The Summer Vacation
Chapter 48
Written by rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman

The night proved to be uneventful for everyone in the cabin. We wake up by 6:30 A.M. fully rested. The fairies fly outside to get themselves washed and cleaned by the pond nearby. They are thankful the pond is warm now. However, they do have to watch out for the fish in the pond. They come jumping out of the water after the fairies dive into the water and fly back out. They all have a good laugh doing that. They go into the forest to find their morning meal. They come back with nuts in their hands heading toward the cabin.

The rest of us get cleaned up. Rhiannon, Anya and the Wizard take a rare opportunity to use a really hot shower and get cleaned up. Once we all get dressed up and are out in the living room area, I see some food for breakfast on the counter. I see fruits in bowls, bread, jams, butter, maple syrup and a large stack of hot pancakes on a plate.

“Apparently you brought it here by magic, my friends.”

“We did, Richard. We didn’t use your cook ware to make the pancakes.”

“That’s fine, Rhiannon.”

Then we hear a series of little knocks on the rear door.

Anya opens the door for them. They all come flying into the warm cabin.

King Oren speaks up, “The Cherokee have set up camp in the glade everyone. They are having a winter meal before it snows next week.”

“Do they expect me to show up there, King Oren?”

“No, Omega. It is not expected. They will be fishing from the pond for some of their meals.”

“Okay, but do whisper to them that we are having a military presence here this morning.”

“We’ll tell them, Omega, after we eat our morning meal.”

“That’s fine, King Oren.”

Then we hear another knock on the front door. I look out the window to see who it is. “It’s Sarah and Anna.” I open the door and they come inside quickly.

“Good morning everyone.”

“Good morning, Sarah and Anna.”

We get our plates together. We put together what we want to eat this morning. The Wizard and I decide to have pancakes to start it off then some fruit later. The ladies choose the fruits, breads and jams.

After the morning thanks is given, everyone begins eating their morning meal. We get done at about 9 A.M.. It doesn’t take long to clean up the place. We expect the Colonel to show up soon. Several fairies fly out to the glade to tell the Cherokee of the extra visitors we are having. They appreciate that they are being told.

“I think I will sit on the front porch. I need to allow them onto the property first. Then we’ll move to the back porch and have our meeting there. I don’t want them to come inside yet.”

“That’s a good strategy, Omega. We need to check their motives first.”

I put on my winter coat and step out to the front porch and sit in a rocking chair waiting for them to show up. I see a car come into the driveway right at 10 A.M.. Two men get out and look at me on the porch. I see them uneasy as they stand there.

“Can we talk to you? We have some questions for you, Richard Moore.”

“I’ll let you on the property. But we’ll have our talk on the back porch first.”

“That is fine, Mr. Moore.”

I do a fake motion with my hands that I’m using a remote to turn off the spell. I put my hand into my coat pocket as if putting it away. Soon they feel relieved of the anxiety they are feeling. They walk down the dirt driveway and walk past the cars. They stop before the porch. I get up and walk down the stairs. They follow me around back to the back porch. We each take rocking chairs on the back porch. We turn the chairs so we are facing each other.

“So, what is this about, sir?”

“I find the words a little hard to say. I’m just doing a following up on an investigation I started. Well to start with, my name is Colonel Lawson. This is my technical assistant Lieutenant Myers.”

“Hello.”

Lieutenant Myers responds back, “Hello.”

I see he has an uneasy face of controlling his emotions.

“I operate a listening post here in North Carolina. I got some strange signals earlier in the year and just recently this fall. From our triangulations of the signals, they seem to point to you.”

“They point to me? Where did they come from?”

“The first signal came from deep space in the direction of Orion. It headed to the North Carolina area. The signal ended before I could zero in on it. Then I got a signal that left the North Carolina area to the same direction of Orion and back again.”

“That seems a bit odd, sir.”

“It is, Richard. But I had a verification of the same frequency just this past October in Raleigh. I quickly zeroed in on the source. The signal triangulated to your apartment at NC State.”

“So, your wondering if there is a connection between me and the deep space signal.”

“That’s right, Richard.”

“Well, the only electronic equipment I have is a PC that connects to the internet.”

“Plus, you have the dish near your cabin.”

“Also the dish, sir. It is used to bring in more TV channels in this mountainous area.”

“That’s expected here.”

Then the Lieutenant notices a movement between the pond and the cabin. He tenses up and puts a hand onto his sidearm pistol. It is a panther coming in slowly. He has his ears pointing backwards and down. It growls a low grumbling noise. “Grrrr . . . grrr . . . .” He walks very slowly looking toward us. Then we all notice it. I get up and stand between them and the panther.

“What are you doing, Richard? I have a clean shot if he attacks.”

“He won’t attack Lieutenant. He is checking you both out. I think he senses someone is not whom they say they are.”

The Lieutenant scoffs, “What? Are you saying you know what this animal thinks?”

“I do know something about this area. I worked with the Cherokee here for several years. They know who I am.”

Then I hear a bird signal in the air. I smile when I hear it. “If you’re not careful, you will get some arrows in your legs before you shoot the panther.”

The Colonel sees this exchange going on. What is going on here?

“There are no Indians here. All I see is you and this panther.” Yells the Lieutenant.

Then some butterflies come fluttering around from both sides of the house and get behind me. Some land on the fire grill, some land on the tree branches nearby. Then out of the corner of my eye I see a cloud of insects to the left of me about fifty yards away. They are waiting for the next move.

Then the colonel speaks up, “Stand down, Myers! That’s an order!”

“No way sir! He is a threat to our national security!”

“I haven’t seen anything yet that points in that direction. We are still gathering Intel.”

Then he takes his pistol and points it at the Colonel. “No way sir! I have orders that are higher than yours!”

“Higher than mine? What are you talking about? Stand down, Myers!”

I tense up ready for action. I need to get my armor on now, Maker. I need to protect the panther. I will have to trust everyone else to do their job.

Do it now, Richard.

I then yell out loud, “Armor and shields on! Now my friends!”

