Chapter 8

After we got out of the building, we all kind of went our separate ways. Rachel had to spend time with her family, Cassie had things to do in the barn, Marco had chores, Jake had something in the family. You know, the usual.

Me and Ax both went back to our little shack. It was a nice day, but not too nice. Ax and I just kind of pared ways without saying much. We both had things to think about.

I went inside the house and flopped down on my bed. There was so many things to think about, I didn't know where to start.

Well, I thought maybe I would sort out what I did know before I started to think about what I didn't know.

I know there is a god. Yes, the Ellimist was a god. He claims to be able to do anything he wanted. He could go back or forward in time, he could create, or destroy. That was what a god was.

But did he actually say it, or am I just imagining it? But it doesn't matter, I can see what he can do. So I guess he may be right. He was claiming to want to help us. By doing that, he wants to help the human race.

Would I accept his offer? Would it make a difference? Did it matter. My vote never counts. Never. But would I go? I thought about it and decided I wouldn't. There was no way I was going to do that. This was my planet and I was to protect it, like a god myself. That is why I am here.

Wait a second, where have I heard that? 'This is my planet, and on it I am god..'? Oh well.

Back to the issue at hand. After he sent the rest to deal with everything, he talked to me personally. Why? What made me special? He said I was like Sam, was that true? No, of course it wasn't, I tried it many times. I shook my head.

But did he talk to anyone else privately? Was I normal after all? Actually, I knew he must have talked to Whitney, she knew he was coming in the yeerk pool. But what did that represent?

I wondered what Whitney and Sam were doing right then. Were they going through the same questions I was? Were they planning on coming back any time soon to help us? Were they ever coming back? Of course thy were, if Whitney had any say in it.

I got up, too many questions. I need to go away for a while. Pass the time until I could figure out what I was doing. I decided to morph to falcon. I needed some down time.

"...what would you do if you did have Sam's powers?" Suddenly, the thought was in my mind, clear as a bell. I stopped in my tracks. What would I do?

I decided to sit back down. There was still more thinking to be done. I walked over to the bed and flopped back down. Why would a power like that ask such a question? Especially if he could see into the past and future. He knew what I .. would ..... do.......

Wait a second! What if I truly do have it? Maybe he was trying to get me to understand early. Maybe I was supposed to do great things with it, what if I was to save the world with it and he was giving me a head start.........naaah. It wasn't very probable.

But not impossible.

Sam had it, and he said both me and him were immortally wound into the fabric of time. Maybe he was making me realize my potential. I was, after all, a genius. I could handle a gift like that. No problem.

I cradled my head. What was going on here? Why did so many things happen this way? And above all else, why did I say, 'Toomin" when the Ellimist appear? What made that come into my mind? Was it a name? A title? What was it?

Too many tings were confusing the hell out of me. Why do I have the dreams I have? The incredibly realistic ones? Why can I speak outside of morph, unlike the others? Why could I hear telepathy when it wasn't directed at me? Why? Why? Why?

Too many questions. Not enough answers. But maybe they were all one answer. The Ellimist saying that Sam and I were the same, but different, what did it mean? Was it linked? Ax's theory, about the z-space interconnection. Did that have anything to do with it?

When we first asked Ax about it, he said that Sam had one half of the power, I had the other half, according to his scientists.

"....what would you do if you did have Sam's powers?" The question popped up in my mind again. What would I do?

One half of a power. We both had it, but we each had fractured parts of it. Was the Ellimist getting at me having the whole power? Did I but was I too ignorant to notice?

Sam said when he used it, he could see blood red on the object he was moving. His eyes glowed dark red while he was doing it. When I fought Sam, I saw flashes of blue, was it true?

The Ellimist knew something he wasn't telling us. But what was it. He saw something in the future for me. time was not to be messed with. Future, past, present. Present?.......gift?

Time was tricky, anything could alter the space-time continuum. Was what he said an interpretation of the future as it was. Could his intervention have changed that? Was he trying to tell us without telling us directly? Was it all for me?

No, I couldn't have anything on me. I had a planet of my own to protect. But wasn't that the point. The point was the future. Not the past. Only future and present.

Present? ........Gift?

One intervention........

Destiny.......

Life........

Suddenly, I stood up, triumphantly, with a fist in the air. "I've got it!" I said. "The Ellimist made that meeting because it was important to time. His presence changed time, and so he decided to give it a boost. He gave me the other half of the power, so that future doesn't exist!"

BINGO..........SHHHHHH. Said the voice that came from everywhere and nowhere at once. THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY, SIT TIGHT AND DON'T TELL ANYONE WHAT YOU HAVE DISCOVERED. OTHERS STILL NEED TO BE TAUGHT THE TRUTH.

"But there is so much to tell!" I yelled at the ceiling. No answer. He wasn't coming back. I sat back on my bed, grinning a smile ten miles wide.

I had it. What it was, I did not know, but it was given to me for a reason, but I figured it out faster than I was supposed to.

".......what would you do if you did have Sam's powers?" Again. I will tell you what I would do, I would save the world. I think that is what he wanted.

But how would I do it? I still had no clue how to work it. How would I do it? I would practice, that's how. Same as Sam. On what? I dunno, nothing can hurt.

I extended my hand and aimed it at a pencil. I concentrated, I wanted it to come to me. The world went blue and the pencil flew towards my hand. I stared at the pencil in my hand with awe. I honestly didn't know what to say or think.

There was so much to do, but I was told to stay out of it for now.

{What's so interesting about a hand?} Tobias asked as he flew in the doorway and landed on one of the many boards.

I instantly wiped the happy look on my face, I was good at putting on a mood. "Oh, uh, nothing. Just delusions of grandeur, I guess." I answered, shrugging my shoulders.

{ I understand.} he said glumly. {Umm, I heard about that guy, in the pool. The witness. All I have to say it that has to take guts. I am so sorry you had to do that.}

I kept silent. I didn't need to be reminded. If he was fighting us, it would be different. I was guilty enough as it is, I didn't need him saying that kind of thing. It wasn't until he was about to leave when I realized why he was being so glum. For brief moment, Tobias was human again.

"I am sorry, for what the Ellimist did. He was teasing you, wasn't he?" I said.

{I guess. Anyways, I was thinking. Maybe we should take up this guy's offer. Just imagine what he could do for us. He could make me, me again.} Tobias said, enthused.

I didn't want to burst his bubble, so I didn't. "I dunno Tobias. That is just an illusion. He could just be making that up. We have to think about the entire human race, not just us." I said. It almost sounded harsh, like 'you aren't allowed to enjoy being human again.'

I instantly apologized. I felt like an ass. "Anyway, I should maybe get some rest. We need to make a group decision. Let's sleep on it." I said.

Tobias left, and I slept, but I couldn't help but think about the future.

"What would you do, Gordon? What would you do?" I will show you, I will show you all.