Malliqacia,  the Most Ancient of All Civilizations

Before anything existed, there was everything. There was no beginning, there is no end........ only change!

Once, when all was one, the First Culture was born. It was known as the Malliqacian Culture. All Matter, all Energy, and all Spirit co-existed at a single point in the Ultimate Void. How it came into existence is beyond our mortal understanding. Understanding is not necessary, but believing is. We all believe we came from somewhere!

The Malliqacian Culture developed so quickly that it released a massive amount of energy. So much energy, in fact, that it had to become the origin of our universe. Some scientists call this ‘The Big Bang.’

This event was not like a bomb exploding, it was more like a beautiful flower full of untold numbers of fertile seeds. These seeds were carried by the Winds of Time throughout all of the Ultimate Void to form what we now call the Universe. A universe of ever-flowing rivers of particles all separate, all joined by the Common Malliqacian Spirit.

How  were  the  first  facts  about The Malliqacian Culture  discovered???

In 1953, a young 9 year old boy living in the small city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, accidentally uncovered what would eventually prove to be a massive government cover-up of the discovery of ancient Malliqacian artifacts. What started out as a child’s natural curiosity, ended up as a life-long pursuit of the true facts about the origins of the Universe!

Finally, after almost fifty years, this secret is being shared by that boy, now Dr. Art E. Phakt, Ph.D. (Doctor of Phaktology), Director of the Secret Centre of Malliqacian Studies at The Underground Metropolitan Museum of Malliqacian Culture.

Until now, only a few of the highest ranking officials in government, AND Dr. Phakt knew of the existence of these facts and artifacts!  Dr. Phakt believes that the arrival of the New Millennium should be the new beginning of understanding and cooperation among ALL the peoples of the world!

His story is being told through an on-going series of lectures and literary papers entitled:  “THE  MALLIQACIAN  SAGAS”.

copyright 1999

SAGA ONE   “LITTLE ARTIE PHAKT”

CHAPTER 1

   Everyone has probably heard about the 1950’s, with its rapid growth of post World War II suburban housing, Atomic Bomb shelters, drive-in movies, UFO sightings, and the first modern shopping malls being built. The economy was booming, and every new suburb needed a new place to shop.
   Nine year old Artie Phakt loved reading the newspaper accounts of actual UFO sightings. He, like thousands of others, carried his copy of the paperback book, “UFO’s Are Real!”, which told all the ‘facts’ about the U.S. Air Force’s  investigations of UFO’s. He would ride his bike down to Ranch Acres Shopping Center to the fountain drug store, order a freshly brewed cherry coke, and read how the Air Force had systematically explained away each sighting with shallow excuses like “weather balloons” or “meteors which sometimes hit the ground”. Artie didn’t  even believe it, and he was only nine!  Flying Saucers were real!
   Artie’s house (he called it ‘his’, it was really his parents’ house) was at  the edge of a small city in Oklahoma. He had the best of all worlds: a creek running through his back yard, safe streets to ride his bike on, and the rolling countryside was just minutes away if he rode really fast on the roads leading south.
    It was on one of those southerly explorations that he saw what was happening in a large grassy field across the street from the last houses in town! A massive, deep hole was being dug out in the center of the meadow. It was obviously not one of the many housing additions sprouting up all over the neighborhood, this was going to be something big, REALLY BIG! This was the deepest hole ever dug in this part of  town! Giant machines ate away at the earth, moving dirt and rocks around until they ran out of room. Dump trucks started hauling load after load away to some unknown destination.
   Then something very mysterious happened! All of a sudden, everything stopped! No digging, no roaring machines, no yelling construction workers! For months the site was deserted, the grass began to quietly grow over the excavation. It was as if it was trying to hide something. A strange deserted silence consumed  everything!
   Artie stopped riding out there. Nothing was happening. He thought everyone  had lost interest in that field. That’s what ‘THEY’ wanted to happen!
   Winter came and went. Artie decided to pedal out to the countryside and see if that meadow was completely covered up with weeds.
   Imagine his amazement when he turned the last corner at the last house, and saw that the deserted hole had come alive with activity! A large, high fence was surrounding the field, massive concrete trucks came and went like giant wasps swarming around their nest! The big sign in front of the fence read: “Future Site of Southland Shopping MALL” !!!!
   This was the first time Artie was able to put ‘it’ all together: The Hole, the UFO’s, and the Air Force cover-ups! He launched a full scale investigation that would continue the rest of his life! School studies became more important, he must prepare himself for the long task that was ahead of him! So little time, and so much  to discover!
   Once Artie realized what was going on, he decided to swear himself into secrecy. The best way to keep security at maximum was to keep everything to himself! There was no room for leaks in this operation!
   Artie would sit for hours and hours, watching the trucks come and go, looking for a clue, a small crack in the egg, a break in the ice! Day after day, there was nothing! Finally his patience paid off! A large rock fell off of a truck that was hauling away debris from the site! The giant, black rock broke in half as it hit the pavement, and both parts rolled into the high grass in the ditch!
   Artie stayed calm, he waited quietly until late in the afternoon when all the work stopped, everyone had left the site. The last workman closed  the big gate and had driven away. A mysterious silence consumed the whole area. As the sun went down, shadows lengthened and the whole scene was bathed orange with dusk’s light. Artie cautiously came out of his observation post, looking left to right, right to left. Not a soul in sight! His heart pounded loudly as he approached the ditch! This had to be the his big break! Finally a REAL  CLUE!
    As Artie crept down into the ditch where the rock fragments had fallen, he could hardly breath. There wasn’t much daylight left, the late orange glow of the sunset was beginning to soften into a quiet lavender. Artie was standing over the two fragments of stone, he could hear his own heartbeat pounding inside his ears. He slowly pulled the high grass apart to get a closer look. The rock had broken almost exactly in half, like a cut apple, but that was where the similarity ended! IT WAS HOLLOW!  Lining the inside were thousands of sparkling black crystals! As Artie peered in, they began to slowly fall off the inside walls, like miniature snowflakes!
   Within this magic cave, Artie’s eyes spotted something much brighter and larger! It was very smooth, sort of a flat oval shape about the size of a silver dollar. He could just barely see its shape reflected in the last of the evening’s light.
   Suddenly, he heard a car approaching! Its headlights flashed across the high grass! Artie ducked down just in time, they didn’t see him! It all happened too quickly, he reached inside the rock, grabbed the object, stuck it in his pocket, and ran like the wind to his bicycle, hoped on and flew home as fast as he could go!
   Just as Artie was coasting his bike down his street, his mom’s car was pulling in the driveway:

“Artie! Where have you been?”

“No where!”

“What were you doing?”

“Nothing!”

“How was school?”

“Good!”