The two men look at me with astonishment. They see my armor appear on me by magic. I have my shields in place on my forearms.

“Huh? What just . . .”

Then we hear a bunch of gnats, wasps flying into the backyard.

“No! Not again!” Yells the Lieutenant.

The gnats and wasps buzz all around him. He waves his hands frantically to ward them off. We are watching the pistol carefully and see what he does with it. “Get away from me! Arrrghhh! Don’t sting me!”

Several arrows coming flying in and hit the porch. “Thok!” “Thok!” “Thok!” One arrow hits him in the lower leg calf muscle. “Thwoo!” He drops the pistol onto the ground and grabs his leg as he crumples to the porch floor. “I’ve been hit. Stop! I give!”

The Colonel still has questions in his mind. However one of them got answered when he sees Richard wearing metal armor in a blink of an eye. He then looks at the Lieutenant in a ball of pain on the back porch and holding on to his left leg. He bends down to pick up his side arm pistol. He then takes out the cartridge of bullets and makes sure the barrel and chamber is empty. He puts the cartridge into his shirt pocket. He keeps the pistol in his hand.

“Arrrghhh . . . it hurts!! Help me!!”

I aim my right gauntlet at him and shoot a sleep dart at him. He soon falls asleep. I retrieve the dart from his shoulder and put it back on my right gauntlet.

“I hit him with a sleep dart, Colonel. We need to tend to the arrow wound first before we wake him up.”

“Ahh . . . That’s fine . . . Richard.” He looks around and sees the butterflies, gnats and wasps are gone from the backyard. He then sees some Cherokee braves coming in from the forest. They still have their bows notched with arrows.

I turn around to look at the panther. I get down on his level with my knees. He comes walking to me with his ears up and calm. He brushes his body against me as he walks by and purrs. “Puuuurrrrs . . . rrrrrss”

“Good boy. You knew something was wrong. Take care and stay warm this winter. I’ll see you during the summer.”

He purrs as he does it again. Then he leaves quickly by running through the forest to find his winter den.

I look up and see my Cherokee friends come walking in. I walk up to them. We greet each other with a smile on our faces as we do the forearm clasp.

“Well done, my friends. Who got him in the leg?”

“That would be I, Richard.” He smiles at me.

I smile back at him, “Target practice pays off, Raven Claw. Well, let’s retrieve your arrow and tend to his wound. I put him to sleep to quiet him down.”

“That’s good.”

Two Cherokee women come walking in with some bandages and herbs. They tend to the Lieutenant on the back porch. They find the arrow in his calf is not all the way through and his left pant leg. The ladies use a knife to cut the pant leg to the arrow and dig out the arrow head carefully. Once it is removed, they wash the wound with water from a water skin hanging on their shoulders. They immediately apply a herbal ointment for any possible infection with a pain killer herb to the wound. Then they cover it with a pad and a wrap around bandages to keep in place. We smile at each other as they get up and return to the glade and pond.

Raven Claw lets the ladies take the arrows to clean them up by the pond.

“So what was he yelling about having a higher order than you, Colonel?”

“I don’t know Richard. Apparently, he knows something I don’t and to whom he reports. His career is probably finished once we find the truth, maybe, maybe not. How did you get that armor on you quickly? Why did that panther react friendlily to you after the incident?”

“Those are good questions, sir. You will get your answers before you leave today. I think when this day is done, we’ll be on good terms with each other.”

“Hmm . . . I hope so. Well, let’s find out what this Lieutenant is ranting about.”

“Yes sir.”

Two of the Cherokee braves prop him up on the porch. They tie him up to one of the posts supporting the porch roof.

I say out loud, “Armor return.”

The armor and shields disappear. My winter clothes reappear on me in a blink of an eye.

“There it is again, Richard what is going on here?”

“It’s a bit of a long story. But first I need to shake your hand.”

“You don’t need to, Richard. I heard the Creator’s Voice for the first time last month during a church service when I shook the pastor’s hand.”

“That’s good to hear, sir. That will save a lot of time in explaining what is happening here. Sarah, will you please come out here to check him out?”

The back door opens, Sarah and Anna step onto the back porch. “Sure, I will check him out.” She puts her portable medical bag down on the porch floor. She proceeds to check him out. She opens his eyelids and sees them constricted. “He has been drugged, Colonel.”

“Do you know what it is?”

“I need a sample of his blood to test, but there is an easier way.”

“What is it, Sarah?”

Sarah turns to Raven Claw, “Raven Claw, do you have some wasp venom with you?”

He smiles, “We sure do.”

He gets up and walks to the pond. He talks to the ladies there. One of them gets up and walks back to the glade. She returns with a pouch and hands it to Raven Claw. I see that she is has a big smile on her face. She then continues fishing some more fish from the pond for their noon meal. Raven Claw returns with the pouch. He opens it and looks for it. He takes out a sealed vial of wasp venom and hands it to Sarah.

“Thank you, Raven Claw. I see it is a ten percent solution. That is strong enough for this situation.” She opens her bag and takes out a clean syringe that is sealed in a package. She opens it and inserts the needle through the rubber seal and draws a milliliter out. She hands the vial back to Raven Claw. She carefully makes sure there is no air in the syringe.

“What are you going to do with that?”

“This wasp venom will cause his adrenaline to rush quickly and get his heart beating very fast. Hopefully, with this jolt of venom, he will sweat out the toxin in his blood stream through the skin. I then can take that and test it. There is probably a needle track somewhere on his arm. So, let’s take off his shirt and jacket first.”

The braves untie him and remove his shirt and jacket. We look over his arms carefully. “Here it is, Sarah.”

“Thank you, Raven Claw. Yes, he was drugged all right. Tie him back up, we don’t need him running around here and get hurt. He will get wide awake very quickly.”

The young braves tie him back up.

“Where did you learn that, Doctor Sarah?”

