees and entered the clearing he could see the darkness surrounding the vehicles and he saw something else that made his blood freeze. One of the vehicles was pulling a caged trailer and it was full of humans. There were young children and women and young men. He did not see any older people. He knew in his heart that these people were destined to be converted to something else or something even worse. It was only about 2 hours after these vehicles had come out of the mountain. He scooted back down and told them all what he saw. They had made a resting place and Lionhawk, Shadowself and Jim had hiked back to the chopper and fetched small day packs for them all. They had also loaded the packs with foods extra gear for hunkering down. Jim shimmied up the hill and took his turn timing the coming and goings of these black creatures.

Dusk was setting in rapidly when Arie and Chephirah walked into their camp and sat back on their haunches. Arie told them that the mountain had moved only once and two humans had left. Maria opened a portal to the Garden and asked them to go through and get some food. Arie and Chephirah both stepped through and the portal closed. They had taken turns stepping into the garden and eating some wonderful food. Lionhawk and Shadowself had met some great folks and were amazed at the garden and the surrounding haven. Jim had seen two more sorties of the creatures from the mountain and they seemed to be every two hours on schedule. Mark had been the only one to see the caged trailer so the sorties did not pick up humans every time they went out.

It was dark when they had seen the last sortie come back and enter the mountain. They had all gotten some food and Arie and Chephirah had come back It was time to move and they all were ready to go. The two lions were the only ones that were not cloaked so they would wait until the door had been opened and they could enter. The party moved in and stood by the door while Lionhawk levitated himself up to the open grill of the air vent. He saw that the grill had thumb toggles that were operated from both sides so he twisted them and removed the grill. He dropped it to Shadowself below and climbed into the duct and scooted along until he found a grill in the ceiling into the corridor below. He noticed the alarm system on the wall below. The grill had the same toggles as the exterior one had so he twisted them and pulled the grill up into the vent duct. He heard foot steps coming down the corridor and held still as he saw the guard walk under him towards the exterior door. The guard walked to the door and rattled the latch to make sure it was locked. He turned and walked back the way he had come from. Lionhawk watch as he walked by and noticed that this man did not have the dark aura around his being. He dropped from the ceiling and moved to the security system, removed the cover and disconnected a few wires. He then walked to the door and pushed the panic bar and the door opened.

When the man door opened everybody was waiting by the wall to the right of the door. Arie and Chephirah padded into the tunnel and made it to the door just as everyone entered. They all moved up the corridor to another door which turned out to be a storage room and seemed big enough to hold them. Lionhawk made sure the exterior man door was shut securely and rewired the security alarm and replaced the panel. As they all stood in the storage room they could see the lion’s eyes putting out a light shade of blue. Lionhawk pulled his sword up enough to see the blue tinge emanating from it. Lionhawk cracked the door and told everyone to stay in the room until he came back. He went out and Arie did also. Both of them hugged the wall of the corridor as they proceeded forward. The walls were smooth with no doors other than the first one. The corridor seemed to go in a circle from where they had entered and soon enough they came to a door with a small window. Lionhawk peeked in and saw the Hugh vehicle bay. He saw three more doors like the one he was looking through and then noticed the vehicles. He knew he would have to get inside at some point but wanted to continue the search in the corridor first.

Lionhawk could see about 20 feet in front of him before the curve of the corridor blocked the view. Hearing was a different matter and Arie could hear far better than he could. As they proceeded they came to what might be the center of the circle around the vehicle bay. There was a double door system into the vehicle bay and directly across the corridor was a double door system. Lionhawk peeked through the little windows on the doors away from the vehicle bay and saw another long corridor. At the end he could see doors for an elevator. He could see four doors in the walls of the corridor but no more. He turned and saw Aries’ Eyes blazing with blue and new that something was approaching from somewhere. He quickly scooted over to the vehicle bay doors and saw two armored trucks pulling in. This was a time to retreat but which way to go he was not quite sure.