   Life was much different in 1953!
   Mom worked her magic in the kitchen, and in minutes, the food was on the table. There were no microwave ovens then, he didn’t know how she did it, didn’t care much, he was hungry!
   All through dinner, he wanted to look at the mysterious object in his pocket, but he couldn’t risk it, besides his older brother would eat all the food! All he ever did was eat, study, and  grow! If Artie wanted seconds or thirds, he had to get his firsts down quickly!
   After dinner, Artie and his big brother fought over who’s turn it was to wash or dry the dishes, did the dishes, and quickly parted company.
   Artie had his own room, he went straight to it, closed the door, got his flashlight, got into bed, pulled the covers all the way over himself. The small object in his pocket seemed to scream to be looked at! He pulled it out and quickly turned on his flashlight.
    In his private blanket cave with the warm glow of his little flashlight, Little Artie Phakt gazed proudly at his first real treasure! At first, he thought it was a beautiful purplish-blue rock, but as he turned it over he saw that it was much more than that! Somebody or something had definitely carved a design on one side! It was like a small round egg that had been heated until it almost melted flat. The purple/blue shell had been carved away exposing an elegant chocolate brown material. Carved on that side was a design which resembled three interlocking teardrops, each lovingly wrapped around the others!
   Artie would never forget that magical night as long as he lived. He would have many adventures and discoveries in the years to come, nothing can replace the thrill and joy that a nine year old can have, being under the blanket with a flashlight casting a single beam of light on their own private treasure!

CHAPTER 2

   Artie jumped awake the next morning, it made his heart race, but soon he realized it was just part of a dream. Sometimes it was hard to tell the difference! He let himself relax, he gathered his thoughts, and reached inside his pillow case. It was still there! He pulled it out into the bright sunlight, the blue/purple side glowed magically. He turned it over to see if he had dreamed the design.  Nope! Still there!  The hand-carved design made his heart speed up again!
    He bound out of bed, still fully dressed from the day before, and thrust the precious object back into his pocket. He had to have a good look at those rock fragments in bright light! His bike carried him along as fast as he could pedal. He skidded to a stop at the edge of the ditch, dropped his bike, ran into the high grass and stopped suddenly. THEY  WERE  GONE!!!!
   At first, he thought he had just missed seeing them, but with further investigation, he found many footprints everywhere in the muddy area! Footprints much larger than his! Someone had come back searching for this stray rock! As he looked back to his bike, he could see deep tire tracks coming out of the ditch on to the road! The muddy tracks on the pavement was still wet!
    Artie was standing there in the ditch looking up at the road, wondering why anyone would go looking for a rock that fell off a truck! The outside of that rock looked the same as any other common rock! It wasn’t until it fell off the truck and broke in half, that anyone could know what wonders it contained! Unless there were MORE!  Somebody already knew that rock was special!!!!!
   Artie reached in his pocket and pulled out the mysterious object. What did all this mean? Artie slowly rubbed its smooth bright blue surface, he was at a complete loss, he didn’t know what to do! Then out of the clear blue, he knew! It was almost like he heard a voice, but there was no voice to hear! However it came to him, he knew he must find a way to get inside that fence that surrounded that construction site! His next clue must be in there somewhere, but how would he get inside? He needed a Master Plan!!!!!

CHAPTER 3

   That night, Artie was trying to go to sleep, but he kept turning from side to side. He had to figure out a way to explore that construction site! He rolled out of his bed and got his trusty flashlight and crawled back under the covers. All things make more sense when viewed under the covers with a flashlight!
   Artie reached in the pillowcase and pulled out the magic stone, it seemed to make him feel smarter when he held it in his hand! He turned off the flashlight and just lay there in the dark feeling smarter until he fell asleep.
    As soon as Artie fell asleep, he began to dream. Not regular dream, more like half-awake and half-asleep. It was hard to tell whether, it was real or not!

   He could feel the cool breeze blowing in his face, he was riding on his bike! He was at the park. The city had named it “Whiteside Park,” but all the kids called it Mud Park because when it rained, the whole park turned into a giant mud hole!
   There was a series of little hills by the creek, which were called “The Dips”. If you went fast enough down one hill, you would shoot off the top of the next. It was like a muddy roller coaster!
   Artie was “Shooting The Dips” when he flew high off the last dip, and floated straight down into the creek bed. It didn’t scare him, it hardly had more than nine inches of water in it, besides this was a dream! He floated slowly down to the creek bed, and touched down ever so softly, without even turning over!
   THEN  HE  SAW  IT!!!!!  In about three inches of water was ANOTHER MAGIC  STONE!!!!!  He instantly reached down and grabbed it before he lost sight of it!

   Just as his hand closed  around it, he was suddenly awakened on the floor of his room! He wasn’t sure whether he had fallen out of bed or had just arrived back from some mysterious adventure. He was lying flat on his back with both arms pointing straight out from his body, nobody sleeps in THAT position! He raised both arms above him and opened his hands at the same time. THERE  WAS A  MAGIC  STONE  IN EACH  HAND!!!!!!!
   Artie’s heart raced! He was afraid to move, was he awake or was he dreaming he was awake?   He stared wide-eyed at the two stones! This had to be a dream!

The answer came quickly:   BANG!  BANG!!  BANG!!!

“GIDDUP  YA  LAZY  Bum!!”

This was not a dream! This was Artie’s big brother pounding on his door!

“SHUDDUP!  GOAWAY!!  YA  BIG  APE!!!”

Artie just loved  his big brother!

   Artie quickly pulled on his clothes, stored a magic rock in each of his front pockets, and headed for Mud Park!
   It was beginning to rain, but he liked to be out in the warm summer showers. He especially loved to crawl out his bedroom window on those nights when the huge Oklahoma thunderstorms rolled in from the West! The blowing rain, the blinding blue flashes of lightning which made Artie hold his breath and count:

“One thousand...two thousand...three thousand... BOOM!”
A lightning bolt hit three miles away!