“Most of our medicines are based from the various native tribes. They have an excellent source of knowledge in their traditions and medicine. I’m a surgeon by trade. Sometimes, the drugs we get from the pharmacies are too strong or too weak with some serious side effects. I have studied the Cherokee medicine for years. Your Lieutenant shouldn’t get any side effects from this dose. You should send your recruits who do the wilderness survival training with the Cherokees first.”

“That’s right, Sarah. We would love to train your men to have better skills in the woods at any time of the year, Colonel.”

“I’ll look into it. Okay Sarah, inject him with the venom.”

Sarah injects him with the wasp venom in his upper left arm. She then pumps his lower left arm three times to get the blood flowing. It takes about fifteen seconds for him to become wide awake.

“Nooo . . . stay away from me!” He starts to sweat through the skin. He looks at us but doesn’t see us. His eyes are wide open. “Who are you? How did you get in here without opening the door?”

Sarah quickly scrapes part of the sweat off from his skin and put it into another vial. She takes several kinds of strips of paper to test the liquid. She sees several different colors from each one. She checks a small booklet in her bag to determine the combination and which drug it points to.

He gets quiet. Then he yells out loud, “Arrrggghh!! Stay away from me! I won’t kill him! I don’t care what you say about him!” He gets quiet again. His head is now downward from exhaustion. We then hear him mumble, “I won’t kill Richard.”

Everyone looks at each other with wide eyes.

“This is the second time Richard; someone is after your life.”

“What? You had another assassination attempt on your life?”

“I did, Colonel. Do you know what happened to my family?”

“I thought that was the strangest part in getting info on you. I heard about the airplane crash, but I can’t find any proof of it.”

“I’m not surprised Colonel. The Feds have a copy of the tower and plane transmission just before the crash. Our local police department was able to get a copy of it and hide it from them. The plane was commandeered by a spectral entity. It possessed everyone on board, including the pilot and copilot. It then crashed into the car where my family was on the road coming here. The last words are ‘die Moore family die’ and ‘die Richard die’.”

Colonel Lawson looks out into the woods and mumbles to himself. “Oh my Creator . . . what have I walked into here?”

“Well, I know what they used. It is a psych drug, Colonel. From these paper tests, it is similar to the popular ones on the underground market.”

Then we see Myers slowly waking up. His teeth are chattering and shaking. He looks around, “Wh . . . ere . . . am I, Colonel? Who are these people?”

“What do you remember last, Myers?”

“Not much sir. I remember some people coming to my apartment unexpectedly. I don’t know how they got in.”

“How many and what do they look like?”

He closes eyes and tries to remember. “It’s hard right now. My skin feels sticky now. I need a shower, sir.”

“I have some guests inside the cabin. I need to go inside. We are planning a Thanksgiving meal today.”

“Go inside, Richard. We’ll wait out here.”

Myers puts his coat back on to keep himself warm. I open the door and walk inside. I see my friends there with concerned faces.

“This is unexpected and yet a second time on your life.”

“What are we to do?”

“I would like to know who did this first of all. I think I can trust the Colonel with our secret up to a certain point in explaining my trip to Twainor. I won’t mention your connection at all.”

“What about us, Omega?”

“That’s a good question, King Oren. He already asked why the panther behaved the way it did. I might have to show him I’m the Omega Unicorn. He can hear the Maker’s Voice already. So that is a plus so far. But I’m curious who was in the Lieutenant’s apartment. That will determine how far to go with this.”

“We’ll stay in butterfly mode for the time being. We are fine with our current energy level. We can have a bowl of nuts and fruits in the bedrooms while we wait how the news is accepted if we become hungry.”

“That’s fine, King Oren. It should be easy to get him to remember what happened. We just need to get his mind relaxed to recall the events. For your names, I will use Anya, Rhiannon and . . . what name should I call you, Wizard?”

He smiles, “You can call me, Doctor Russell Spellman.”

We all snicker and giggle, “That’s the closest I heard to saying Spells R’ Us, Wizard.”

He smiles back, “That’s the idea, Anya.”

“Okay, he’s coming in for a shower between the boys room first.” I walk back outside to inform our guests.

Several bowls of small fruits and nuts are brought into the bedrooms. We leave paper napkins and paper plates there for them to use. They all divide up among the three rooms almost evenly. Some choose my room to be near to me, others choose to be the near the unicorn board in the master bedroom. Some are in the boys room because they like being near the Wizard. They are told they must keep it to a whisper and not break anything in the rooms. They promise to try.

“You can take a shower here, Myers. Then we can talk in the living room. Keep that bandage on your leg and keep it dry if you can. Did you come with a change of clothes?”

“I di . . . did. It’s back at the hotel room. Th . . . tha . . . thank . . . you.”

“See you later, Raven Claw. It’s good to see you again.”

“Like wise, Richard. Will you be going to back to school this First Day of the week?”

“I am, Raven Claw. I haven’t decided where I’ll be during the break yet when the semester ends. I already got asked by the Wilkersons to be there.”

“Don’t forget us, Richard. We have a nice ceremony for the shortest day of the year as well.”

“That’s right. You do. I’ll give it some hard thinking about it. I hope to make a decision before I leave.”

The Cherokee braves turn around and walk to the pond to get cleaned up. Then they walk back to the glade to have their noon meal. They have set up some shelters to keep themselves warm during the night. It is not the large teepee, if that is what your thinking. They came in on horseback carrying what they needed the day before. They set up four small lodges on the grass. The total number in their party is eight, four men and four women. They are all high school and college age students. They set up the poles and secured them tightly with rope and stakes in the ground, then they covered them with large canvas tarps and tied to the pole frame. There is a small opening at the apex of the lodge to allow the fumes from the portable heater to escape. On the floor around the small fire place are bear skin rugs with leaves underneath it to make it more comfortable and warm. The poles are kept near the glade and replaced when needed throughout the year.

In the middle of each lodge they set up a small stone ring fire place. In the middle of it is the latest catalytic liquid portable heater. This is to generate heat throughout the night and to create a hot drink to warm themselves up. There is a larger cooking fire ring in the glade. There are logs and flat boulders set about it. The horses all have double blankets on them to keep warm.

