Chapter 8b: The Plan & The Explanation

"I don't know how he managed to do it, but somehow he's been able to take human form" Ageliss spoke – sitting on the end of Kenny's bed and looking at him.

"Wait a minute, he's not human?"

"Nope, he's certainly not human." Divelia replied – sitting on the floor next to Kenny's half-damaged sliding wardrobe.

"Then what the hell is he then?" Kenny sat – the hood of his orange parka folded down yet sat up in his bed.

"He's different to anything you've ever seen before Kenny, believe me."

"Well what then? Is he like an animal or beast or monster or what?"

"Well……" Ageliss thought hard in how he was to word what he was about to say. "…He's a creature of a higher level. He's physically more advanced than a standard human. He's stronger, faster, smarter and a lot more dangerous than a human being."

"But he's still evil right?"

"He's more than JUST EVIL Kenny…" Divelia replied – standing up and sitting back down on the left side of Kenny's bed. "Xerok is an entity of pure evil. He's the result of evil existing in itself."

Kenny was confused. How could evil exist just by itself? It didn't make any sense. But then again, what Kenny was dealing with now was something of un-natural proportion. His life and everything around him had a totally different meaning now. Suddenly, a thought came to his head.

"Wait a minute; you said this guy was just all evil right?"

"Yes."

"Well, surely he's just like a human, right?" Ageliss and Divelia were confused into what Kenny was trying to say. "I mean, there's been…like…plenty of bad and even evil people in the World overtime. Hitler, Saddam Hussein, George Bush, so wouldn't this Xerok guy just be like them."

"No…far from it."

"What do you mean 'far from it'?"

"Think about it Kenny. Do humans have a choice into how they think and what they believe in? Of course they do, that's what separates the good people from the bad people…and eventually from the evil people. Everyone is born good, but eventually, they make a decision into what path to follow. There's no dictatorship in terms of decision, it's always their own choice."

Oh yeah, of course. I guess that explains everything. Kenny had finally realised what Ageliss meant. Humans are always born equal, but it's throughout life that their decisions, opinions and even their own acts that determines whether they are seen as good, bad or even evil.

"So you're saying that Xerok is different to humans."

"Precisely…Xerok wasn't born with an equal balance of choice. He was born from the darkest and coldest regions of existence in the Universe. His heart's as cold as ice and his mind is as black as what you call 'coal'."

"So how did he exist in the first place…does he have a mom?" Kenny joked – but Ageliss and Divelia showed no signs of laughing. Kenny's little laugh quickly faded away.

"Xerok never did have a physical source to be born from, just like us two."

"You two don't have mom's either?!" Now Kenny was confused.

"That's correct; we were born from the very matter that makes up Heaven and Hell. The only reason why we look human is that we merely replicated your physical human structure to look like you……only a bit older."

"So I'm presuming Xerok was born out of the 'matter' from this 4th dimension right?"

"Right……the 4th dimension is a twisted and cold place – hardly anything manages to stay alive in that place. It's a tight, dark, thin and empty place full of nothingness. Kinda like a Black Hole but even crueller and more vicious."

"What's a Black Hole?" Divelia whispered the answer to Kenny. "Ooooooooh…right, I get'cha."

There were still a couple of questions on Kenny's mind.

"So how come he exists in the first place? Did it just…happen?"

"Think of it this way…good and evil are like a chicken and an egg. One can't exist without the other one allowing it to be created in the first place."

"I see…the chicken can't exist unless there's an egg for it to hatch from. But then the egg can't exist unless there's a chicken to actually lay it."

"That's right…good and evil exist in the same fashion. Evil can't exist unless there's good to go against it. But good can't exist unless there's evil to go against that too. But unlike the chicken and the egg, the two balance and even cancel each other out. Neither is stronger than the other yet they still manage to exist."

Although they hadn't explained it to him yet, Kenny had realised something else. The 3 natural dimensions together and the 4th dimension were almost like representations of good and evil. Our Universe, Heaven and Hell were like the balance of good and then the 4th dimension was like the balance of evil. Each balance cancelled one another out, yet they both still existed in a natural Universal structure.

But wait a minute; I thought Hell was related to evil, how could it be classed as a force of good? This was indeed something that had confused him. Being someone who had strangely been to both Heaven and Hell before in past lives, it was strange to deem them both as good, surely? Well Kenny looked at it from this point of view:

Earlier before, Ageliss and Divelia explained to him that the Heaven and Hell he had believed in (and even seen) were, to put it in basic terms, fake realities. The real Heaven and Hell were both similar dimensions but with different looks, feels and existences to them. Kenny used something he would find easier, in order to understand all this. A video game is basically a huge program full of written codes, procedures, statements and other computer programming properties and yet someone playing doesn't see it as that, but sees it from a different perspective – the art and design side to the game. The same reasoning applied to Heaven and Hell. The real dimensions were too complex, mysterious and shocking for human understanding. So a designed Heaven and Hell reality was created for spirits to remain in once they had passed away from their physical lives on Earth. Which dimension they went in depended solely on their past decisions in life.

