Chapter 29 – Like MOTHER, Like Son Kenny
The Heaven CADACC Building is located exactly 1 mile North of the Angelic City Square and 1.4 miles North-East of the Angelic Temple. The building bears the same structural shape as its Hell-based counterpart except that the colour of the mysterious metallic architecture is green, cyan and white. Apart from the actual location of the building, everything inside and around the structure bears the same resemblance to the CADACC building in Hell. Kenny had been called up into Heaven as he was needed for what they described as 'an important and crucial step in tracking down Xerok'. He found himself being guided through the animosity of the CADACC structure by Ageliss. The Heaven version of the building seemed to be something Kenny classed as his second-favourite look. He like Hell's version of the building much better – its red, black and purple exterior, the cool metallic flooring, the strange and super-natural feel inside the building that in Kenny's opinion, Heaven's version failed to accomplish to the same extreme level.
Although he had already been inside the structure in Hell, Kenny was once more putting his faith into Ageliss' guiding movement as he followed the angelic being down and through numerous metal corridors, rooms, chambers and technology facilities. Finally, Kenny had reached his target destination, Heaven CADACC'S Research Conference Room. As a cyan-shaded barrier disappeared from the room's entrance door, Ageliss and Kenny stepped in. Kenny was immediately greeted by the board of high-power angelic beings.
"Ah, you must be Kenny. Please to meet you, child. I am Halayro – the…"
Kenny quickly butted in. "Let me guess, you're the boss guy in charge here, right?"
Halayro smiled. "Ah, you're good Kenny, very good. Please, take a seat."
Kenny and Halayro sat at either ends. Kenny was surprised Ageliss had sat down too. "Aren't you taking a seat too Ageliss?" Kenny asked – looking over his shoulder at a still standing Ageliss.
"Oh no, not me. This meeting is between you and the director."
Yeh, this is ONE BIG meeting alright. Kenny rolled his eyes.
"Now then Kenny, as you are aware, Ageliss informed you that you we need your presence here."
"That's right, he said something about something that would help me even more catch Xerok……however that might be."
"Correct, our scientists and technology researchers have come up with a new sensor protocol for your SEDET device that'll allow you to track Xerok down in any dimension possible……anywhere. You HAVE brought the device with you, right?"
"Sure have." Kenny picked out the metallic technological sphere and placed it on the oval-shaped table.
Halayro took hold of it and passed it to a nearby guard. "Take this to the team the floor below. Tell them to install the protocols and programs on this ASAP."
"Yes sir." With the sphere tightly gripped in his hand, the guard walked out of the room through another door.
"Anyway Kenny, there is one major thing that we need to discuss…and it's concerning why we brought you here to update your SEDET device."
"What do you mean?"
"OK, listen to me very carefully Kenny. There's something about Xerok and his dark power that I think you should know."
Kenny began listening. The minutes of Heaven's time progression ticked by. It felt like hours had passed when the director had finally finished speaking. But by then, Kenny had been frozen into a shocked state. "NO……WAY."
"Yes way Kenny, I'm afraid you've been underestimating Xerok's power all this time."
I'VE been underestimating?! "So this is all true? Xerok can really do that?!"
"Yes……it is indeed something to worry about. We're all positive Xerok intends to use that ability sometime in the near future. It's just a matter of WHEN."
Kenny looked down at the table. "Jesus Christ, that is messed up……literally."
"Well don't worry Kenny. Like I said, the SEDET device once it's updated will help you track Xerok – even when he's using that 'ability' of his. Plus, it'll also show the other required biomass and spirit details when necessary, so that'll make it much easier for you to track him down."
"That's good. If what you're saying is true, then I've got one shot of killing him…when he's using that THING of his."
"Exactly……so be careful…and be cautious." Halayro stood up. "Anyway, the SEDET device needs some time for the programs and protocols to be finished and fully installed and working properly on it." He turned to Ageliss. "Ageliss."
"Yes sir?" Ageliss shot up and stood as tall and proud like a soldier.
"Take Kenny to the underground oasis of Heaven." He turned to Kenny and smiled. "Kenny's got plenty of time on his hands at the moment so why don't you show him what he hasn't seen yet of Heaven."