I open the back door and we all walk inside. I introduce my guests to them. “This is Rhiannon, Anya and Doctor Russell Spellman. They are good friends of mine.”

Anna and Sarah put their hands to their mouth to hide their smiles when they hear the Wizard’s name.

I escort the Lieutenant into the bathroom and close the door. He then gets undressed and has a hot shower to get the stickiness off him. The rest of us gather in the living room to discuss what is going on.

“Before we start, Richard. I had a talk last night with the Creator. He gave me some clues that I would probably see today. Seeing that armor appear and disappear on you confirms what He told me. I must have an open mind to what I’m about to see and hear.”

“What were the other clues, Colonel?”

“You have an inner strength times twelve. Also, you have a plan to stop the hackers in their tracks. Our computer systems have been hacked before. We haven’t been able to find a way to stop their attacks.”

“I can imagine since it is concerned with the military.” I look around quickly. I get smiles and nods of the head up and down from each of them.

“What about your Lieutenant? Can he be trusted?”

“He did receive Clearance Grade 1 to work with me at the listening post. But this will be new to him. I don’t know if he has heard the Creator’s Voice yet.”

“We need to do that first.”

“You’re probably right, Richard. Let’s talk about the easy subject first. What are your plans to improve the network security?”

“Well, next semester I’ll be writing my Senior Project. It will explore the current problems. Then I make my proposal to solve it. Then during my Master’s degree I intend to build a prototype before I graduate.”

“Will this involve some innovation?”

“Yes sir, it will. It will be a whole new architecture and software design. One way to think about it is in one phrase - 3D.”

Then we see the Lieutenant come into the living room fully dressed. He looks more refreshed and cleaner now.

“3D, Richard? There is no way it can be done with the current technology. It is very difficult to go from 2D to 3D. Your points will multiply exponentially. There is no hard-drive or processor that can compute those points fast enough. It’s really on the order of the Cray computers.”

“I have an idea how to do it, Lt. Myers, with what we currently have. I’ve checked into it. First all it can’t be the old electron CPU’s, I intend to use the photon CPU’s.”

“That’s a good choice, Richard. But we are still in 2D mode with it.”

“You have to think three dimensionally on this. I know the paths will increase a factor of 27 at least. My mind always thinks in that direction. I like to keep a busy mind. To give you an idea how I think, I want you to try to guess my password on my laptop.”

He smiles, “I’m game. It should be really easy.”

I reach for my laptop on the table next to the lamp. I hand it to him. He opens it and turns it on. Once it boots up, he gets a big surprise.

“What is this? You created a five-word password sequence?”

“I sure did. Now watch this.” I turn on the laptop mike. “Computer, the password is tricorn-theta-ninerson-phiratel-betorn.”

We then hear a voice through the speakers.

“Password accepted and Richard Moore’s voice pattern. Revolving the password to the next sequence.”

The screen changes to the normal desktop screen.

“What!? You created a revolving password sequence and a voice recognition subroutine? This is too much. Apparently you know what the password will be the next time you log on.”

“That’s right.” I smile at him.

“Is it based on the last sequence?”

“It isn’t. It’s based on the last three sequences. But you need more than that to know what it will revolve to. It is none of the current password models that are in use today. I created a whole new model.”

“I didn’t expect that. Did you do the same thing for your folders?”

“I sure did, Lt. Myers. I also have it on some of my programs I like a lot. When I get done with it in three years, the innovation will be on the order of virgin territory. Everyone will have to adapt to it. I intend to plug all holes and back doors.”

Lt. Myers looks down, “Sigh . . . you win, Richard.”

Everyone has big smiles on their faces.

I then logoff the laptop, turn it off and close the clamshell cover.

Colonel Lawson smiles as he sees new possibilities with this innovation. “You can talk about this all day. It still doesn’t answer all of my questions.”

“Where do you want to start, Colonel?”

“Start with that armor appearing and disappearing.”

“I could, sir. But I must begin the story from the beginning with Spring Break earlier this year.”

“The transmission to the Orion area.”

“That’s right, sir.”

I then start explaining what happened during that time. We can see them trying to get a handle on it, especially Lt. Myers. Colonel Lawson is more thoughtful, apparently he is listening to the Creator and getting confirmation from Him this is a true story. Then Lt. Myers cuts in quickly.

“I’m sorry to burst your bubble, Richard. Magic doesn’t exist anywhere in the Universe!”

“Would you agree that two hundred years ago we didn’t know everything in the Universe? I mean you would use the telescope to look at the stars. All you are seeing are the results of the interaction with the stars and galaxies.”

“Well, yeah. It took awhile until our telescopes, the sciences and math got better to use different parts of the spectrum to peer at the cosmos. I know there is dark matter out there.”

“That’s true Lieutenant. There is a lot we know today that we didn’t know then. Do you remember reading the ancient stories like the Nefelim? Unicorns? Dragons? Centaurs? The Pantheon Gods?”

“I remember them in the humanities classes. They are all made up. None of it is for real.”

“I would have said ‘yes’ before Spring Break, Myers. Can you explain this?” Rise up, Croin. Just show your head above mine and hold it.

Of course, Richard.

Then the Lieutenant sees an image rising above my head. He gets very wide-eyed and scared. “Th . . . tha . . . that’s a . . . a . . . d . . . dr . . . dragon.”

“It is a dragon, Lt. Myers. However, he is a good memory for me. This dragon is still alive on Twainor. He can also shoot flames as well. But, they can be cold or hot. Which one would you like to try out?”

“Th . . . the . . . co . . . cold . . . fl . . . flames.”

Then Croin blast some cold flames at Lt. Myers. The cold flames move across his body, “No . . . this . . . can’t be . . . happening. But I feel them across my arms and face.” He looks closer, “They are not burnt? Explain this, Richard!!!” He is breathing fast and tries to calm down.