   As he arrived at the park, the sky opened up and dumped millions of gallons of rain on the park! Artie rushed across to the creek bed, dropped his bike, and skidded down the side of the creek’s muddy bank.
   There he stood, in the exact spot where he dreamed of finding the second magic stone! He reached in his pockets, and pulled them out, one in each hand. The rain was so loud, he couldn’t hear anything else! He held his arms straight out in same position as at the end of  last night’s dream. One arm facing up stream, the other down stream.  Inside his right hand, which was pointed up stream, HE  FELT  SOMETHING! He was so startled, he almost dropped the magic stone, but he didn’t want to loose it, so he held it tighter. IT  WAS VIBRATING!!!
   He looked up the creek bed, and there was NO rain falling within its banks! It was pouring down on either side, but nothing but sunlight was above the creek itself! As far as he could see, rainbows appeared along each of the walls of rain on either side!
   Artie quickly looked down stream and saw nothing but rain! He turned and started running up through the hall of prismatic light, splashing thousands of sparkling water droplets with his feet. He had no idea where he was going!!!!
   Artie had never run so fast for so long! As he ran up the creek, he realized he didn’t have a puddle, he had a rapidly increasing flow of water from the heavy rains up stream! It was getting deeper by the minute, but he reached down inside himself and found the strength to continue his race straight into The Unknown!!!
    As suddenly as the open hall of light opened, it slammed shut when  Artie came to an intersection. The creek he had come up was running deeper and deeper, faster and faster! He found himself having difficulty standing up, let alone move up stream. Three small creeks ran together here, to form the larger single creek.
    Artie stopped, trying not to fall, the water was waist-high now. There was no sunlight to follow! He did the only thing he could think of:  He reached into his pockets and pulled out the two magic stones! He spread his arms out and prayed something would help him!
   Artie didn’t have to wait long, the stone in his left hand began to vibrate, and the creek to the far left was immediately bathed in sunlight and rainbows!  He struggled against the current, and worked his way up to the entrance of that new pathway! As soon as he stepped out of the rain and into the light, he felt stronger than before! He ran full speed, again racing against himself and closer to the Unknown!
   Artie finally had to slow to a walk, he pressed on for what seemed like hours. The rain began to let up and the clouds began to break apart and rumble off to the East. Artie could hardly lift his feet anymore! He stopped, out of breath, he sat down in the middle of the creek bed. His chest heaved, his heart pounded. he sat watching the water flow around him and continue down stream.
   Finally, after a few minutes, he began to catch his breath. What else could happen? What should he do? The answers have always come from the magic stones, why not try it again! He stood up arms outstretched with a stone in each hand........................ NOTHING  HAPPENED!   What now? He pushed a stone in each front pocket and began to walk down stream.
   It started to rain just a little,  he turned around and looked up the creek to the East. Towering thunderheads boiled and rumbled like giant drums. The sun shined brightly on his back, and for the first and only time in his life he saw a triple rainbow, the beautiful multicolored arches, one on top of the other! Artie wondered if there was a pot of gold at the end of all three rainbows. He gazed at the left sides of the arches, they disappeared behind some trees. His eyes followed the curve from the left over the crest, and down to where they appeared to touch the ground. All three ended at the MALL EXCAVATION  SITE!!!!!!!!!   The top rainbow ended outside the fence, and the bottom rainbow ended inside the fence, and the center rainbow ended at a large drain pipe which opened towards Artie!!!!

   Artie had to sit down again!!!

CHAPTER 5

   As Artie sat looking at the scene in front of him, he tried to understand what these events meant. If he tried to tell anybody about them, they would think he was crazy! He had to continue on alone until he had more proof from his investigations, it might take years! He was definitely all alone in this adventure!
   Artie got up out of the water, brushed himself off, and began the long, slow walk back to the park and his bike. He was totally exhausted!
   That night he slept without dreaming, he woke up refreshed and ready to plot his next course. He knew now, how to get inside the Mall site, but where would he go once he was inside? When was the best time? What should he take with him? He must be very careful, someone or something very important was working both for and against him! He could only guess at the consequences if he made even one wrong move!
   Night time! After midnight! That’s the safest time! Nobody awake at the house, and no one around the Mall site! He should dress all in black, even wear his black stocking cap! He could move like a black cat in the shadows of darkness! There was just a sliver of a crescent moon last night, even less tonight! Artie was going tonight!
   As the day light passed into evening, Artie assembled his ‘tools of the night’: His flashlight, his pocket knife, a roll of strong string, and, of course, his two magic stones! He couldn’t eat much at dinner, his big brother was glad! His Mom asked him if he felt all right and felt his forehead with back of her hand. Her hand was an accurate fever thermometer. No! No fever, just tired!
   Artie went to bed early, setting his alarm for midnight. He really didn’t need to, he was too excited to sleep. He must have checked the time a hundred times before midnight finally came!
   Artie turned the alarm off long before it rang, he already was dressed when he went ‘to bed’, even his black tennis shoes! He made sure he had a magic stone in each front pocket of his jeans. He put the rest of his stuff in his back pockets, put on his black stocking cap and quietly slipped out of his bedroom window. Not a creature was stirring, not even in the house!
   Artie decided against taking his bike, he thought he could disappear into the shadows much easier if he traveled on foot. He cautiously avoided street lights and large open areas. It took longer, but he must not be detected!
   As he approached the tall fence at the Mall site, he had to dive into the high grass to stay out of the headlights of a patrolling police car. Artie didn’t move a muscle until  he heard it drive far down the road.
    It must have been after one o’clock in the morning when he reached the drain pipe that went under the fence. Artie paused in front of the large concrete tunnel, which was about to give him his first look inside. He pulled out his trusty flashlight, but waited until he was well inside the pipe to turn it on. He walked slowly into the complete darkness, straddling either side of  the small stream of water that flowed along the bottom of the round pipe. He brushed aside the occasional spider webs. He didn’t see any spiders, but he wasn’t sure whether that was good or bad!
   The pipe wasn’t very long, he reached the other end quickly. The shorter the time in that pipe, the better! As soon as he could make out the faint glowing disc at the end, he turned off his flashlight. He must remain undetected at all cost!
   Artie slowly approached the opening, cautiously peering out into the outer limits of the inner sanctum! Outwardly, all appeared quiet; inwardly he crept out of the pipe, into the outer area of the interior construction site! Artie was finally out standing in the field inside!
   Artie was spellbound, the giant hole had become a massive concrete box, partially buried in the earth. The first steel supports were already being installed on top with more spreading out across the ground level, like a colossal spider crouched ready to jump! A cold chill ran up Artie’s spine, he shuddered!
   Artie was suddenly frozen in his tracks! A small red light moved ever so slightly deep down in the darkest part of the inside bottom of the giant cement box! As soon as he stepped one step towards it, the light went out! Artie held his breath and didn’t dare move a muscle! The light returned! It began to move along the far side of the dark shadows from left to right. Once it  reached the far right, a soft blue triangle appeared, the small red light moved into the blue triangle and they both disappeared!
   Artie waited and watched, wondering what this strange event meant. So many questions, so few answers! He was going down there, no matter what! His curiosity was stronger than his fear, so he began to walk slowly down to the base of the dark fortress; his eyes searching for a way in. He quickly spotted what appeared to be two well-used loading docks for big trucks. It looked like alot of loading and unloading had already taken place! Very suspicious!!!
    Artie quietly approached the steps in between the two docks. As he slowly began to climb the steps, he saw two large heavy, solid steel overhead doors which were closed and locked with locks like he had seen on the vault door at the bank! Up high above was a very large round alarm bell, obviously poised and ready to scream! Between the two larger doors was a regular door with no windows, on it was a small sign reading: “Authorized Personnel Only!”
   Artie was sure if he touched that door knob, it would set off the alarm and he would be in real trouble! So, there he was, at a standstill with no answers!
   The magic rocks! Maybe they could help him! He reached in his front pockets and pulled them out, spread his arms out in the already traditional position, closed his eyes and prayed for an answer! It came in the form of very faint, but distinct click from the lock on the door!
   Artie opened his eyes, and for a brief second, he thought he saw a soft blue light radiating underneath the door! Or maybe not! Artie’s mouth felt very dry, he could again hear his heart pounding loudly in his ears. He put the stones back in their respective pockets, and slowly raised both hands to the door knob. He paused and looked up at that big alarm bell, closed his eyes, held his breath, and turned the knob!.................................The only sound he heard was the knob turning easily, No Alarm!
    Artie opened his eyes in amazement! The door was unlocked! Summing up all the courage he had left, he pulled the door open!..................................Still no alarm! Only Silence! Only Darkness! Only then did Artie breathe out a huge sigh of relief!
    Artie’s first look inside was sort of disappointing, but just as his shoulders dropped, He Gasped!!! Far off in the darkness inside, he again saw the soft, pale blue triangle appear! The small red light appeared in the center of the triangle, and the triangle immediately disappeared, leaving only the delicate red spot!
    Artie couldn’t move, his brain told him to turn and run, but his heart kept him frozen in place! His eyes widened as the light began to sway ever so slightly, from side to side, it was slowly and silently moving towards him! His legs felt like jelly! He kept telling himself to get out of there, but all he could do was stare at that intense red  gently moving point of light! What seemed like an eternity passed as the mysterious light approached Artie from the Inner Darkness. It was getting close enough for him to hear a quiet shuffling sound and make out a glowing, satiny, deep saffron yellow silhouette of a small, very old woman with one long flowing braid of hair on one side. The red light brightly pierced the darkness, emanating from a necklace hung loosely around her neck, her dark hair glistened with streaks of silver illuminated by the intense crimson aura which radiated from the center of a single pendant! The pendant was carved exactly like Artie’s two magic stones!!! The ruby of light came from the center where the three teardrops came together, Artie felt fearful, but not afraid! He gazed deeply into her eyes which danced with excitement, she smiled and spoke: “Artie, I have been expecting you!”  Artie’s mouth dropped open, he couldn’t swallow, let alone speak!
    The mysterious lady gently came over and put her arms around Artie, giving him a firm, loving hug. It filled him with a warmth and comfort that he had never experienced! Fear vanished, and was quickly replaced by a curious sense of joy! Artie finally swallowed and let out a deep sigh!
   The lady stepped back a little, still holding Artie with a hand on each of his shoulders. Still smiling, she leaned back slightly and looked straight into his eyes, and quietly spoke: “My name is ShahPing, I am The Fourth Malliqacian Profit, High Priestess of The Sacred Lyght. It is my duty to teach you The Ways of The Malliqacians. Please come with me, I will not harm you in any way!”
   She turned and began to shuffle back into the darkness, Artie followed!