"Yes sir. Kenny, this way." As Ageliss began guiding him down the high-level corridor, Kenny had an expected confused look on his face. Show me what I HAVEN'T seen yet? And what exactly is that?!
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Back on Earth, Kyle sat by his computer at home – browsing through endless pages of shopping websites and Internet trading companies, anywhere that would sell teddy bears. As his gaze focused on the screen in front of him, his mind kept looping the description over and over again. It was light brown in colour and it wore a little red winter jacket and woolly hat along with a pair of brown boots.
"There must be somewhere on here that'll sell stuff like that…surely." Kyle spoke to himself, remembering he was the only one even upstairs, so the embarrassment of talking to himself was limited to only him. Oh well, last resort time. Kyle had seen enough. He had browsed through dozens of shopping websites – all of which either didn't sell teddy bears or completely inversed his required description. Who would have thought teddy bears could be blue. Not that it was unbelievable, but Kyle had never seen such a thing in real-life.
And just as he said, Kyle was forced to use his last resort website……none other than everyone's favourite shopping and bargain site. Buy it, sell it, love it – that's what eBay say. Kyle would have preferred is he had bought Sarah's present in a real retail store rather tha on-line. He was always the type of person who preferred the buzz of a real-life buy rather than some kind of digital and virtual trade of goods for money. Kyle's dad had given him permission to buy something off the Internet using his credit card. Kyle knew not to overdo it and terms of the asking price of what he was looking for. Come on, does he really think I'm going to go overboard, jeez. He never liked to even think of the possibility that he would. As long as he knew what the right thing was to do, than he knew that the wrong thing to do it was an impossibility. Kyle typed the words into the eBay search engine on the site's homepage.
SEARCH: TEDDY BEAR
Clicking the Search Button, the engine went into a fit as it blurted out thousands and thousands of search results. JESUS CHRIST, I only want one. Browsing through EVERY result was something Kyle didn't have time for. He looked to the left hand side and entered some more specific details.
COLOUR: LIGHT BROWN
SIZE: SMALL
CLOTHING ACCESSORIES: YES
(IF YES) WHAT: RED JACKET, WOOLY HAT, BROWN BOOTS
SEARCH WORD: TEDDY BEAR
He clicked the search button again.
7 Results. Thank God. Let's hope I can find what I'm looking for.
The first few results Kyle clicked on were of a typical eBay seller's standards. Excellent condition and what he was looking for EXCEPT for one let-down condition that related to something missing, some part of it getting ripped, transportation problems, payment problems and other occurrences of such bad luck that Kyle didn't want. Kyle was down to the final result. As he skimmed down the page and clicked on the item's description name, the page turned blank and began to load up. At that time, Kyle felt he was going to fail – fall at the last possible hurdle and not be able to find exactly what he was looking. He was even already thinking about what other kind of teddy bear he could get instead of the one that matched the description.
But Kyle's doubts soon faded away as the page loaded up and Kyle began reading through item's detailed description. Yes, so far so good. He continued reading – a smile beginning to show itself. That's it, just the last bit. No problems, no bad conditions, no payment problems, no negative feedback, no item problems whatsoever. Right, where's the payment but- He stopped short – noticing something on the tag of the teddy bear in the item's description. As he clicked on the image for a larger view, the image slowly appeared line by line. Kyle's eyes watched as every line of joined pixels suddenly appeared for him to view. Finally, the line where the bear's tag was revealed itself. Kyle was shocked. Could it really be? JESUS! What are the fucking odds of that happening?!
Kyle stared into the slightly blurred tag of the teddy bear. Still, he could clearly read what had been written on the tag:
Sarah's Teddy – DON'T TOUCH.
Kyle looked back at part of the seller's comment.
I found this on a park bench when I visited Britain a while back. I've had it for a few years now and decided to sell it since I won't miss it when it's gone. Though there's a bit of writing on the bears' tag. It's in permanent marker so I can't get it off, but apart from that, the teddy bear is in excellent condition.