“I am, Lt. Myers. I am explaining it. But you need to have an open mind to believe in the impossible.” Croin smiles as he returns within me.

~~~000~~~

Then Colonel Lawson ears pick up on the phrase. I heard that phrase in the sermon, Creator.

Yes you did, Harold.

~~~000~~~

“Uh . . . uh . . .” Lt. Myers stutters.

“Have you ever gone to some sort of church service, Lt. Myers?”

“I went to a synagogue once with my grand parents. I never did understand what they did. My parents stopped going once they got married and moved out of the house.”

“That’s a shame, Lt. Myers. They have some excellent subjects to cover about life in general. They also have some great historical stories as well.”

“Are you Jewish?”

“No, I’m not Jewish. I am half Welsh and half Irish. I’m like you in some ways, I didn’t pay attention to my heritage once my great grandparents came here a hundred years ago.”

“Then how come you know about Judaism?”

“Well, I was attending my freshman year at NC State three years ago. During Rush Week a lot of tables are set up on the lawn to invite students to seek out the Fraternities and the Sororities. There were also some religious tables as well. I stopped by Rav Shlomo’s table and had a nice honest talk about life and what it means.”

“Do you go there all the time?”

“I split my time between Raleigh First and Rav Shlomo’s group when I can. I have a very busy schedule. I also help teach some martial art classes at the Raleigh Police Department.”

“Oh . . . my . . . goodness. What are your grades? What is your rank?”

“It is about 3.93 right now. I’m one of the top ten students in the Computer Engineering Department. My rank is Shaolin Brown Sash with the first degree.”

“Oh man . . . You are way out there and out of my league. . . . Gulp . . .”

I smile at him, “So, what do you say? Shake hands and call it a truce?”

“Sure, why not.”

He reaches forward and I shake hands with him. Then all of a sudden his face changes when he hears something in his mind. We all have smiles on our faces when we see his face change.

“Uh . . . who is speaking to me, Richard?”

“What is he saying?”

“He’s saying he is the Creator of the Universe. He has been waiting for me to return back to my roots.” A tear comes down his face.

Some of the ladies get up and start preparing the turkey at 11 A.M.. They get it in the oven by 12 noon. They also decide on the deserts as well. I hear them speaking to each other they will bring it by magic.

“Now that is taken care of. I need to continue with my story.”

Lt. Myers nods his head up and down slowly.

I continue with the story where I left off. When I get done with it, I see that both of them are thoughtful and quiet.

“I also went back there again on Sunday when the Spring Semester ended, Colonel.”

“Why did you go back?”

“There was a star ship poised on the perimeter of their system. I didn’t know who it was. I was asked before I left Earth to do a study topic on the Nefelim by Rav Shlomo.”

“So, they are for real.”

“Yes they are, Colonel.” I then continue telling the story of that I experienced at that time. Including what happened during the court judgement of the Nefelim. When I get done, they are really quiet. Then the Colonel speaks up.

“I take it you can prove it you’re the Omega Unicorn?”

“I can Colonel. But I would like to invite some more friends in to witness this. This will solidify it in your minds I’m telling the truth.” I turn and walk to the bedrooms and open them one by one. I whisper to them. “It is time. Come out in butterfly mode then change when it happens.”

“Yes, Omega.”

I turn around, walk back to the fire place and stand in front of it. The butterflies all come in and flutter into the living room area. They land on furniture or stay hovering in place.

“This is my proof that I am the Omega Unicorn.”

I thrust my hands to the side, then twelve unicorn images appear, six on either side of me. All of the butterflies change into fairies in little flashes of light. Amber, Cobalt, Tiger and Tigress land on my head and shoulders. Croin comes out in full form for all to see.

“Oh my goodness. He is telling the truth.”

The fairies fly around checking the new people. Some come up to me and speak to me. “The young one will learn eventually, Omega.”

“The Colonel has an idea what is going on.”

“I think we can trust them to keep our secret.”

The Colonel speaks up, “We’ll both have to, Richard. To think all of those ancient stories could be true. This won’t do if my generals know about this right now. What are you going to do about the transmission signals, Richard?”

Most of the fairies return to the bedrooms. However, Amber, Cobalt, Tiger and Tigress stay near me. King Oren and Queen White Dove remain in the living room also.

“You can always shake hands with them and see if you get a response like this here. I hope there is a way to hide the signal, Colonel. Perhaps with a rotating noise frequency around the core signal frequency to scramble it.”

The Wizard smiles when he hears that suggestion from me.

“That should do it, Richard. The noise shell should disperse that core signal. We’ve done that in our labs to prevent unauthorized tapping in our fighter jet communications.”

“Do you remember what I said will happen fifty years from now?”

“You said there will be a group of star ships in our space. These are the Emissaries who will test us and hope we get added to the Local Group.”

“That’s right, Colonel. These Emissaries are from the Creator Himself. Your radar installations will be pinging like crazy by then.”

“That’s a fact, Richard. We already get UFO blips on the radar, but they have been very selective where they go and leave just as fast. Who are they, Richard?”

“I don’t know, Colonel. I think they are just keeping tabs on our progress. Are they enemies? I don’t know, sir. Hopefully, the Emissaries will answer those questions later. When the 100-year test is over with and we have no more wars, then they will probably identify themselves.”

“Richard, this 100-year test bothers me. We know there are groups who want to have the bloodshed here on Earth. How can we stop it and get their attention?”

“Well, the handshake I started is spreading fast throughout the USA right now. It needs to be taken over seas. We know there are some groups who want peace within those dictatorial countries. It will have to be done step by step.”

“What will happen to those who don’t accept the handshake in those countries?”

“Well, they are probably the hard core criminals who have a lot of hate. We know the extremists and terrorists are in those countries. They will probably feel very uneasy things are not going their way. It will probably be like what happened when our world population got reduced in half.”

The Colonel sighs, “Sigh. . . . I was ten when it happened Lt. Myers. It was very stressful for all of us.”

“So I’ve been told, sir.”

“Well, all of my questions have been answered, except for one, Richard. Why did the panther react friendlily to you after the incident?”