CHAPTER 6

   The High Priestess led Artie across the dark empty interior of the giant concrete box, the only light came from her scarlet glowing amulet pendant. As they came to the opposite wall, she turned right and walked slowly to the far right corner and stopped. She turned around and faced Artie, her radiant smile and the single glistening tear on her left cheek reflected her joy for Artie. She turned and faced  the cold seamless wall of concrete, she raised the pendant to her lips and kissed it on the illuminated carved side. As soon as the amulet touched her lips, the wall  began to pulsate and glowed soft blue, forming an incredible triangular doorway! Still holding the amulet to her lips, Shah Ping walked through the opening in the massive wall! Artie followed!
   Before Artie could even look around, ShahPing released her amulet from her lips, and the triangular door disappeared! It didn’t take Artie’s eyes long to adjust to the soft blue light which permeated their new surroundings. Although they passed through a cold, hard, concrete wall, there did not seem to be any walls, anywhere! Every direction he looked was like a limitless ocean with a soft blue sunrise (or was it a sunset?) which wrapped all the way around the circular horizon. Above was the most beautiful deep, deep indigo/ purple, almost black ‘sky’ filled  with millions of stars! The ‘ground’ was an ‘island’ like a sparkling black beach, it looked  like the black crystals that floated around inside the hollow rock in the ditch! In the center of the unending space was a deep purple pool which seemed to have its own radiating light, almost like a ceremonial fire!
   Artie didn’t know how long he was lost inside his own senses, but he felt a warm gentle touch on his hand that brought him back to ‘reality’! ShahPing faced Artie, held his left hand with both her small, wrinkled hands and backed slowly towards the pool.
   As ShahPing and Artie approached the pool, she motioned him to sit down on the opposite side, so they faced each other with the pool between them. She reached down again, lifted the amulet to her lips, closed her eyes, and kissed it. The pool began to pulsate from deep purple to deep turquoise and back to purple. Her eyes opened, Artie couldn’t tell what color they were, but they sparkled in the light emitted by the pool. As she lowered the glowing pendent from her lips, she held it cradled in both of her delicate open hands, raised it towards Artie and spoke:

“ This is The Mother Malliqacian Mojo, She is The Source of All Knowledge Past, Present, and Future! Her Sacred Lyght shines infinitely and eternally! As The Fourth Malliqacian Profit, I am charged with sharing this Sacred Lyght with all who can open themselves to receive It! You have been deemed capable of becoming a receptacle for this Sacred Lyght, and to share it with others here on Earth! Are you willing to accept such a responsibility?”

   Little Artie Phakt was nine years old in the fourth grade at Eisenhower Elementary School, this was not the type of question he was accustomed to answering! He had always been curious about everything, but this was about more than everything!

HERE ON EARTH!    SHE SAID: HERE ON EARTH!

    Artie stood up,  he felt like running away, but where? There was an ocean all the way around them! It was the same feeling he had as the rising water of the creek tried to sweep him off his feet and pull him down under! He quickly reached into his front pockets and pulled out the two magic stones, thrust his arms out and closed his eyes and prayed for an answer! ......... Nothing!
    Artie opened his eyes slowly, what he saw seemed to give him The Answer! Both of his hands were glowing with bright red light! He quickly opened both hands, exposing the two stones. A single laser-like red beam of light shot across in front of his chest, connecting the two magic stones! Energy rushed through Artie, he knew  The Answer!

“YES! “ He said quietly.

   No sooner had that word left his lips, another red beam shot out of his left hand and connected to the center of The Mother Malliqacian Mojo!

“WELCOME!”, ShahPing’s steady voice rang!

