Prologue
‘Dan, you must kill it.’ The voice said. ‘That is a Devil-Beast and can rip you in half, if you let it. Why are you holding back? You are a potential Guardian-Of-Space. You have to be ruthless sometimes.’ ‘Why can’t I just let it move on, I don’t want to hurt it?’
‘You are expected to bring back the Devil-Beast to the lower astral plane where it belongs, and the only way to do that is to kill it in this plane.’
‘But how did it get to this level in the first place?’
‘That doesn’t concern you; please do as you are bid.’ I am standing not more than ten yards from the monster who is by now eyeing me up suspiciously. It has the look of the proverbial devil but much larger, it has a tail, large hands with long claws, horns, and eyes which resemble a goats. In fact, it is everything you would expect from the hell worlds. ‘You are standing in my way.’ It said. I am in fact standing before a hidden-portal, the kind that higher entities use to access the inner worlds. How the monster could see this door is baffling me.
‘How did you manage to get here?’ I said.
‘I am going to pull out your bowels first, small man, and then I am going to eat them before your eyes and then I will eat your eyes ha.’ ‘You will not get any answers from this creature, Dan, please do as you are ordered.’
I realize that I had no alternative but to fight this entity. I transformed myself into the menacing form of Cloft, the Tourgen clone. This is a thing that I have become so used to in my dreams, I feel like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Cloft is eight feet tall with tiger like skin and teeth and claws which can rip apart any creature on Earth, of course we weren’t on Earth, though. The Monster sees me transform into Cloft.
‘You better move out of my way, beast man.’ It said. I am now being informed that these adventures of mine in the inner worlds are going to be recorded for potential Guardians to use while asleep. I have to refer to you in future as Students. I apologize if you are more than that; please be patient and log into the Guardian’s database. I moved towards the monster with confidence. I know I can easily kill it. For student purposes: Cloft is one of the strongest creatures in the Universe. Guardians have access to a network of unlimited knowledge and time; by that, I mean we can travel anywhere on the inner planes and once you are accepted by the Guardians you can also travel anywhere in time and space on the physical-plane. That is exactly what I am being lined up for. Please be aware that you are unlimited and as such eternal. I grabbed the monster by the throat while he tried to claw into my stomach. I ripped its head off. I am now being informed that I will not remember any of my experiences when I wake up; this is for my protection. I am now going to be debriefed at the astral sub base. Students please prepare your selves for the start of Dan Sherman’s adventures in time and space, onwards my friends.