“There are several reasons. The unicorn has been missing on this world for more than 1,700 years. When the last one was killed then, I think it ushered in the ‘Dark Ages’ in Europe. The animal life on Earth has been in mourning since then. Only the fairies that were left behind were given hope a unicorn would come back.”

King Oren speaks up, “That’s right, Omega. With the unicorn’s presence there is the potential to have peace between the humans and the animals. But we saw the destructive nature of man for thousands of years. The Creator intends to redeem his Creation one way or another. As it is written, there will be a new heavens and new Earth. But it takes time to get there and to get everyone’s attention.”

“So, you’re saying that panther was just being friendly to you?”

“More than that, Colonel. He used his senses and detected a problem. He sensed Lt. Myers as someone who could hurt me or anyone else there. The panther wanted to protect me at least.”

“Sigh . . . This is going to be an interesting report to the base general.”

“Can you just attribute it to a satellite?”

“We know where our satellites are at. There were none overhead at the time with that frequency. Your frequency is in the TV spectrum and it came from space.”

“I see, then perhaps a solar flare or some other gamma burst from beyond the solar system?”

“That’s it, Richard! You got it. We’ve seen radio waves reflect off the ionosphere. If I can determine the angle into space, I can do a calculation when it reflects off and comes back to Earth.” Lt. Myers smiles.

“Yes, it’s like when we see a light beam hits the water surface and changes the angle when it enters the water.”

“Precisely, Richard.” Lt. Myers looks at the Colonel. “I think I can do that and prove it came from Earth instead, Colonel.”

The Colonel smiles, “You get to work on that when we get back at the base, Lieutenant. Richard, I’m guessing you have no idea if you’re going back to Twainor again?”

“I don’t sir. I think my task is to continue with my Masters degree and create that new architecture and software first. I need to prepare Earth that we are not alone in the Universe. I already know I have enemies here on Earth. There is one group I know who is aware of me. I’ve thwarted their moves so far.” I look at the Lieutenant. “Are you ready to recall that day in your apartment?”

“Sigh . . . I am, Richard. I need to know who drugged me and caused me to act this way.”

Then Doctor Spellman gets up and stands in front of Lt. Myers. “Look at me, young man. You need to relax your mind first and breathe normally. Close your eyes and remember that day before they showed up.”

“Yes, Doctor.” Lt. Myers closes his eyes and breathes normally to slow his heart beat down. Think about that day. That’s it.

Then everyone sees an image above the Lieutenant of the day in question.

“How did you do that?”

Doctor Spellman smiles, “With magic.”

The Colonel smiles back, “Ri . . . ii . . . ight . . . Okay, let’s continue and watch the memory replayed.”

=< In Lt. Brad Myers’ apartment, one month ago >=

Brad is walking around in his apartment on a Saturday morning. “Well, let’s get busy. I need to get to the BX. I need to buy some food today.”

Then all of sudden three men appear in room in a blink of an eye in the living room. They are dressed in black clothing. Their faces are covered, except for the eyes. Brad gets wide eyed when he sees them appear.

“How did you get here? What are you, ninjas? I’ll have to use some force on you!”

Just when Brad comes in with a hand grab. The three men point their hands at him and mumble some strange words.

“Huh? No . . .”

Brad falls forward. He is caught by two of the men. They drag him over to a chair. They take off his shirt and tie him securely in the chair.

“Do you have the psych drug, Thrangar?”

“I do, Grangor.”

Thrangar takes the syringe out from a pouch. He injects the liquid into Brad’s upper arm. Then all of a sudden Brad snaps to awake.

“Who are you? What do you want?”

“You are going to do an errand for us, Lt. Myers.”

“Hah! That means you don’t want to do it yourselves!”

“Nah, we like to do things behind the scene. When we get done with you, you will carry out our orders and forget this ever happened.”

“Nothing is perfect! Ohh . . . my head . . . what did you put in me?”

“Your struggling just caused it to work faster.”

“You are going to kill someone for us.”

“Kill someone. . . .”

“You will follow your Colonel’s orders as if everything is okay.”

“Follow the Colonel’s orders.”

“I am General Haughlin of Reese AFB. I’m ordering you to do this.”

“Under orders from General Haughlin of Reese AFB.”

“I want you to take out and neutralize a college student.”

“Neutralize a college student.”

“When you kill him, then you will kill the Colonel.”

“Kill him and then the Colonel.”

“When you see Richard Moore at NC State, you will kill him.”

“Kill Richard Moore. No! I can’t kill Richard!”

“You will kill Richard Moore. He is a threat to national security.”

“He’s a threat to national security.”

“Now repeat what you heard.”

Brad repeats the orders until he has them memorized.

“That’s good. When you wake up, it will be your typical Saturday morning.”

“Now go to sleep on the couch.”

The two men then untie Brad from the chair. They lay him on the couch and lay his shirt on top of him.

The three men walk to the front door. “That should do it, Thrashtin.”

“Yes, this should work very well. That is the best drug on the black market. It is undetectable even by the best dog hounds.”

“That’s good. Well, let’s get out of here. Hopefully we’ll get good results in a month. I’ll check his installation at that time to make sure.”

“That’s fine, Thrangar.”

They all recite some words and disappear in a blink of an eye.

=<>=

Slowly, Brad wakes up on the couch in the cabin. “So how did I do?” He looks around and sees concern faces on several people.

“Brad, there is no General Haughlin on Reese AFB. Reese AFB has been shut down for a long time. Those three men came in by magic.”

Then Brad turns his head from the Colonel to Richard, “Then . . . then . . . who were they, Richard?”

“They are part of a group of men called the Eleven Magi. They are operating behind the scenes in causing wars and mayhem as they see fit. They caused a lot trouble over the centuries.”

“Centuries? Are you saying they have long lives?”

“I am, Brad. They come all the way from Atlantis.”

Brad and Harold look at each other. “What have we gotten ourselves into?”

“It’s a power play, Colonel. They want to control the world their way.”

“Well, thankfully it didn’t happen the way they wanted it today.”