    As soon as that word was spoken, another red beam leaped across to Artie’s right hand entering the center of that magic stone! The beams formed an incredible outline of a large triangle which hovered over the beautiful pulsating purple pool!
   This was the best ‘school’ Artie could ever have imagined! Cool School!
   ShahPing and Artie looked into each other’s eyes, tears rolled down ShahPing’s high cheek bones, her smile was radiant. Artie didn’t fully understand what all of this meant, but there was such a purity and love encompassing this whole magic scene, he felt no fear at all!
   Time passed, but it was difficult to measure how much. No more words were spoken aloud that night. The time came for Artie to go home, he wasn’t sure how he knew it. As soon as the thought entered his mind, ShahPing raised the amulet to her lips, the triangular door opened, and Artie walked out into the darkness alone. He didn’t remember going home that night, or even going to bed. The bright morning sun hitting his face woke him up. For a few seconds he thought it all might have been a fantastic dream, but no, he spotted many tiny sparkling black crystals in the mud on his wet tennis shoes! Artie didn’t get out of bed for awhile, he just lay there, still far too many questions and too few answers!

CHAPTER 7

   Saturday mornings, Artie usually rode his bike down to Ranch Acres Shopping Center, have his traditional Saturday morning cherry coke, slide into a booth and review the events of the  week. When he  walked in, he was disappointed to see all the booths were taken by those  crazy teenagers, so he sat down at the counter. There was usually a nerdy teenage boy working behind the fountain section, but Artie noticed there was somebody new . Her back was turned  to the counter, she was busy scooping  up some chocolate ice cream. Artie politely asked her for a cherry  coke when she had a chance. The lady had on one of those white uniforms with pink trim, all starched and clean, she had one of those thick white hair nets on with her hair all pinned up inside it. She finished what she was doing and turned around facing Artie with a smile.

    IT WAS ShahPing!!!!!!

   Artie almost fell out off his chair!

   “I’ll be right with you, Artie,” she said with her gently lilting accent. Artie was speechless!  This was  The High Priestess of The Sacred Lyght, serving fountain drinks and ice cream to neighborhood kids! It seemed unnatural, or disrespectful, or something!
   ShahPing brewed his drink and brought it over to him.

   “Artie, you look a little tired this morning!”

  “Yes Ma’am, I couldn’t sleep last night!”

  “I was up late myself!”

Artie whispered, “What are you doing here?!”

  “This is my new day job!”

    Artie turned and looked at all the people in the drug store, nobody was even paying any attention to them! Why was he whispering!!!
   ShahPing excused herself to take care of the other customers. Artie sat there slowly sipping his cherry coke, wondering what all these events of the past few days meant.  He was sure when he got older he would figure everything out! He wished he could hurry up and get old enough to understand! Before he realized it, he heard the gurgling, slurping sound of a straw in an empty glass, it was his drink, or rather it was  his drink!
   Artie looked up as ShahPing spirited away his empty glass. She looked deeply into his eyes and he knew he must take a good nap this afternoon, he felt drawn back to the Mall site tonight. No words were spoken, it was like ShahPing could communicate with him without speaking. Weird!

CHAPTER 8

   As the sun slowly settled down in the West, Artie awoke rested! He felt refreshed  and well prepared for the coming night of adventures. He spent the evening having dinner (spaghetti!) and trying to beat his big brother in chess. Artie never, ever won, but it was fun trying!
   Finally, it was ‘bed time’, he faked a yawn and went to his room to collect his ‘tools of the night’, and stayed quiet until everybody else in the house was asleep. Just before he crawled out the window, he made double sure he had a magic stone in each front pocket.
   The shadowy walk to the Mall site was easier this time, he knew the path and, after all, knew where he was going.  He thought!
   As the private pipe entrance loomed in front of  Artie, a deep, distant flash and rumble of a gathering thunderstorm sounded behind him. He didn’t think too much about it, in Oklahoma it was a regular occurrence. Everything beautiful has a deep, powerful, undeniable resonance to it.
   The trip through the pipe seemed shorter this time, maybe because he knew how long the journey would be. He thought!
   Artie had no sooner stepped out of the pipe, and ShahPing was there! She grabbed him by the arm, and said to come with her quickly. There was no fear in her voice, only a firm urgency:
 
                    “It’s time to move, it’s THE TIME!”
   ShahPing was very fast for an older person, Artie could hardly keep up with her rapid steps. They rushed up the steps of the loading dock, and through the heavy door with the alarm, no alarm sounded. The door closed loudly behind them. ShahPing stopped suddenly, there was no movement, no sound, no light, only a thick black silence.
   ShahPing’s magic amulet began to glow brightly. Deep red light spread across the darkness. They walked quickly across the giant room which was no longer empty. It was full of large stacks of boxes, the stores above were about to open! As they made the last turn around the last of the boxes, the beautiful blue triangular door appeared in front of them. Without hesitation, ShahPing and Artie passed through it and it immediately dissolved and disappeared behind them.
   They sat down on either side of the magic purple pool and joined hands. Finally ShahPing began to speak: “The outside world has gotten too close, the Mall is about to open, it is again time to move on! Your education in  THE MALLIQACIAN WAYS has always been within you, and it will never end. You must pursue it with an open heart and mind, always listen to THE SPIRIT within you!”
   She then released his hands and raised her arms up slightly above her head, forming a sort of open oval between her arms and hands. Artie felt compelled to do the same. As his arms formed the curves, the purple pool began to pulsate back and forth between turquoise and purple. He began to hear soft sounds moving around in the dark sparkling sky, creating the feeling of movement. Before Artie could decide whether they  were moving, there was a blinding flash of white light which consumed everything.
   Artie closed his eyes. He could feel its warmth splash over him and surround everything.
  Artie wasn’t sure how long his eyes were closed, but when he opened them, it was dark again. The soft blue horizon had reappeared. All was quiet. ShahPing sat motionless  across the Magic Pool, her eyes were still closed.
   Artie’s arms were still curved above his head, but they didn’t seem to be getting tired! In fact, he felt completely relaxed! In fact he wasn’t holding them above his head, they were just there!
   ShahPing slowly opened her eyes and spoke:
          “Don’t be afraid, Artie! You are perfectly safe! LOOK!
   She pointed behind Artie, he turned slowly and his eyes widened! IT WAS EARTH!!!!! It was Earth! He was looking back at the emerald Earth!
   He would have sat down, but he was already “seated”, but floating 3 feet off the ground!!!
   Artie suddenly thought of home, he was always supposed to call home if he was going to be late, and no one knew he was even gone! They would wake up in the morning, and find his bed empty! How could he explain all of this, even if he was back  on Earth? BACK ON EARTH!!!, he thought out loud:  ”BACK ON EARTH!!!”
 
