Here is chapter one of my third book in the World of Destiny series:
CHAPTER ONE
“What?” Trevor asked
incredulously as they climbed aboard.
Mary repeated the message
and relayed the sketchy details as they came to her.
“I don't think I “heard”
you right, Mary. There must be something wrong with this thingy you put in my
head. I think it’s malfunctioning.”
WE HAVE FOUND GOD,
Mary reiterated.
Trevor told the others
about Mary's message. They looked as dumbfounded as he was. None of them quite
knew what to say.
Apparently, one of the
ships that had been long-lost had recently returned to Mary’s world--Trevor
noted that they needed to stop doing that...Mary's world needed a human name
too. It reported meeting with the Supreme Being, aka God. A delegation was
being put together to retrace the ship's steps and meet face to face with the
Creator of all things. Georgia and Mary had been asked to join the delegation.
“Can we go, too?” asked a
skeptical Trevor.
Mary only hesitated for a
few seconds and then replied, Yes. You may go with me.
After a brief discussion, it was decided that Trevor, Harella,
Amir and Sarah would go with Mary to see what all this fuss was about. Flint,
Freddy, Wynnie, Jovi and Alex were pretty much of the same mind. It had to be
some kind of mistake or misunderstanding. At any rate, they were not up for
another space adventure just yet. They were only too glad to stay behind on
this one. It was too good to be home to think about running around the universe
looking for some mythical character that none of them even believed existed in
the first place.
Jovi opted to go back to
stay with his father again, while Freddy, Alex, and Wynnie would go with him so
that they could reunite Alexander with his long lost brother. Freddy was
actually looking forward to seeing the look on his father's face when he showed
up with his uncle.
Trevor asked if they had
time to swing by Father Joe's for a couple of reasons. First of all, Trevor
wanted to share his future plans with Father Joe about building a house near
his. Secondly, he knew the good Father wouldn't want to miss this trip for the
world (or worlds!)
Father Joe was thrilled to
see them all. When he heard where Trevor was headed, though, he didn't hesitate
and insisted on coming along for the ride. Although he was certain that the
ships had made some kind of mistake, he still wanted to go along and see what
this was all about.
“You can't just get in a
space ship and go see God whenever you feel like it,” he chuckled. “This is
just crazy.”
But there was no
persuading him to stay behind. He was going, and that was that. Mary seemed to
be in a rush to join her companions, so it was determined that they would leave
everyone who wasn't coming there at Father Joe's place. Freddy and Alex seemed
to be the only ones a little disappointed by this since they were in a hurry to
get to Dardie's place. Flint, however, was delighted with the idea. He promised
to lead them to Riverside and get them there safely. After that, Flint told them he planned on
striking out from there on his own. Flint wanted to do some exploring and felt
the need for wide open spaces once again.
Father Joe told the ones that were remaining to stay as long as they
liked in his home. They assured him that it would only be for the night so they
could rest up and gather a few supplies. They intended to leave first thing the
next morning. Father Joe told them to help themselves to any food they wanted
to take from his stores since most of it was perishable anyway and would be
spoiled by the time he got back.
“Just water all my plants
and garden before you leave. Oh, and feed the meercat that comes around every
morning. It loves cheese. On your way out of here let my one and only neighbor
know where I'll be. He will take care of everything after you're gone,” Father
Joe asked. He was a little worried about
leaving his new pet to fend for itself. The small mongoose-like animal reminded
him of a meercat even though its fur was a dappled red in color. He had been
feeding it for a month now and hoped to eventually domesticate it. Father Joe
missed his pet tabby cat from back home on Earth and thought this species would
make a good substitute house-pet if he could get it tame enough. He enjoyed the
way it stood up and begged for food. It had taken him quite a while to earn the
shy creature’s trust to be able to get close enough to feed it by hand.
After many hugs and good
wishes, the two groups parted company. Flint and the ones remaining disembarked
and waved to their friends as the ship’s ramp pulled up and the door closed
slowly. Mary rose up into the brilliant morning sky majestically, and then waited for
Georgia to join her. When her sister ship showed up finally, they whisked off
together into the heavens gleefully headed to the portal singing their mission
to the stars. They would be rendezvousing with several of their companions on
the other end of this wormhole.
Just after they drank down
their sedatives and snuggled up together in the bed that Mary had provided,
Trevor put his face near Harella's ear and whispered, “I think I love you!”
Harella smiled, and
whispered back, “It’s about time!”
They were both asleep
within seconds. The deep, chemically-induced sleep was necessary to protect them
from the built in backlash of the wormhole. Mary still wondered about the
engineers who built the wormhole system that permeated the galaxy. They had
obviously been very advanced and adept psychics who didn’t wish anyone but
fellow psychics taking advantage of their handiwork.
Mary could sense the
presence of the wormhole entrance when she got near enough to it. The wormhole
broadcast a psychic hum into the ether in every direction. It was only
necessary for her to send a telepathic thought back towards it for the wormhole
to blossom open before her like a flower opening to the morning sunshine.
Mary dove into the mouth
of the wormhole without a moment’s hesitation. She was followed by Georgia
moments later. The two sister ships disappeared from this region of space, and
the wormhole closed up again behind them.
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