IT'S MINE. Kyle giddily thought as he scrolled to the top of the page and read the item's main info.
Buy It Now - $9.99 Item Location – Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Now that's what I call good luck. Kyle began his big step to paying for the teddy bear – more than happy now that he had found the very teddy bear that Sarah had lost all those years ago. Judging by the photographed image of it, the bear looked as good as new and was one of the cutest things Kyle had ever seen – bearing a typically cute teddy bear's confused look on its face as its dark nose was scrunched upward and its eyes were filled with the shade of hazel that would warm any young child's heart.
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Although Kenny believed the underground base of Heaven would bear the same resemblance as Hell's underground colony, he soon realised that he was way off the marker. After taking a surprisingly familiar trip through the Angelic Temple – the same Temple he had visited when he first came to Heaven, Kenny found himself being guided by Ageliss through what could only be described as an underground paradise. Kenny continued to walk across the tall black and marble cliffs of the underground caves and looked around in astonishment. Tropical oasis', water springs, architectural fountains and a gigantic flowing waterfall were only minor parts of Heaven's hidden bounty.
"What on Earth is this place? It' so……well……beautiful…ly big."
"It's Heavens little underground paradise." Ageliss replied with a smile on his face.
You sure do like to undersize these places don't you? "It's a bit big to be classed as little wouldn't you say?"
"You think this is big – just wait until you get a glimpse of Heaven's open lands from 20,000 feet."
No thanks, I think I get your point. "So where exactly are we going?"
"Ah, the very question I was wanting you to ask."
"Well?!" I'm waiting.
"Well let's just say you've been there before. Except, that you were sleeping when we took you here."
"Sleeping? I wasn't sleeping at all when you-" Suddenly, it hit him. The penny dropped and he finally realised where they were going. WOAH, I'm gunna see what that thing looks like.
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In Fort Collins, Colorado, the seller of the very Teddy Bear Kyle had just bought sat in his computer chair – head tilted, mouth open and leaning heavily on the side of the chair's leather material. But the leather chair had been dyed with a reddish brown tone – just around the area where a hole had just been created. And through the hole was a dark blade that from its tip had been rammed through the skin, muscle, bone and worse, organs of the innocent man. From its bloodied blade tip, the blade ran right through the man's stomach, out of his back, through the hole, past the leather and at its holding point, still grasped, into Xerok's right hand.
"Too bad this human was deaf – it made his death even easier for me to accomplish."
Xerok yanked the blade out of his victim's body hole. The dead man slid into the dark corner of his chair and blood continued to trickle out of his insides. Xerok raised his blade to let the thick crimson-toned blood trickle off the blade and onto the floor's navy blue carpet. Placing his blade firmly back into its carry case across his shoulder, Xerok looked at the visibly bright computer screen. "Well at least I know Kyle's got no one else to help him. Good thing this guy was the only one who did."He looked down at his dead victim. "Shame KYLE had to be the one responsible for this man's death. Oh well, at least it was fun." Xerok laughed – exiting the man's room and eventually, whole residence as he slowly made his way back to South Park.
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If opposites attracted one another, Ageliss and Kenny had certainly made themselves out to be two huge magnets. Ageliss looked up at the enormous creature in front of them with a noble and proud smile. Kenny on the other hand gazed in total confusion.
"THIS?!" Kenny asked in confused shock. "This is MOTHER?"
"Yep, it sure is. The very being who we took you into and who looked after you."
Well it certainly won't win any fucking Miss World that's for sure. "But...MOTHER...why would you give such a...ummmmm...caring name...to THIS?"
Ageliss smiled again. If only creature life wasn't this much seperated between us and Earth. "Don't be scared Kenny."
"Scared? You have no idea - I'm shocked too. I was IN this thing?!"
"Believe me Kenny, it doesn't want to hurt you. The complete opposite as a matter of fact."
IT? What is it - trans-sexual?
