Chapter 30 - Relaxation of the 3rd Kind
Wet. Warm. Relaxed. The three feelings Kenny had felt were still continuing. It must have been 4 or even 5 hours since his vision and bodily feelings went slightly numb with warmth. His heavy eyes began to unload their seemingly lead-weighing pressure and finally began to open. Kenny half-opened his eyes to see he wasn't standing anymore - he was lying down, as if he were sitting up against something. His vision was still slightly blurry so he couldn't clearly picture the scale of his new surroundings. Kenny went to rub his eyes but he then realised his hands and even his whole arms were wet and even slimey. The exitting of some body of liquid made his arms drop in temperature slightly. What the hell? Am I in some sort of bath?! Brushing what dripping liquid was left on his hands, he rubbed his eyes to get rid of the bluriness. JESUS CHRIST! What IS this stuff.
It then became clear as crystal. Kenny's first idea of him sitting in a bath were half-right. He was sitting in a bath of sorts...just not of the water-based and even Earthly type. Kenny was lying naked in a body of yellow and orange slime-like liquid. Thick as custard and as warm as hot tap water, the liquid seemed to give off a warm, relaxing and comfortable feel to it. Kenny could feel his body take a huge relief of relaxment as his muscles seemed to express feeling of delight and comfort. The confusion and shock in his mind was obliterated by the liquid's comfortable feel and Kenny's smile came back to him. OH GOD...that feels so goddam good! Kenny slowly slipped his body deep into the liquid. It was now up to his chin yet the rest of his body bizzarly remanied within and underneath. The such mass of liquid gave the feeling that this was some huge body of liquid. Kenny looked around him to analyse his surroundings further. The body of liquid he was lying in was within a bathtub-shaped hole. However, this bathtub of sorts was made of biomass - red, pink and dark orange soft fleshy material that when Kenny touched a part of it, it pressed in and oozed out more of the same liquid. Cool... Kenny wasn't execting to say that. Wait a minute, did I just say that was 'cool'?
A factor of tiredness came back. Kenny tried to stretch his arms upward as he yawned, but as soon as his elbows touched the open surface, his arms were yanked back. What the...? The forcing pull was something Kenny could certainly feel. Confused by this and taking a huge moment of faith in what he was about to do, Kenny shut his mouth and scrunched it inward slightly. Dunking his head into the liquid, the first thing Kenny saw was a marble-like mixture of reds, oranges and yellows in this thick slime-like liquid he found himself in. Unlike water, the liquid didn't get to Kenny's eyes. He among other kids knew that liquids such as salt water, clear water and the worst, chlorine water completely stung anyone's eyes. But this time, the liquid seemed to soothe Kenny's eyes - slowly and smoothly passing against it and brushing it as if it were nothing more than just warmth. Right, where's my arms? It was slighty hard to see underneath the surface - blurred outlines and pixellated-like figures of his body. Realising he could just feel his way, Kenny followed the warm flow of blood down his arms. Once again, the tugging feel came back. Kenny tried to move his right arm so that he could turn his left arm over, but the same thing that tugged his arms before, remained. Whatever it is, it certainly doesn't want to let go of my arms. Kenny moved his head toward his left arm - thankfully, his head wasn't dragged back too. Tilting his head slightly, he turned his vision to the side of his arm - in this case, the bottom section of his left arm.
And as expected, Kenny's face was frozen in shock. Amidst this warmth of the liquid, there was a slight icy shock on Kenny's face. What the hell IS THIS?! Keny's stare never left it. He quickly realised that it was this that was tugging his arms back. Kenny had what looked like white greyish transparent cords attached to his arms - one attached right in the middle of his arms' underside and one directly inserted into his wrist. I can't believe I never felt this. The cords and tubes seemed to be flowing some sort of red blood-like liquid into Kenny's body - its thick flow continuously but slowly making its way into his body. Kenny looked at his right arm - same thing. Two cords, one on the underside and one in his wrist - all of which were flowing some kind of red liquid into his body. It's like being back at the hospital...again. His vision turned straight again. He looked forward down to the rest of his body. Jesus - how many of these things are there? It became clear again - Kenny was covered in these greyish tubes and cords. Arms, chest, legs, feet, sides - everywhere. But there was one area Kenny was more than interested to find out about. No...not that...that'd just be gay. He stared through the liquid at the centre of his belly - his naval area and as he expected, there was a cord attached to that as well. Only that one seemed to be quasi-solid - jelly-like and flowing to and fro within the liquid. Is this what being inside a womb is like? Ha, It's like I'm fucking being born again or sumin. Kenny moved his arms and hands towards his back. He had enough room and space to move them behind him - there was no tug from the cords. Kenny felt an even larger vein-covered cord attached to his back this time round. Kenny looked straight and moved his hands up the cord - trying to picture what THIS one looked like. The liquid felt like it was flowing outwards rather than inwards in this cord. Eventually, the cord hit one of the fleshy walls Kenny was surrounded in.
