I woke early that morning, I guess I was nervous, but come on; I had every right to be. I mean I was about to become a blended okra for crying out loud. So I had a chance to explore. The tunnels were really magnificent. I've always been a bit of an artist myself, so it was amazing to see. I wondered for the first time since I'd 'died' what I'd gotten myself into.
Vegetable smoothies it seemed.
Wow. I was actually on a different planet. Weird. I guess it all seemed like a dream, because I'd never stopped to think about what was happening. I had a lot of time to think that morning. Luckily I wasted it all gawking at the tunnels, or I might have backed out then and there. When I was finally called in for the blending, I was still dreaming.
The blending was a rude awakening. You can't get hurt it dreams, that was my mistake. The blending hurt. A lot. And then I was not alone. There was a presence in my mind. A story of many lifetimes told to me in perfect detail. For a moment I couldn't distinguish what was my story and what wasn't.
I tried to speak but couldn't. I couldn't figure out which was failing me, my brain or my body, and then I realized I was speaking. But they were no my words. For the first time in my life I had no control. It scared me.
The presence, the being in me that was not me, spoke to me, though I heard no words. More like she thought to me. My thoughts, in my head, yet somehow they were hers. Relax, she said.
Relax. Whatever. I'm on an alien planet with a snake in my head, I'm not gonna relax! I thought back. The snake laughed. I think. I didn't actually hear any laughing. Selmak, its name was. Sweet. I'm now Jaime Selmak.
We searched each other for a moment and immediately found a common factor. Death. Both of us had friends on earth who believed we were dead, though for Selmak they were the other host, Jacob's friends.
So there, we had a beginning. We just didn't know to what.
Ok, its short I know, and I'm sorry it took so long to update, I'll try to be better about that in coming chapters. A review wouldn't hurt it any.hint hint