   “Don’t worry, Artie. When you are here, all time there stands still. You will arrive back there at the same time you left! It’s called Malliqacian Tyme Warp, its allowed me to live over nine thousand years of your time!”

   Artie relaxed again, he got grounded last summer for being late and not calling, now he wasn’t even touching the ground! Now he had all the time in the world, or above the world, or wherever he was!
   ShahPing spoke: “Artie, it is time to begin your education in The Malliqacian Way of The Sacred Lyght.”  The Magic Purple Pool began to pulsate faster and faster, ShahPing held the Mother Malliqacian Mojo in both hands, the bright red ray of light shot straight into the pool which overflowed with a fog-like cloud! ShahPing slowly reached down into the pool and pulled out a black triangular box. She kissed it lightly and offered it to Artie. Without  hesitation, he held out both hands, palms up. She lovingly placed it in his care, and politely asked him to open it.
   Artie slowly opened the lid, and peered anxiously inside..... it was empty! He closed the lid and looked curiously back at ShahPing. She already knew the answer to the unspoken question:  “Place your two Magic Stones in The Box, and close the lid, kiss all three corners of the box, close your eyes, clear your mind, then open your heart and the box. Only then may you open your eyes!”
   Artie took a deep breath and followed her instructions. As he slowly opened his eyes, he saw his two Magic Stones inside The Box, but there was something else there!!!
   It was larger than the Magic Stones, made of the same material, and it was carved into the shape of some sort of strange ancient bird or sea creature.
    As Artie reached down and picked the object up, ShahPing began to quietly explain: “ This is a Mother Malliqacian She-Bird symbol. It represents the source of all Love & Existence. It has been created from the Phyrst Tear in the First Mother Malliqacian Mojo. All life springs from the Flight of The Malliqacian She-Bird. In your world, it is called birth!”
    Artie thought of his Mom, he had never really stopped to think how very important she was to him. He would remember it now and for the rest of his life.
   ShahPing asked Artie to repeat the Ceremony of The Box..........he did.
   As he again opened his eyes to another object similar to the She-Bird, ShahPing spoke: “ This is a Sacred Malliqacian Sea-Bird symbol. It represents the source of all Unity & Trust. It has been created from the second Tear in the Phyrst Malliqacian Mojo. All the Universe is but One with countless parts. We are each one part of The Common Trust.”
   Artie wondered why more people didn’t understand this already. He must remember to share this thought with everyone who would listen.
   “ Try again!”,  whispered ShahPing.
   This time The Box delivered a longer and larger object which was more like an ocean creature, like a hammerhead shark.
   “ This is a Malliqacian She-Shark symbol, created from the Third Tear of the Phyrst Malliqacian Mojo. It is the source of all Truth & Justice, flowing through the Rivers of Tyme. Always there, often ignored.”
    Artie stared down at his new treasures. Suddenly he felt very tired like he had been awake for days! ShahPing gently helped him lay back, still holding his precious package. He closed his eyes and relaxed. He didn’t remember falling into a deep sleep, he only remembered waking up completely refreshed the next morning, in his own room, still clinging to the black triangular box!
 

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SAGA TWO   “Eye of The Storm”

CHAPTER 1

Artie’s life was never the same after that first meeting with ShahPing. He hadn’t seen her since that night he received The Box. It had been months since then. Artie would get it out and look at his treasures. He felt he must proceed with his investigation of these mysterious events, but he didn’t want to put her in any danger of being discovered by whoever was digging up all those Malliqacian artifacts and keeping it a big secret!
What were they up to? Why didn’t he hear anything on the news, or see anything about it in the newspapers? It seemed like anybody who dug up something that ancient and exciting, would want everybody to know about it!
Artie had already read about UFO’s, he knew they were from outer space! He knew the Air Force must have known that for a long time! Why did they think anybody would believe those weather balloon stories?
It became more obvious after that day the two men came to the house! Artie happened to be gazing out the front window in the living room, when a big dark blue sedan pulled up and stopped right in front of his house! The two men were sitting in the front seat, they both had had on black suits with white shirts and thin black ties. The one on the passenger side was talking into a hand-held microphone like the police cars had. Artie noticed a long whip-like antenna hooked on the back bumper of the car.
The man put the microphone down, and they sat for several minutes talking to each other while looking back and forth, up and down the street, then towards his house!
Artie ducked down below the window sill! He didn’t know why he was so worried, they probably had nothing to do with him!
As he peeked out from the bottom of the window, his heart sank! They had gotten out  of the car and were walking up to the front porch! Artie didn’t know what to do! Run!... No!...Hide!...Maybe!
He was trying to figure out a good hiding place when he heard a car pulling into the driveway! It was his mom coming home from work!
The two men had turned and started walking towards his mom’s car! She got out, the men each showed her something inside of their wallets, and began to talk! It seemed like hours! Soon, they all turned and walked towards the house!
Artie panicked! He was running back and forth the length of the living room! He heard the key turn in the door lock! He quickly sat down on the couch and tried to look busy reading a magazine off the coffee table.
As his mom walked in with the two “visitors”, Artie looked down at his open magazine, it was upside down! He slammed it shut, stood up and said in a slightly shaking voice: “Oh! Hi, Mom! I didn’t know you were home!”
She looked at me, obviously wondering what I was up to!: “Artie, these two men are from the Federal Bureau of Investigation! They are asking around the neighborhood about some strange lights seen at night down by that new shopping mall. You are usually all over the place, checking out everything. Have you seen or heard about anything going on down there?”
Artie didn’t want to lie, but he didn’t want to betray ShahPing’s trust. He had to think quickly!
He looked, wide-eyed, at the two men in black, and said: “Are you really FBI agents?!”
The two men smiled, and at exactly the same time, reached inside their coats, and pulled out their wallets, flipped them open to their gleaming silver badges! As fast as they produced the badges, they returned them to their respective coat pockets!
Artie spoke carefully: “I can’t say that I have seen or heard anything about strange lights down by the Mall!”
     The two agents looked at each other, Artie couldn’t tell what they were thinking about his answer. He put his hands in his front pockets. He could feel the two Magic Stones! He looked back at them, they seemed to be staring into space for a few seconds, then they were alert again! They turned to Artie’s mom and one said: “Thank you, ma’am! Please call this number if you hear or see anything suspicious around the neighborhood.” He handed her a business card. They turned like mirror images and were gone!