Alright, what the hell is this thing doing to me.
Suddenly, a familar voice began to make its way into Kenny's mind.
Ahhhh...I...see...you're...awake...Kenny.
"Dam right. What the hell's going on here. How'd I get in this THING and what exactly is it or even, are you, doing to me?!"
Kenny heard the being laugh softly in his head. Do...not...worry...I...am...merely...cleansing...and...relaxing...your body.
"Cleansing and relaxing? As in stucking a load of goddam tubes and cords in me and putting some kind of liquid stuff in me?"
In...your...terms...yes...But...in...my...terms...I...am...refreshing...your...body...with...energy.
"What?" Kenny's voice sounded more softer.
Now...that...you...are...genetically...angellic...like...me...I...can...take...care...of...you...and...supply...you...with...the...energy...you...need.
"You mean...like..." Kenny couldn't even say it, the fact was too strong to accept for his single human mind. "...like...a...mother."
...Yes...Kenny...like...a...MOTHER...figure...
Kenny closed his eyes and smiled. "I thought I'd never get used to all this unearthly supernatural stuff. But now, I think I just have." Kenny slowly slid back down and relaxed himself again - the slimey yellow and orange liquid overlapping with the bottom roots of his blond hair.
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"Kyle Broflovski?" A man spoke at the door.
"Yeh...that's me." Kyle replied - smile showing as he held the door open by the frame.
"Sign here please."
Kyle kindly took the en from the postman's hand and signed the sheet. "Thanks kid, there you go."
"Thanks a lot. Goodbye."
As the postman began to turn back around, Kyle slowly closed the frontdoor and walked into the living room - a huge smile beaming on his face as he held the bubble-wrapped package up. Carefully placing the box on the room's floor and slowly tearing away at the packaging, Kyle finally had his sight on the physical view of Sarah's birthday present...her much-loved teddy bear. Right, I need the wrapping paper, some scissor and some tape.
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As Ageliss stood by the bowl-shaped room's ciffside, he finally saw Kenny walking across the fleshy tounge of MOTHER and back onto the cold stone surface of the room. Kenny took some time to let his eyes get affixed to the room;s brightnes - having spent over 6 Heaven hours inside MOTHER. Fully dressed again in his orange parka jacket and brown trouser pants, Kenny made his way to where his shoes still sat and placed them back on.
"So...did MOTHER take care of you in there?"
Kenny was about to rely sarcastically and shocked. But surprisingly, his voice remained soft and kind. "Yeh, I felt so warm and comfortable in there."
He's changed. I guess he's beginning to understand the reality of this whole place. "Well I'm really pleased with that. Seems MOTHER did exactly what she intended to do."
"Yeh, God that place is so nice, it's unbelievable." Had Kenny really changed this much? No longer was he questioniung and expressing shocks and surprises in his voice. It would seem Kenny had finally got accustomed to the existence of Heaven and Hell as Earth's brotherly dimensions.
But something still remained in Kenny's mind. Just as Ageliss reahced for the door to exit the room, Kenny called him with his voice.
"Ageliss...wait...I need to ask you something." Kenny loked down at th floor as if he was worried.
"Sure Kenny, what?" Oh no, something troubling him. I hope MOTHER didn't tell him anything we don't want him to know yet.
"Well...it's just..."
Ageliss braced himself. He readied his log explanation of why Kenny and even his own friends were so important to them. But instead, Kenny expressed a different feeling.
"Ageliss...all of this stuff. Heaven, Hell and well...everything, it's all a reality, right? I mean, it's all as real and physical as Earth is, isn't it?"