It was only a few days ago that Ageliss and Divelia admitted to Kenny that both of them had helped create the new realities of Heaven and Hell almost 85,000 years ago when they merely matter/anti-matter based spirits of existence. It was believed that Divelia along with the few other dark-based spirits were afraid that evil beings would gain access to Hell and eventually become too dominant in that Dimension and thus, take it over. The same problem applied to Heaven – too many good souls would have gained advantage of the true existence of Heaven and who would have known, war could have been declared between the two dimensions over complete control of all 3 natural dimensions. It would have then left the 4th dimension being the only stable and properly existing dimension of the 4.

Kenny rubbed his head and scruffed up blond hair. "Jesus, this is too much to take in."

"It's alright Kenny, we didn't expect you to understand all this straight from the beginning."

"There's still one REALLY important question I want both of you to answer me?"

"Sure, what?"

"Why did that Xerok being try to shoot a bullet at my friend Kyle. And what did you mean when you said my friends are in danger."

There was a pause. Ageliss and Divelia looked at each other for a moment. Kenny crossed his arms – expecting an answer from either of them.

"Go on Ageliss, this is more of your kind of thing." Divelia spoke – patting Ageliss on the shoulder slightly and walking over to a corner of the room."

Kenny began to look at Ageliss. Ageliss took a deep breath and began.

"Kenny…you need to understand…Xerok has come to Earth for something…something specific."

"Well what?"

"We don't know…but it involves all three of your friends."

"Three? Stan and Kyle are my only friends – Cartman's just an asshole."

"Either way, all their lives are in danger."

"Well that seems a little coincidental doesn't it. What's going on then?"

"We don't know, we've been trying to figure that out ourselves. But whatever it is, I'm sure it's got something to do with trying to conquer all three dimensions."

"WHAT!?" Kenny yelled and immediately shutting and covering his mouth. His whole family were asleep and it was already past midnight so Kenny had to make sure he remained quiet until he actually went to sleep.

"Yeh, shocking isn't it."

"Shocking? It's f---ing scary too. So am I supposed to be protecting my friends…plus Cartman, as well as myself too."

"Don't worry about that, we think we may have a theory into why he tried to attack your friend Kyle. However, it's still unclear at this present moment."

"So what are you or should I say we going to do about it then?"

"Don't worry Kenny, we'll tell you what we're going to do tomorrow when you're at school."

"Hey, are you going to like…train me or sumin and make me stronger? That would be so killer."

"Errrrrrr……yyyyeh, in a way."

"Cool. Alright, I better get some sleep. I don't want to wake up tomorrow feeling tired and dazed like before. Goodnight guys."

"Goodnight Kenny." Ageliss and Divelia both spoke as Kenny turned off his bed-side lamp and rolled onto his side to get to sleep. It didn't take him long before he was out and fast asleep.

Ageliss and Divelia looked at each other, nodded and made their way out into the garden. It was pitch black outside, but they could both still see everything.

"Should I contact those in my dimension or do you want to do it?"

"I think it's best if we contact those in Heaven first. It'll suit them best when we get there."

"Good idea, I'll wait by that broken tree if you need me."

"Sure thing Divelia."

As Divelia walked over to the broken tree to sit down by it, Ageliss opened out his right hand. A small ball of cyan-coloured light emerged and began to float just above Ageliss' right palm.

"Hello, can you hear me? It's Ageliss."

"Hello Ageliss, what do you want?" A strange voice replied from out of the glowing ball of cyan light.

"He's already here."

"What! So soon?" What Ageliss had just said had brought an unwelcoming tone of shock to this stranger's voice. "Are you sure?"

"Yes…he apparently tried to physically kill one of the three humans using some kind of physical weapon."

"Which one…?"

"The one in the green hat."

"Ah…him. That didn't surprise me. I guess Xerok thought by killing him would give him an early lead in the race."

"Yeh that's what I thought too."

"I presume The Guardian managed to stop him?"

"Yes…nothing to worry about. Kenny managed to stop the bullet and discard of it in quick-motion time."

"Good, it sounds like he's already getting used to his new powers. But let's not get ahead of ourselves."

"Right…which is why I contacted you. I need permission from both dimensions to bring Kenny and the three others to both Heaven and Hell."

"What?! Why?"

"It's too dangerous to leave them here. If they're attacked by Xerok whilst Kenny isn't on Earth, it could mean disaster for us."

"True……alright, I'll ask both dimensions – I'm sure they won't decline a request by you. I'll make sure they have both dimensions ready for Kenny's AND the three boys' arrival."

"Good…don't worry about us getting them there. Me and Divelia have a safe plan regarding that."

"OK…you do that. Oh and one more thing……make sure you keep watch over that kid…Kenny's the only one who can defeat that being. If he fails, the Universe fails."

"I know……I understand."

Ageliss closed his right hand – causing the ball of light to shrink and disappear. The two moved back into the house and into Kenny's room to watch over him again while he was still sleeping.