“That’s true. They said no dog could detect it. I think the panther sensed the turmoil and the psych drug in Brad. Their sense of smell is very acute in the woods.”

“There are a lot of things still hidden on this world. A lot of it is kept hidden on purpose. There are plenty of mysteries like Stonehenge, Machu Picchu, the Pyramids and so on.”

“I know what you are talking about, Richard. We get plenty from our UFO encounters. We try our best to expose the fakes. It is the ones we can’t explain that linger on.”

“There is one more thing to be concerned about, Colonel. It might not become evident now, but it will as the centuries roll on. In about 900 years will be the Ultimate Last Battle as described in various books and scrolls.”

“I remember reading that, Richard. We’ll do our best in laying the foundation with our forces and world governments. Hopefully, the world will see the truth by then.”

“That is our hope as well.”

“How can I contact you if I have a question?”

“Listening to the Creator is first step, sir. Have you found my cell phone number yet?”

We all stand up together.

“I found it, Richard. I will keep it with me for emergencies.” Then he gives me a big smile, “The next time you do a transmission, scramble it please?”

The Colonel then gives me his cell phone number. “I think it will be better if I send a short text message before I do another transmission again.”

“Yes it would, Richard.”

We all smile back. I reach forward to shake his hand. He returns the gesture.

I look at Lt. Myers. “I do need to find a way to test my ideas. Are you game?”

We shake hands as well as we smile. “I’m game, Richard. I’m willing to see if I can hack into your new system. I need to ask my parents why they left the grandparent’s house after they got married.”

“Ask the Creator. He knows what is exactly is going on in our lives.”

“That’s true.”

We start walking to the front door. They exit the door and we stand on the porch. They both turn around to face me one more time.

“That is a good deterrent system here. You must be using an ultra-low level sonic system. It got us scared from walking onto your property.”

“Thank you for verifying that Colonel. Take care, Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and the rest of them next year.”

They smile back, “Thank you, Richard and the same to you and your friends.”

They get in the car and drive back to the hotel in the next town.

“Well, that went well, I think.”

“Great job, Richard. You did it without revealing us.”

“You’re welcome, Rhiannon. Well, let’s get the rest of the preparations going for our Thanksgiving meal.”

We walk inside and have a wonderful day of enjoying each other’s presence. The fairies fly out to the forest to find some of their favorite nuts to eat. We put them in a bowl for safe keeping. We start making the sides with the leeks, potatoes, carrots and other vegetables for the stuffing. We see a recipe in the cook book to make some carrots with a white cream sauce. It is decided to make that as well. When it gets to about an hour and half before the turkey is done I go out to start the wood grill.

Once the coals become hot embers, the vegetables are brought out for me to start cooking them. I use the special pan my dad bought once a few years ago. It has a lot of holes in the pan. It allows the flames through and still grills the vegetables. The aroma smokes through the area and into the cabin. Once the vegetables are done, I roast the nuts. The fairies love the roasted flavor that is brought out.

We all gather inside the cabin and start putting it together. By this time the turkey is done cooking at 4:30 P.M.. We cover everything up to keep it warm. We then drive out to the local park to see the sunset at 5:07 P.M.. We see a beautiful sunset as we see the clouds change color. Then we see the stars come out brightly and no moon.

“It’s a New Moon, Amber.”

“That’s okay, at least we get to see the stars. It is very beautiful. I see the stars that lead us back to Twainor.”

“Which direction is it, Richard?”

“You follow Sirius first, Rhiannon. Then go between the Horsehead Nebulae and the Crab Nebulae. It is somewhere in between and a lot closer to them. They are very big in the sky there on Twainor.”

“Amazing, I’m glad to know they are okay now and having wonderful lives there. Thank you, Richard.”

“You’re welcome, Rhiannon.”

We look all around and see the grandeur of the starry night. We then clap our hands together and give thanks to the Creator for another wonderful day. We then drive back to the cabin to have our Thanksgiving dinner.

We make a spectacular Thanksgiving dinner. The aromas brought back memories for me when I had dinner with the family. Now that I know where it comes from, I make sure to have at least a side dish with meals back at NC State. It will be easy to print out these recipes from the internet when I need them.

Several desserts are brought in by magic. We enjoy the various puddings, cakes and pies from the homeland.

All of the fairies are satisfied by eating their big meal here. I see contentment on their faces. We stay up a few hours more. Rhiannon and Anya tell me stories from the Isles. Some of them are familiar, but now I get to hear the details first hand and how it happened.

When it becomes 10 P.M., we decided it is time for bed. We will wake up in the morning when we want to.

We enjoy another wonderful night of peaceful sleep. We wake up Saturday morning by 7 A.M.. Everyone takes their time to get ready and say their ‘goodbyes’ and ‘see you later’. Then the Wizard makes a good suggestion to King Oren and Queen White Dove.

“How about I get you to Florida by magic? It will save a lot of time and energy. You will also be in the warmer air that much quicker.”

“We would love that. Thank you very much. If you can get us to the heart of the Ocala National Forest Park that would be great.”

“Then I will do that for you.”

Then all of the fairies who are going south start saying their goodbyes to everyone else. Each of the fairies touches my face and smells my hair one more time. They compare the scent with the tuft of my hair inside their clothes. They are glad to be near the Omega Unicorn one more time.

“King Oren, I’m planning to be here for one week at the cabin like last time. Then I will be at the house in Charlottesville like before for one month. I have an opportunity to do some intense training at the Shaolin dojo before I become pregnant in June.”

“That’s good planning. We’ll greet you here like before and enjoy our time together at the Planting Moon festival again before you go there. We know your time is still in training mode. Traphel and his fairy escorts will let us know what is going on.”

“It will be interesting to see the new pair come next February.”

“We might not be there this time. But we will rejoice when we see them during the summer months.”

“That’s right Queen White Dove.”

