merlin's redemption ch4

chapter 4: the plot thickens

i don't know where forever went after that, most likely back to y, seeing as i could no longer feel his presence on earth, anymore. but i felt safe once again for the first time in quite a long while, it had been a very hard day on me. i dozed off, and finally fell asleep in the safety of my mobile abode. that night, i had a strange dream... out of sheer boredom, jeff entered my mind as a younger version of himself. it was the 1960's, we partied endlessly, did illegal things *ahem*, went to a few rock shows, it was awesome... was i becoming friends with a man i've never once met in person? this was quite odd, but cool anyways.

i woke up with a "what on earth was that?"

did me and a younger version of jeff  really have a dream together that we were in the nineteen sixties? can you have dream children from not using a condom? i shortly realized how stupid these questions were, and said to my self

"whatever, man"

jeff finally entered my mind just as i was having my morning coffee and said

"something weird is going on, dude. quick find a TV and switch it to CNN, as soon a you can... oh yeah, you're still miles from anywhere, my bad... here, just watch this vision, alright"

"okay" i replied

the vision began as a news report on a television.

"hello and welcome to cnn, tuesday edition, and now for today's top headline"

a male correspondat started to talk

"uncaring, emotionless almost zombie like people, they've been occuring all around the globe lately, moreso then ever, these once caring and loving individuals stripped of emotions and turned into former versions of themselves, but what has been causing this to happen in such great numbers lately? many people report the sightings of a yet unknown creature, which according to witnesses, is not of this planet.

the camera then switched over to witnesses.

the first one, a rather ditzy, stupid, yet attractive blond wearing scantly clad clothing

"well, uh, you know, i was, uh on my way to my girlfriends place to watch some movies and eat a whole bucket of hagen daz ice cream, cuz she had just been dumped by her asshole boyfriend and she was, you know,down in the dumps... so i wanted to go over and comfort her, and then, like, when i finally got to the door, i saw this weird things with wings and like four arms, and it was like flying away really, really fast... and i was like, omg, is cindy okay, so then i went in her house, her door was open, it always is, and when i got to her room, she was just there on the gound, looking all dead, you know.

the interviewer asked her "and how was she over the course of the next couple weeks"

"well, she was just acting all dead, she never wanted to do anything anymore, i kept asking her to do some fun things, like go to some parties, but she never wanted to do anything fun anymore, she just, you know, acts like she doesn't know what fun is anymore, she's just so boring now"

again the interviever questioned her, saying "and what do you think is the reason why she's acting this way now?"

"i'm not sure, really... but i think it has something to do with that thing i saw"

"and what do you think that thing is"

"well, it didn't look like anything i've seen here on this planet, i think it might be an alien or something"

bored already, i told jeff

"okay, that's good enough, i'm already bored of this, just how many more interviews like this one is there"

"well, all across the world, there's like thousands, man... you've gotta tell him to slow down or to, you know, not suck everyone dry all the time, you know what i'm saying bro. he's causing too much heat, man... hehe, did you think that blond was hot, though, dude?"

"yeah, man... she was stellar" i replied

"awesome, man" jeff said

"oh, dude, dude... i just got a super secret vision, man... check this one out"

"let her rip"

"alrighty then"

as the vision started, i found myself in a room full of secret agents and the president of the united states, they were talking about these reported sightings of an alien creature.

"mister president, i hereby present to you our report along with three suggestions on how to capture said creature along with plans a, b and c for all three of these suggestions, in case any of these measures to capture this unknown being fail"

the president proceeded to read them, scrutinizing the work of his agents, trying to figure out which plan to choose as the first measure to take in capturing forever.

"hmmm... well, lets see here, i kinda like the second one, it's got you know a certain zing to it, it's the easiest one... yeah, yeah, we'll go with that one first, we'll see it if works or not"

the plan was then taken to area 51 where preparations were being made to place it into action.

"this is crazy... how can they possibly hope to capture him when, i, a friggen wizard was nearly killed by him, and had to fight my ass off just to survive" i told jeff

"good question, dude... i don't kn... wait a sec, i can feel it comin, man... okay here it is, plan 2, check it out"

he then sent me a vision of exactly plan 2, i read it quickly, it stated as follows.

step one was rather simple, shoot small homing missile at said robotic being, to attach tracking beacon. using our surveillance satellites to track his position at all times

step two, catch said robotic being in the act and fire new 40 000 watt electric shock guns at creatures to encompacitate it, if robotic being flies away, equip the navy, army, national guard, police forces, coast guard, CIA and FBI with aformentioned weapon, do not rest until said robotic being is captured.

step three, bring robotic being to area 51 in to thoroughly examine it and possibly interrogate it.

step four, begin reverse engineering of said robotic being.

"jeff, that is absolutely insane, they're really gonna take such drastic measures to capture him?"

"heh, plan one includes a toxic rust spray, friggin stupid shit ... plan three, bugging him with a virus. they're really pulling out all the stops now, man... these psychos are on a straight up mission, dude"

i then attempted to contact forever, but to no avail... i suppose he must've been too for for me too reach, this frustrated me... on wards, i went on my journey, i still had to find jeff, his visions now becoming crystal clear, as i reached the end of this forest, i was greeted by a great and beautiful valley, ahead of it, a chain of mountains...

"you're nearly there, little buddy, keep on keepin' on, bro" he told me in thought

"how much further do i got left to go, man?"

"you're gonna reach the city where i'm at once you're done going through those mountains, man... there's really not much left at all, guy"

"alright, i've never been in a city, i've been a poor country boy all my life, i've had a few  dying city folk come to me for remedies, but that's it! this is gonna be so different and weird for me"

i stopped for a while to fully take in the beauty of this wonderful valley, i felt re-energized here, unlike that dreary forest of despair. his place had it all, a calm lake, some friendly deer to keep me company, and all the fish i could ever catch in that lake, it was awe-inspiring. i felt like never leaving, like staying here in the serenity of this gorgeous landscape. but then i remembered my prior obligaion.

"i shall return here again" i said out loud