Jessica went to a small garden area where tomatoes were growing. From the corner of her eye she saw a shadow that moved from under the plants. She then saw the red hat first, and then little blue shoes of a little old man with a white beard. He was just sitting there eating a tomato with the juices falling on to his beard and then unto the ground. This little old man had on a yellow jacket and green pants. A truly colorful little creature Jessica thought to herself.
The Gnome then saw Jessica and jumped to his feet and was about to leap into hiding in the under brush. Jessica spoke to him. “Who are you?”
The gnome with a sparkle in his eye responded back with a rhyme. “ I am not you” and “I am not them” “So I am the sound of the fiddle, the laughter of the brook, and the dance of a maiden in the early morning sunshine” He then started to do a small Celtic jig as a small red and black spotted lady bug stopped to admire the dance of the gnome.
The jig stopped and the lady bug flew away with a silent approval. The gnome then looked at Jessica and Jessica looked at the funny little gnome. The gnome then all of a sudden started to cry and tears were falling like marbles making a small puddle by it‟s side. “Don‟t cry little gnome, that dance was wonderful and I have never seen a more splendid creature as you before” “Oh you are just saying that to make me feel better.”
The gnome then pulled out a large pink handkerchief and wiped his eyes and blew his tiny little red nose.
“Do you have a name”, said Jessica. “Gnomes don‟t have names silly, we are just little people who live in small holes of the redwoods in the Muir woods. We got brought here when the trees were moved. We normally don‟t allow people to see us and normally we are seen as a small shadow of a breeze that just happen to touched that bush or that plant from the corner of your eye.
“In that case” why did you allow me to see you.The gnome smiled and winked at her.
“You need my help and Ariel came to me and told me about you.” “You know Ariel”, said Jessica. “Why off course, all the Gnomes in the woods know Ariel. She comes and helps us and makes our clothing for us.”
“Don‟t you think she has a keen eye for fashion”, as the little gnome did a small little cat walk and took a fashion spin around just like an actual model. Jessica couldn‟t hold back her laughter and started to laugh, and this made the little gnome laugh too. They both started to roll on the ground.
“I have a small gift for you”, said the gnome and pulled a daisy with rainbow petals out of his red hat and gave it to Jessica. Jessica took it and put it in her hair. Why thank you little gnome. The gnome then did a small little jig and took a small bow. He was then gone in a flash back to the Muir woods.
“That was a strange encounter said Jessica” A group of gnomes living in the woods. I always had a feeling that something or someone was always watching me when I was in the forest. I wonder why Ariel told him to contact me. Jessica took the flower from her hair and smelled it perfume. It had a smell that was similar to a blending of jasmine and strawberries.
Jessica continued to have her thoughts go back to her encounter with the tiny gnome as she continue her work chores by the edge of a pond that held rainbow trout. The pond fed the supply water to the Muir woods. By the edge of the pond were tall cat tails and some of them were already turning to seed. The seeds were like tiny parachutes that floated through the air and then making small landings upon the water. Next to the cat tails floating on the water were pink and white water lilies.
She saw an item that was white and was floating next to the cat tails. She first thought it was a medical trash specimen bag that they use to collect items in.
As she moved closer, she notice that it moved and that it was one of the beautiful white swans that inhabited the pond. The swans makes its nests by the ponds edge every spring next to a small gathering of elm trees.
The beautiful swan was very still and Jessica notice that the wing was at an unusually angle and she gasp when she saw blood coming from its beak. So much for this swan being in a Christmas post card this year, a piece of the biosphere during the earth quake must have falling and struck the poor animal.
Jessica went to get an animal medical kit and took some wading boots from the closes security storage unit. She took one of the kits after she put on the wading boots and went quickly back to the pond‟s edge. But it was too late, the swan was floating upside down on the top of the water.
Jessica was surprised when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and there standing behind her was a celestial angel. She had beautiful blue eyes and wings of gold and silver.
“May I have the flower that the tiny gnome just gave you.” Jessica said that it would be her pleasure for she had never seen a more beautiful creature then this angel before her.
The Angel went and walked on top of the water to where the dead swan was floating. She then reached down and picked up the lifeless body. She held the swan in its arms and touch the top of its head with the flower from the gnome.
The Angel‟s hands started to sparkle and the swans limp body came back to life. Both the Angels and the swans bodies were now sparkling together as one creating beautiful fireworks that exploded together into billions of tiny stars that faded into the pond. The swan and the Angel had both disappeared back into the depths of inner creation itself.
Jessica waded into the pond to the area that the Angel and the swan were just standing.
There wasn‟t anything left in the water except for single white wing swan feather floating on top of the water. Jessica picked up the feather and it started to sparkle around its edges. She put the feather in her pocket.
