One of the best things I've learned since I regained my full emotional recall, is what incredibly strong characters my three friends are. And amongst them, Jess's stubbornness is legendary. Her determination is dogged, and once her mind is made up, she will never change it or waver, even if she's given good reason to.
Which is why my pleading falls on recalcitrant ears and I find myself with a slightly raised temper, "So what happened with 'we have no secrets' – we tell each other everything, huh?" I say.
Jess remains firm in her conviction; "I gave my word to this person, not to inform you of their identity until they felt ready to handle the enormity of what they've discovered. Can you please respect that, Kirk?" She asks.
I feel my energy begin to sap and my temper abates somewhat, "Sure, I guess so."
Casey notices my quivering spirit; I flicker between this universe and the next. "Go back and power down, you need to be fully recharged for our Strategy meeting next week," she says, lovingly.
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I return to my other dimension, where all worries and woes wash away, until all that remains is the soft, soothing warmth of love and peace.
And it is in this transcendent state, that I clearly see the humanity in Jess not wanting to tell me who my triple discoverer is. Her withholding this information at this time came from the depths of her heart, from the desire of wanting to protect her friend, Casey's emotional wellbeing.
For, the identity of my triple discoverer pings into my consciousness. She is Catriona: The Hurt Girl. She's the girl who my death hurt the most. I recall the moment of my death, as I floated upwards, I looked down and saw Catriona crying so hard, wailing like an animal, telling her parents how much she loved me, how she couldn't live without me, she said I was her life – I had no idea she had felt that way about me.
Now I can see that Catriona's a Responsive, a Grade.1 Responsive, just like Jess. And now I know that Jess wanted to inform Casey of her arrival, to prepare her for meeting another mortal girl who shares the same depth of feeling for me, that she has. Jess wants to protect Casey's feelings.
But I'm not mortal, and as such I don't suffer with negative human emotions, like: jealousy, vanity, pride or insecurity. Emotions that may cause chaos amongst my friends upon Catriona's arrival.
And right now, as I exist here in this other dimension, secure in my love for Casey, I think of her on earth, mulling over the potential negative repercussion's of Jess's revelation.
My energy somewhat restored, I use it to good effect and return to Casey. She sleeps, but not soundly. I see her eyes flicker behind closed lids as negative night dreams, upset the positivity of her day dreams.
Ever so slowly I ease my spirit inside her until our souls merge and become one. Her body gently heaves and she softly simpers as I soothe her into a reassuring state of mind – "I'm yours, forever and always, our love is unbreakable, because it exists beyond mortal life."
Only when I hear the reassured pleasure in her prolonged sigh, do I return to my other dimension, to recharge fully.
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For the moment, my worldly friends are basking in the calm of their success. Dr Shaheed and her D:Associates are captives, as is Dale. Nobody knew that Dale had gone to my house; he even kept his girlfriend, Jenna in the dark. So, soon he'll be just another local news item – a missing teen.
My friends have time and the human resources to figure out how to deal with that situation.
But there is the bigger picture – and that will need more than mere human resources to deal with it effectively.
Some people have discovered the reality of Reanimation. Most of these people are good. Unfortunately many are not. Dr Shaheed and her cohorts are the tip of a power hungry iceberg, who want to control the dead for their own corrupt means – they must be stopped.
Fortunately, up here, I continue to meet a steady stream of kindred spirits who were earthly Reanimates, lucky to have been triple discovered. All of them want to join me in Positive Human Possession (PHP), in order to help fight The Dark Side, along side our mortal allies.
Demonic Possession is so old – it's time for Positive Possession to rule – and we're ready.
I'm Kirk – it's time for The HEALing to begin.
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