Kenny certainly had reason to be confused, shocked and even afraid. MOTHER was one hell of a being. A Giant bowl-shaped chamber was home to Heaven's biggest life-form and biological creature. MOTHER was what could only be described as a giant slug-like collection of bodily muscle, slime, flesh, bone and bodily organs. MOTHER's outer flesh was orangey pink in colour and the muscle seemed to flow around constantly from underneath. The creature gave an unusually comforting wave of warm body-heat and the sounds it made were of a low-toned monstrous frequency.
Kenny's body froze into shock again - shock this time of another sort. "Am...am I hearing voices in my head?...I am, I'm hearing SOMEONE talking to me."
Ageliss smiled again. I wonder what it wants. "It seems it's talking to you."
"What, THAT? That's talking to me?"
"Yeh, because you're partly angellic now, it can communicate to you in your mind. Just like us, we can telepathically communicate to you from within your mind."
Kenny began to listen to this new strange motherly voice. Come...here..."Come here? Why?" Again, the voice spoke. You...will...understand...young...Kenny. "I'll understand? Understand what?"
As if some scientific film cliff-hanging sequence, the creature's opening front began to open outwards. An area of muscle, tissue and flesh split into four parts on the front of the creature and what looked like a fleshy path came out of the creature's mouth. Ewwwww, that's totally gross. "It doesn't expect me to go in there does she...I mean it?!"
"I understand that this makes you feel uneasy Kenny. But relax, this thing is in now way gunna hurt you. Trust me, I swear on my spirit that MOTHER is here to look ater you."
"Why am I getting the uneasy feeling that I want to believe you?" Kenny replied - his gaze stuck to the gooey opening of MOTHER.
"Because I believe you know I'm telling the truth."
Kenny looked at Ageliss with an uneasy look again. "Oh...alright. But this THING better not have any spiders or icky insects like that. God, I hate them."
"Don't worry. Just relax and enter. The rest will become clear."
Yeh, somehow I'll UNDERSTAND. Kenny rolled his eyes. "OK, here goes." Kenny made his first nervous steps forward. He looked back. Emptiness. Ageliss has diappeared...again. So, it's just me and MOTHER in 'ere. As he walked up to the last bit of solid ground, he looked down at what would be the first step onto the oozing fleshy surface of what appeared to be MOTHER's tounge. God, am I an idiot doing this or what. It wasn't the fact that he was entering this creature that made him feel embarrassed, but what he was now doing made him blush red slightly. Kenny knew plenty of respectful house rules for any situation. Always take off your shoes when you go into someone's house. OH COME ON, this isn't a friggin' house Kenny - get a grip of yourself. Still, Kenny wanted to show SOME respect - even if it was to some multi kilo-ton weighing slimy creature. Kenny knelt down and removed his shoes - placing them by the floor's cliff side just as the floor took a massive 50 foot drop into the room's bowl-shaped abyss. Barefoot and still wearing his parka jacket and brown trouser pants, he made his first step onto the soft flesh. It indeed felt like a giant tounge - liquid oozing out of the pressured surface like a sponge. Ewwww, what is this thing got in it its...well...TOUNGE THING?
After a minute of slowly and carefully tip-toeing his way to the opening, Kenny entered - looking to his sides to take in the biological scale of the inards of MOTHER. Suddenly, the opening closes hut. The flesh receeded back and united once more - becoming part of the flowig flesh again and completely locking Kenny inside. What's it planning on doing with me? Kenny's body started to twitch in fear slightly - looking to his left and right with a nervy face. He pulled the drawstrings on his hood slightly. Relax...I...am...not...going...to...hurt...you.
"Then why are you making me feel scared?"
Please...don't...be...scared...Just...relax...You...may...feel...a...bit...dizzy.
"Huh?"
But before Kenny could ponder at MOTHER's apparent calm and caring comments, Kenny's sight completely went dark. It was less of a black darkness and more of a red darkness - a loving darkness...a warm darkness. Kenny started to feel a comforting buzz around him. "Oh...I see. So that's why I'm feeling realy good right now?" Kenny echoed into the buldging mass of MOTHER's insides. He had suddenly vanished - MOTHER had done something TO...or WITH him. But what? Kenny didn't care - the smile on his face showed how he felt. His eyes were closed and he knew MOTHER was doing something to him that he loved. No wonder I feel so good right now.