Jessica couldn‟t understand all of the activities that were occurring in the biosphere that morning: The special meeting of an angel, a funny gnomes and the plain cleaning up from the earthquake.
There was even more activity in the mining area of the industrial complex. Men and drones have been working all night trying to get miners that were hurt and trapped in the deeper part of the mine out as soon as possible. They had been trapped after the earthquake had hit.
Unbeknown to the drones, the group of men that they were trying to get to were the injured miner of which one of them was the rebel leader that had just been planning to destroy all drones and the whole system just a few short hours before.
The rebel leader was one of the most injured and was trapped when the ceiling caved in by the force of the earthquake. His whole half of his body was pinned down and he had lost total feeling in both of his legs. The rebel leader had been starting to fall in and out of consciousness. The feeling of pain was not new to him, but his body was starting to go into deep physical shock. He looked at his legs and he could see pieces of bone coming out of the skin.
He and a few of his men were still making their way out of the mine shaft after their meeting with Joseph and were going over current rebel strategies in their fight against the drone when the earthquake hit. They didn‟t have any time to react as hugh boulders from the cave‟s ceiling caved in upon them.
The trapped miners had heard noises coming close to them and they made sounds as loud as they could making sure that the folks that were trying to reach them knew where their location was. The first person that reached the miners was not a person at all, but was a medical drone. “I can‟t believe it, A Fu---ing drone”, was the last word from the rebels leader‟s mouth as he pasted out.
The drones were fast to calculate the situation at the emergency site, and what type of responses were needed. The drones used their thermal imaging to see where the miners where and what needed to be done. As the medical drone got ready to help with the injured, the technical drone hovered over the wreckage, a device came out of its portals, and it was a laser. A green beam was activated and it started to split the huge boulders into small pieces within seconds.
A portable MRI/Ultra sound platform came out of the Medical drone. The Medical drone made several passes above the body of the leader.
After the analysis of the data was completed, the drone went into immediate surgical action. The leader‟s legs had to be amputated immediately to save his life. The leaders blood pressure continued to drop into the lower numbers. Another laser came out of the drone and this time instead of cutting boulders, it started to cut skin and bone. The leg was taken three inches above the knee. It then bandaged up the rebel‟s wound as a medical transport had already moved in to lift the injured patient, and transport him to the trauma station that was created right out side of the cave.
All this time, the leader was dreaming that he was in a race, and was running and running down a dirt road. He saw the finish line and a line of people where clapping and smiling at him. As he crossed the finishing line, he looked down and his two legs were gone, and instead he had stainless steel biotech legs that had microchips that were flashing a pale green light.
As the medical transport came out of the cave, the leader came to consciousness. There was a film crew that had his image being scan to all the media screens in the Industrial city. Underneath his image was the caption that kept moving across. Miner trapped in mine saved by drones. A microphone was shoved into his face. “If you step one move foot closer, I‟m going to take that microphone and make you a brand new a*******.”
He then felt a jab on his side and a medical drone had injected a combination of morphine and pain killers into his body.
Jessica was looking at one of the large media screens seeing the miner come out of the cave. I feel so sorry for that man who just lost both of his legs. Jessica was waiting for Maria to see if she wanted to take a lunch break together. Maria came around the path and saw Jessica. “Ready of Lunch”, and Maria nodded. “Lets go to the pond”
They both sat next to the water‟s edge in a white sandy area sharing their monthly rations of nuts and berries. They both threw some into the pond to feed the rainbow trout.
“So how‟s your day going and did you see the miners that were saved by the drones”.
Jessica hesitated for a second and didn‟t know if she should talk about her two encounters, one with the gnome and one with the Angel.
“Its been fine, but a lot of clean up because of the quake last night. “I haven‟t seen so many drones in my entire life”. “They must have deployed the entire lot of them”.
“Joseph is going to have a lot of work this week keeping up with the busy repair and maintenance of them; normally they have a rotation so they can keep them fully operational at all time.
“I am sure they will be fully deployed, until all of our systems are repaired and fully operational again” said Jessica.
“Hey Jessica”, “Do you know what they are inventing now? Joseph just told me.
“Nope, but I am sure Maria that you are going to tell me”.
They are creating pleasure drones that will give all women the most exciting sexual experience in their entire lives. These drones will analysis the specific parts of your female bodies and then make the proper adjustments to enable you to have the maximum experience.
Jessica looked at Mary and started to laugh. “I am serious”, said Maria. Jessica started to laugh again and started to pick up the leftovers from their lunch. “It‟s getting late and we don‟t want to be penalized for being late from lunch” They finished picking up their person items and started back to their work stations to finish the rest of their day.