The fairies all get themselves together in a group and change into butterfly mode. Traphel, his two fairy escorts, Amber, Cobalt, Tiger and Tigress are sitting on my head and shoulders. We all stand around them in a circle. The Wizard recites the transportation spell. Soon they are glowing white. Then they disappear in a flash of light.

~~~000~~~

In a flash of light, the fairies appear in the deepest part of the forest. They flutter around to get themselves oriented to know where they are at. Soon they see one of the springs in the forest they recognize. They start fluttering to find their tree holes high in the tree strands and continue their job of making sure the plants and seeds are protected during the coming winter season. They will also visit other locations in Florida as well to see how the land holds up during the winter season. With the Omega Unicorn now on Earth, their efforts will now be easier to help Earth become green once more.

~~~000~~~

We gather around in the living room to discuss our options and plans.

“You might as well be here for Christmas, Richard.”

“I know Rhiannon. At least I will be with friends. It depends on the road conditions to get up here and how safe it is with the snow storms. Sometimes they are light, sometimes it can be heavy. Wizard, have you thought how to scramble our frequencies?”

“I have, Richard. I will have to put a spell on your contact crystal to do it.”

I give my contact crystal to the Wizard. He takes his with mine and puts his right hand above it. He recites some words, the crystals glow for two seconds then it disappears.

“That should do it. We’ll know from them if this works or not.”

“I hope so, Wizard. I don’t expect Twainor to be calling me anytime soon.”

“Maybe after you get married.”

“Hmm . . . that sounds like ten years from now at least. I’m sure their trouble on the Emerald Isles will become evident sooner.”

“What’s on the Emerald Isles, Richard?”

“Some of the people ate meat from the wild animals, Sarah. These people were duped by Wizard Ruald. He thought by doing that, they would get stronger. Instead they lost their ability to do magic instead. There is a very good chance they also drank the blood of those animals as well.”

“Say no more, Richard. I get the picture. They will be experiencing new diseases they have never encountered before. They will get high fevers and get very weak. I don’t know what will cure them.”

“They have a white light cleansing spell. They used it on me before I arrived there. They will try it on the people on the Isles there.”

“That’s good, Richard. The ones who ate the meat the longest will be in the most trouble then.”

“That’s my thought too on the matter.”

“I guess that is why you are eating fish and bird, Richard.”

“It is Rhiannon. You still need to cook the bird well enough through. That is why we did the turkey for about five hours today. I will leave some of the left overs here in the freezer and take the rest with me back to Raleigh on Sunday.”

“Do you want us to come with you when you come back to Mt. Blanc?”

“I will have to supply food for you, Traphel and for your fairy escort. But yes, please come with me. You can also help Tiger and Tigress learn more about this area like you did with Amber and Cobalt.”

“Thank you, Omega. Thank you.”

Everyone smiles that I’m looking out for their well being. We talk through the day on various subjects. Everyone enjoys a relaxing day. Sometimes they would sit in the rocking chairs on the front and back porch getting their thoughts together. They realize with Richard being the Omega Unicorn, there is a chance things will go smoother. But it will cause the ones who want trouble to act sooner. They must be more aware now of what is happening in the world and react quickly to defuse the problems as they happen.

I do my phone calls to the Wilkersons, Crouching Bear, the police department and the utility people I will be back in a few weeks for the Christmas break. They thanked me for telling me that. The Wilkersons are especially glad I will be here with them. They agreed to visit the Cherokees and see their Winter Solstice ceremony to mark the beginning of Winter. Of course we find that as a joke that Winter has already settled in North Carolina by that time.

We see another sunset at the nearby park. It is a little cloudy, but seeing the colors change on the clouds is beautiful. We start to see the waxing of the moon to begin again. It is now a thin sliver.

We get to bed to have one more night of sleep in the cabin. All of the fairies are in my room this time. Traphel and his fairy escorts are sleeping on the same pillow where King Oren and Queen White Dove slept the previous nights.

We wake up in the morning well rested. We make sure everything is packed away in the cabin and in my car. We leave the two books of my heritage back where we found them. That is the best place for them now. We have our hugs and goodbyes one more time. Sarah and Anna left from their hotel to arrive back in Charlottesville already. I lock up the place and put my hand on the door.

“Take care of the place, Creator. This is a good place of refuge. Thank you for all of your wonderful blessings.”

Anya, the Wizard and Rhiannon do the same thing. They recite some protective spells on the place to be more secure. I can tell they are more relaxed and energized now and ready to face the world once more. They put their hands out and disappear from me in a blink of an eye. We get in my car and I drive out of town. I stop by Chuck’s gas station before I leave to fill up. The fairies stay under the blanket to keep warm and out of sight.

“Well, Chuck. I’ll be seeing you next month in about three weeks.”

“Just drive carefully up here. Pay attention to the weather service for the changes.”

“I will Chuck. Thank you very much for the Thanksgiving meal. It was great. For Christmas, what kind of gifts you want me to get for the kids?”

“It doesn’t have to be expensive. For Marcie, a collection of butterfly magnets, stickers and coloring books will do. For CJ, it is camping. He will be entering the local cub scouts soon.”

“So a canteen and utility belt will do, right Chuck?”

“That’s right. Drive safely, Richard. Take care of your new family. We’ll be praying the Wilson family is safe. It has been a long time since we’ve seen them.”

“I know Chuck.” We hug each other one more time. I pay the bill and get back into the car. I start driving back to Raleigh and NC State to finish the Fall Semester.

~~~000~~~

On an air force base in North Carolina, a colonel is walking down the sidewalk to another building. A captain gives him a salute as he walks by, the colonel salutes him back. The captain continues down the street. He stops and turns around to look at the colonel walking away.

“Rats! Foiled again! Colonel Lawson is still alive. That means Lt. Myers didn’t do his job in Mt. Blanc. Curse that Richard! I hate the Omega Unicorn!” He mumbles some words and disappears in a blink of an eye. We hear “Arrrghhh!” fading in the light swirling wind of air.

Colonel Lawson turns around and smiles. Thank you, Creator.

You’re welcome, Harold.

Colonel Lawson turns around and continues to walk to his office at the radar installation on the base.