CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

‘From the moment I thought of it, everything seemed to flow, ideas, and ways to put the plan into action – it all came to me within days.

‘First, I needed to find a woman to bear my child; she had to be open to my native origins, able to accept my truth, and willing to prepare her body for the special baby. It dawned on me that it would take almost eternity to find such a woman by randomly seeking her out.

‘So I came up with a plan to capture her.

‘I set up a ritual in the old office of ‘Benign Employment Agency’ as I had noticed that many women still came there looking for it, even though it had moved floors, but they only got as far as the corridor, before giving up, so all I had to do was wait for the right one.

‘A stream of women came looking for it, but not many noticed the old chipped sign, or even found the room itself. That was my first test, you see – their skills of observation. My second test was that of curiosity: If she saw the chipped sign and found the room, would she go inside, after receiving no answer when she knocked? The last stage was for her to touch a part of the ritual, therefore, pledging herself to me.

‘Twenty-one days after I set up, I found the mother of my child.’

Keneisha stopped speaking and looked at her captivated audience, especially Kelly.

‘What happened next?’ Kelly asked.

‘I followed you home and saw where you lived. I’d planned to go back the next day and tell you of the pledge, but before that could happen, I saw on the news that your house had been blown up, and that you had died. However, something wasn’t right, because I could still sense you, it got stronger when you went back to Oxford Street, nearer to the ritual-’

Trevor interrupted, ‘but you told us they were in danger because of Ywoth, why?’ He asked.

‘Because otherwise you wouldn’t have helped me protect her! And put my plan into action.’

‘What plan?’ asked Mischia

‘My plan to become born of this world.’

‘So, all that’s happened to me and Kelly was your doing?’

‘Yes! And I am not ashamed of it. I did it for the greater good.’

‘How is it for the greater good though, Justine? How?’

‘Because if a child is born of this world, with all the knowledge of the Universe, it can bring a lot of wisdom to these troubled times.’

‘And you want to be that child?’

‘I would not have done all this, had I wished not to be.’

‘So how are you going to become this child?’

‘When the body is ready for me, I will move into it.’

‘What body? And when is it going to be ready?’

‘In nine month’s time.’

‘What?’

Keneisha looked at Kelly.

‘She’s pregnant.’

Gasps.

‘What?’ asked Kelly, shocked.

‘All that I have put you through was worth it, for you are carrying my child.’

Ella Roberts ‘What the hell are you talking about?’

‘Who’s the father?’ asked Mischia.

Keneisha looked at Warren.

The penny dropped.

‘The night after the yacht party,’ said Kelly and Warren together.

‘So, it’s true?’ asked Carissa, ‘you’re pregnant.’ ‘It was just one night, nothing could have happened.’ ‘But something did, you are the perfect parents to guide my soul from childhood.’ Everyone was silent, trying to make sense of the revelations.

After a while, Kelly spoke, half-heartedly trying to make conversation.

‘So...Ywoth is not evil then?’ she asked.

‘No, the only thing that Ywoth is guilty of, is taking the energy that is freely available to him.’

‘Oh.’ Kelly gave an apologetic smile.

‘This is such big news,’ said Carissa.

‘But hold up’ said Colin, ‘something here, still doesn’t make sense. If all you did was set up the ritual at the agency, and haul them in after the explosion-’

‘Yeah, who set up the cat in our living room, and the explosion, and the warnings...?’ interrupted Mischia.

Keneisha shook her head and shrugged.

‘You still haven’t told us-,’ said Mischia

‘Something’s going on here-’ said Carissa.

They spoke at the same time and stopped.

‘You first,’ said Mischia.

‘No, you go,’ said Carissa.

‘So, if Ywoth’s not responsible for the explosion, who is?’ she asked.

They looked around at each other and shrugged, but nobody said anything.

‘This is one of those creepy mysteries isn’t it?’ asked Mischia, feeling drained.

‘I am,’ said a foreign voice, after a while.

They turned to look in the direction of the voice, and were stunned by the sight.

It was beautiful.

But nobody knew what it was.

It had a yellow-orange light aura around it’s body, a flame-like radiation of pure love. The body within could not be made out, no one could tell whether it was human or something else...

‘My name is Dspamugtern, and I am responsible for bringing you together in this way.’

‘But why?’ asked Carissa, voicing everyone’s thoughts.

‘Because it is part of a bigger plan that you are all involved in...’ it said.