CHAPTER 2

As soon as they drove away, Artie’s mom turned to him and asked: “Artie Elmer Phakt , WHAT was that all about?!!! Those two agents didn’t go to any other houses! Why did they come HERE?!!!”
Artie thought fast: “Mom, someone probably told them about me hanging around down there at the construction site. Everybody knows I’m always investigating some imaginary mystery. Remember when I went around the neighborhood, asking if anyone else had heard a wolf  howling that night of the full moon?”
His mom sighed heavily, she said, “You’re just like your father!”, then turned and walked towards the kitchen. “Artie, you wear me out!”
Artie breathed his own deep sigh, and quietly went off to his room

CHAPTER 3

As he closed the bedroom door behind him, Artie could hear the sound of an airplane flying over lower than most. “Dad! Its Dad!” Artie ran outside as fast as he could. He just caught a glimpse of the shiny twin-engined airplane pass over the house. It banked smoothly and circled back again. Artie loved it when his dad flew over the house. Nobody else had a dad like his! He was always flying off to some exotic place to deliver an oil company engineer to an oil well that was having problems, and he always came home after many days with exciting stories and presents  for everybody!
Artie wished his dad was around more, he especially loved to go to the little airport where the sleek airplane was always kept ready at a moments notice to sail off on another voyage! Artie would get to “work” all day, cleaning the airplanes, playing with his dog, and fishing in the airport’s pond.
Artie could expect his dad to be pulling his Jeep station wagon into the driveway in an hour or so. The plane had to be fueled and cleaned before anything else was done. It always seemed like forever before his dad came home.

CHAPTER 4

Finally, Artie’s dad showed up! Artie ran out and jumped into his dad’s strong arms: “Did you bring me anything?”

“Artie, you could say ‘hello’ first!”
“Dad! Where is it?”
“What? I don’t know what you mean!”
“Dad! You always bring me something!”
“I’ll see what I might have in my suit case for you, after supper!”

Mom was putting supper on the table, Artie and his big brother, Ray, ran to get to the table first. Their mom and dad were talking quietly in the living room. “WHAT!”, his dad exclaimed loudly. They again began to talk quietly.
Artie suddenly remembered the FBI agents! She must have told him! He didn’t know what to say if his dad ask him about it!
They finally finished their quiet conversation and joined Artie and his  brother at the table in the kitchen.
Before Artie could worry any longer, his dad spoke: “Well, boys, your mother and I have some news to share with you.”
“Here it comes,” thought Artie, “I’m in DEEP trouble now!”

“I guess you two boys will have to plan on moving into Artie’s room together.”

“WHAT!, Artie and Ray yelled at the same time, “WHY?!!!

Artie’s dad paused a few seconds then said: “You are going to have a new brother or sister!”
Artie forgot the FBI, ShahPing, the Mall, and even the Magic Stones!

CHAPTER 5

Later that night, Artie went to bed. His head was spinning with all the days events! He just couldn’t go to sleep, so he grabbed his flashlight, and got out his black triangular box from its secret hiding place up under the book shelf headboard of his bed. He kept the Magic Stones and other Malliqacian artifacts inside the box. Artie pulled his covers over his head, turned on the flashlight, and opened the box.
Artie gasped! Inside, there was a small scroll of blue paper that had not been there when he closed the box! His hands trembled as he unrolled it carefully and began to read:

“Dear Artie,
I, ShahPing, wish you love and joy! Congratulations! Your new brother will be the source of much happiness! I will come see you when he arrives on November 25th!
May The Sacred Lyght shine upon you,
ShahPing”

Artie just lay there with his eyes wide open! “How did the scroll get in The Box?,” he whispered. “NEW  BROTHER! NOVEMBER 25th! How did she know?!!!”, he said out loud!
Artie’s big brother opened the door and stuck his head in: “Are you OK?”
From under the covers came: “Sure, I was just thinking out loud about our new brother!”
Ray sighed: “You are really weird!”, The door slammed shut. Artie felt better knowing his big brother listened and watched over him. He relaxed and fell into a dreamless sleep. The last thing he remembered was a cool breeze blowing his curtains, and the deep, quiet rumble of thunder in the distance.

CHAPTER 6

Early, early the next morning, Artie was wakened by his dad’s gentle nudge. He was already dressed: “Come on, Artie let’s go to the airport!”
Dad never had to ask twice, Artie hit the floor running. He brushed his teeth, got dressed, and flew off the front porch, and jumped up in the high front seat of the Jeep.
He didn’t have breakfast, they always ate the airport, at the Canteen. It was kind of a snack and sandwich place where all the “airportant” people gathered to eat and try to tell bigger and better stories to each other. Some of them were even based on fact! His dad got a cup of coffee and reached into the big glass jar on the counter, he pulled out two large flat crisp cinnamon roles. Artie’s favorite! Artie ran over to the top-opening cooler and got himself a chocolate milk, shook it up as hard as he could because it had so much chocolate it would settle out to the bottom. Artie and his dad would always start Saturday mornings this way, it was routine.
As soon as they finished, his dad paid Harvey, that was Harvey Young, owner of Harvey Young Airport. The airport had two grassy dirt runways to land and take off the small private airplanes which were kept in various and sundry buildings (called hangers) scattered around the Canteen, where Harvey and his mother lived upstairs. She was a grand old woman, always taking care of all the airport people, kids and adults, they were all like her children in her eyes.
The airport was located outside Tulsa, along side Route 66, the main highway that started at Lake Michigan in Chicago and meandered through the center of America, all the way to California. It was the best highway to drive in the country! Two Lanes!
The airport “dirt” was composed of very sticky clay called ”gumbo”. If you walked around after a good rain, you could actually get taller, because the sticky gumbo would cling to the soles of your shoes until you had so much of it, it would raise you higher off the ground! This dark “glue” was filled with small fossils of ancient plants.
Harvey was always spreading old motor oil on the runways to seal the mud into a hard, almost concrete-like surface. Every time  a plane would land, the runway would get even harder!
It had stormed during the night, but it had cleared off to a beautiful sunny summer morning. As Artie and his dad walked across the gravel parking lot to his dad’s hanger, the beagle puppy from up the road chased imaginary rabbits around them. Artie would sit for hours out in front of his dad’s small office, playing and talking to that dog!
Artie was glad he wore shorts, it had really warming up. That day, Artie spent most of the day playing with that hound dog. Early in the afternoon, he was sharing his lunch sandwich with the puppy, when he glanced up towards the western sky. Dark clouds were gathering for the traditional Oklahoma afternoon thunderstorm. Artie could see faint flashes of lightning followed by low, deep rumbles of thunder.
Artie told the dog: ”I guess we’ll get taller later this evening! Ha! Ha!”
Suddenly, Artie saw something different in the distant clouds on the horizon! He looked closer and, yes, there was a small dark cloud that was up and down instead of sideways! Artie wondered what kind of cloud it was. He walked through the office, into the hanger where his dad and his friend, Bill Noel were working.
Artie’s dad was always explaining to Artie which clouds were named this or that. Artie considered his dad the leading expert on clouds and weather!:

“Dad, there is a weird cloud! Can you tell me what kind it is?

