Soul Quest

Chapter 23

(ACONTINUATION of Chapter One)

Liv

Time - February 14, 2015

Place - Forest Hills High School parking lot

Queens, New York

"Cherish the friend who

tells you a harsh truth,

wanting ten times more

to tell you a loving lie."

- Robert Brault

"So let me get this straight." Jedd reasoned trying to remain objective. "Aengels are evil, not good, in this particular case." he clarified.

"Yes in this case." I agreed.

"OK. Well, where are the Aengels, have you seen them? What can we do about it?" he began to rant.

"Whoa. Hold it Jedd. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. First of all the Aengels are here in New York. Second I haven't actually seen them aside from a dream but I know they are here. They were created by a Daeva and I have seen him. Last, but not least, we are not going to do anything about it. You are human Jedd. This is too dangerous for you to involve yourself in." I said firmly.

I would not allow any harm to come to him.

"I am human? What are you?" he gasped.

His face was ashen. Uh oh, now I've said too much. Oh well it's better to be honest.

"I am.... half human." I said reluctantly.

Jedd's eyesCONTINUED to probe me. He looked me up and down more than once. He didn't do this in a disrespectful way. It was as if he was searching for some difference between us. I sighed and rolled my eyes.

"There is no difference between us physically Jedd, other than the obvious variation in gender. You won't find a third eye in the back of my head or a tail stuffed under my jeans." I complained.

He instantly relaxed.

"Oh." he said embarrassed at his assumption.

He looked self conscious. What did he have to feel insecure about? I was the half human freak in this scenario. I had to stifle my own laughter. It would have been comical had it not been the truth.

"I am a human Oracle of Earth. The Great Spirit created us so that we could help defend humans, like you here on Earth. Here we can talk to you and try to steer you away from the danger." I explained.

I could tell his head was reeling. I did not say any more. I would give him time to absorb what I had said. The moments passed as he appeared to be thinking things over. Finally, he looked at me.

"You said us. This Great Spirit created more than one of you?" he inquired.

I nodded. He thought for another moment and nodded to himself.

"What?" I asked.

"I know who they are." he said.

"Who..."