Ageliss smiled. So it's that that's making him look uneasy. He placed his arm around Kenny's shoulder. Kenny looked up at him. "Kenny, from the bottom of my heart, I guarantee that everything you see...is real and is not meant to scare you in any possible way. They may be split apart from each other in their own dimensions, but they're all as real as your home planet is. I know how you feel; it's all new and very shocking and even scary to you, but it's nothing to be afriad of." Ageliss took a deep breath, as if ready to give a speech. "There is one thing I was going to tell you before, but I thought you wouldn't believe it."
"What is it?"
Ageliss breathed in again - his lungs stretching outwards as much as they possible could. "Long ago when the Earth was born, created in your terms, we Angellic and Demonic beings had the chance to create life-forms and beings that originate from our two dimensions. We decided not to in the fear that humans would not understand their existence and would live in fear of it. However we did allow the humans of Earth to gain the ability to imagine their exitence even if it meant they did not know they existed. There must be outcomes of such imagination on Earth Kenny. Sci-fi films, TV programmes, books, religious beliefs - they're all based on the beliefs of supernatural entities and un-Earthly creatures."
"So does that mean...that's where the whole idea of God and Satan originates?"
"Yes...human-made ideas of supernatural un-earthly beings, hence, the creation of religion, order and belief on your planet. Pretty impressive, right?"
"But wait a minute, I've seen BOTH God AND Satan. How can you say that they're just imaginations of what humans believe?"
"Because by then we'd already created them."
"What?"
"Like I said, we allowed humans to imagine these beings. It was only a matter of time before humans would eventually envision these supernatural beings and creatures as those that already exist. God and Satan DO actually exist - humans just haven't realised that yet until..."
"...They die?"
Ageliss nodded. "Hence, the reason why there are two Heavens and two Hells - the real ones you now see and the ones that you used to believe were true...when in fact, they're false."
"But why? Why make something up?"
"If humans are not allowed to exist on Earth among the creatures and beings that really exists in these dimensions, then what makes us think that in death, they will feel any better in the after-life? Why send them here when you can just allow them to rest in peace in the FAKE Heaven - a Heaven that existed all along that now, is based on human feelings, beliefs and better yet - the holy words of religion - the Bible."
"Yes...YES...I get it now. You knew humans would feel uncomfortable in the same existence as creatures like MOTHER, so you created two other dimensions that were based off human beliefs in religion AND in human thoughts."
"Exactly, Kenny. EXACTLY. But best yet, we made the right decision in allowing humans to envision this. It was only a matter of time before they envisioned what already existed."
Kenny smiled. He had finally realised the full explanation of Earth, Heaven and Hell. The angellic and demonic beings weren't stopping or preventing humans from understanding the REAL Heaven and Hell, they were instead, providing for them two other forms of Heaven and Hell that they believed humans would be more accustomed to and better yet, would be more understandable when basing it on what religion and human thoughts say. I get it now. For example, someone coud have held a picture of a cake and told someone else what it was and how good it tasted. Then, he or she could have asked that other person to pick between the cake or something else that hid behind curtain 2 - yet they didn't know what that curtain thing was. Obviously, they would choose the cake because they know what it is and how good it is - they're more accustomed to it and know much more about it.
"I'm so glad you understand all this Kenny. In the beginning, we knew not to scare you or shock you to the degree that you would be left puzzled. And we never intended to do anything you'd feel uncomfortable with - it was just a matter of patience. We knew you'd finally understand Kenny - that's why we feel welcomed that you're now one of us."
Kenny smiled again. Yeh, I do. I do understand. The three words looped in his head. Angellic. Demonic. Human...Angellic. Demonic. Human...I am an angel. I am a demon. And I am human. I've become one of them. "Yes, it's all become clear to me. Thanks Ageliss - I couldn't possibly express just how happy I am at understanding all this."
"I knew you'd eventually understand." I just wish he knew just HOW MUCH we needed him to understand. If only the other three knew all this too. "Well, I got word from CADACC H.Q. that your SEDET device has been fully updated and is ready to be used again. Let's go."
"Right, got'cha Ageliss."
Ageliss turned the handle on the stone door and made his way out. As Kenny began to exit the room, he looked back at MOTHER - the creature's warm stare completely focused on him.
Any...time...you...need...me...Kenny...I'll...always...be...here.
Kenny smiled again. "Thanks MOTHER, I'll always remember that." Fianlly, Kenny lifted up the hood on his jacket and fastened it up. Walking out of the room, he slowly closed the stone door behind him and followed Ageliss down the stone slope in the underground Heaven caves.