“Sure, Artie! Let’s go have a look!”

Artie’s dad never passed up a chance to have anything to do with clouds!
They walked out the big west side hanger doors. Artie’s dad’s eyes widened!:

“OH MY GOSH! ITS A TORNADO!!!  And it is headed towards us!!!”

Artie’s dad picked Artie up and ran through the hanger to the east side opposite the approaching tornado, he laid him down behind a low concrete wall and told him:

“Stay here, Artie! Bill and I are going to run out and see if we can tie down that center airplane out front!”

Not all the planes could fit in the hanger, so they were tied down with chains hooked deeply into the ground. The center aircraft had just been parked after landing, and was not tied down!
Artie could see them running out to the airplane, the wind was really whipping up now, and it was already rocking the airplane back and forth, wing tip to wing tip! As they arrived and grabbed hold of the wing braces, dirt and grass began to fly around.
This was when Artie finally realized he was all alone! Here he was, and out there was his dad desperately trying to save one of the precious airplanes! Artie couldn’t stand it any longer! He leaped to his feet, and ran full speed out to be with his dad!
Just as Artie got to his dad, he looked up and saw the TORNADO!!! It was already coming through the parking lot, between the Canteen and the hanger!!! It roared like a giant freight train! It was as dark as night all around them! The wind was swirling around so strongly that Artie was almost swept off his feet! Rocks and sticks began to hit his bare legs! Quickly, he grabbed his dad around the waist, and held on for dear life!!! His legs were being hit so hard, he spread his legs out and tried to put them behind his dad’s strong legs, it helped a lot!
Dad and Bill were hanging on to the airplane, Artie was hanging on to his dad. It was too late to go anywhere!!!
THEN THE TORNADO HIT THEM ALL !!!
Artie would never experience such fury! About the second he though things couldn’t get any worse, the airplane began to what it did best! It started to fly!  The roaring sounds became deafening!
As Artie looked down, HE SAW THE GROUND MOVING DOWN AND AWAY FROM THEIR FEET!!! They were up in the tornado! Artie closed his eyes and thought this was the end of his short life!
All at once, Artie realized that it was very, very quiet! Everything was still! As he opened his eyes, his mouth dropped open as well!
The airplane, Artie’s dad and Bill were all hanging totally motionless in space! Artie could see the inside wall of the tornado violently spinning around, but there was complete silence !!!
Suddenly,  a deep-blue triangular door opened in the wall of the tornado! There stood Shahping! She was dressed in a shimmering long black dress covered with millions of tiny glittering lights! The wind was not blowing her beautiful silver hair at all! She reached her hands out to Artie, he slowly released one arm from around his dad’s waist and extended his hand towards her out stretched arms. As soon as she grasped his hand, Artie let his other arm relax, and he gently floated across the void and into the arms of ShahPing! The door dissolved and disappeared behind them, Artie panicked!:

“MY DAD! MY DAD!!!”

ShahPing quietly whispered:

“Do not worry, Artie! He and his friend will be perfectly safe! Absolutely no harm will come to them! For now, we are in Malliqacian Tyme Warp, their time is frozen in place!

Artie collapsed into tears of relief and joy!

CHAPTER 7

It took Artie a while to quiet down and stop crying, when he did, he opened his eyes and looked around. He had returned to the beautiful island with the purple pool!
ShahPing wiped the last tear off Artie’s face, and led him over to The Pool. They sat down opposite each other, closed their eyes and let the quiet peacefulness wash across them.
For a long while, ShahPing remained motionless. Then, without words, they both opened their eyes. The Mother Malliqacian Mojo glowed brightly around her neck. Only then did she speak:

“We again call upon The Sacred Lyght to illuminate us with All Knowledge Past, Present, and Future!”

The Pool began to pulsate softly! Ever so faintly, ever so distantly, Artie heard sounds, wonderful sounds! He slowly turned his head to see all the way around the incredible sea surrounding the island. He could not see anything but an occasional swirl in the water, far, far way.
The sounds grew stronger, but still quite gentle. There were more than one! They came from all directions, like a choir of angels! It seemed like Artie had heard them before! They were very familiar. They were like nothing he had heard in his whole life! It was the most beautiful songs Artie had ever experienced!
As Artie became immersed in an incredible ocean of sound, ShahPing began to speak:

“These are The Ancient Ones! You know them as whales. They have always been, they came here when the Earth was completely covered with water. They were given The Message From The Winds Of Tyme, they have the answers to all the questions! Learn The One Language., and one learns All !!!

Artie lived in Oklahoma! There were no oceans, he had never actually seen one! How could these sounds be so familiar?
Artie had no sooner thought this question when ShahPing answered:

“Artie, remember the fossils in the airport dirt? They were sea plants living in the vast ocean which covered everything. These fossils heard the same sounds you are hearing now!”

As quietly as the sounds came, the sounds left. The silence was much stronger than before! He already missed them!
The two of them sat in the thick silence for a long time, then Artie heard another distant sound, it wasn’t the same, more like an approaching earthquake! Artie turned towards the noise as it grew louder and louder. The blue triangular door had reappeared! It looked like a weirdly shaped television screen! He could see the whirling wall of the inside of the tornado! He could see the airplane floating effortlessly in space, his dad and Bill Noel still motionless, hanging on the wing braces!
He turned back to face ShahPing, she wasn’t on the other side of The Pool!
He turned back to The Door, she was floating  outside The Door with her arms beckoning him to come. He got up and walked slowly over to The Door. He reached his left hand out and she held it firmly in both hands:

“Come with me! It is safe!”

Artie stepped out and floated with ShahPing over to Artie’s dad. Artie reached out with his right hand and put his arm around his dad’s waist. His dad was warm, not just to the touch, Artie could feel his dad's love. He put both arms around his dad’s waist, and held him tightly, more like an embrace!
Artie held his dad for several minutes before the Malliqacian Tyme Warp ended and regular time resumed.
First very slowly, then very quickly, they all accelerated back into the violent storm, holding on for their lives! As if they agreed, the two men turned loose at exactly the same time!
Artie looked up at the airplane as it spiraled up, up and away, disappearing as he felt his feet hit down hard on the dear sweet Earth! He sat down exhausted!
As suddenly as it started, it was over! No one was hurt at all!!! The sun came out almost immediately, the beagle puppy ran up to Artie, licking his face until Artie fell back on his back, laughing and laughing!
 
 

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Epilogue

For the rest of Artie’s life, he had many travels and adventures, but this day was the most important day of his life!  He had dreamed, he was curious, and he had chased after Knowledge. The day anyone does that will become the most important day of their life!!!

Before anything existed, there was everything. There was no beginning, there is no end...................only change!

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