SHELTER
A TALE OF THE ANCIENT ONE
Given By God The Father
Through Speaker Gerald Polley
The Ancient One was being drawn in every direction at once! But
there were some problems that only he could handle. He was
summoned to a rather ordinary looking farm in the far west, and
descended into an underground facility where a gorgeous woman sat on a
throne surrounded by many attractive women and men. The Ancient
One again had the curious thought why was it vampires were always the
most attractive among the human race? He could never recollect
ever seeing an ugly one. It was little wonder they could be so
seductive to the opposite sex. The queen smiled as if sensing his
thoughts.
"We beg your forgiveness," she
began, "we know how busy you are, but we are having a problem with the
wet nurses."
The Ancient One remembered how
appalled he had been when the vampires had summoned him and shown him
the three children that had been born to their members, something that
had never happened before.
"One of the
children has been born by an uninfected mother and she can nurse
it. But the two of our kind have no milk. We need help."
"I can see that!" The Ancient One answered. He went out and
scoured the surrounding area. He found two young women associated
with gangs that had recently sold their babies but still had
milk. He persuaded them to accompany him, having to dispose of
one of their boyfriends before hand. When they learned the
situation they were inclined to assist without any further
persuasion. The queen had been amazed by his ability to find the
right people. Her clearing her throat brought him back to the
present. "What happened?" he asked.
"The
ladies went shopping," the queen explained, "we let them out as much as
possible. They need the sun. Unfortunately one of them was
recognized by their old associates and followed. Several of them
visited the farmhouse thinking they were there, and we had to deal with
them. Though we took every precaution the local sheriff became
aware it was us and he says it's getting too difficult to cover up our
presence here, and he is asking us to move elsewhere. We would
hate to abandon this shelter. Many of us have employment around
here, and many friends. It would be difficult to explain our
disappearance. Is there some way you could help?"
"I see!" The Ancient One sighed. "I'll go talk to the
sheriff. Right now I would not want the difficulty of helping
you establish a new residence. I simply have too much else
to do, and I think your actions justified. Do not worry about
summoning me. Your need justified it."
He
motioned to one of the young women holding the baby. She quickly
came over and The Ancient One took it. "Well, they seem to be
growing at a normal rate," he remarked. "No sign of any genetic
inheritance that is slowing their growth." He lifted the child's
lips. Her fangs were already pronounced, "but definitely
vampiric," he remarked. "Does she bite while she's nursing?"
"Never!" the woman answered. "Never a scratch from any of them."
The Ancient One spread his wings, lifted into the air, and hovered
around the room a few times. The baby giggled and laughed happily
and the vampires applauded joyously. The Ancient One landed and
gave the baby back. "School is going to be a problem," he
muttered.
"And how!" the queen agreed.
"I'll make that visit," The Ancient One sighed, and without another word departed.
A little while later he landed in the shrubbery near the sheriff's
office and took on his human form. He believed his general's
uniform was appropriate. He entered the office through the main
door. The sergeant on the desk greeted him warmly. "Long
time no see, general!" he snapped. "No problems I hope!"
"None, really McClarity! Is the sheriff available? I need a few minutes."
The sergeant picked up the phone and punched out a number. "Yes
sir," he began. "Front desk here! The general's here. He'd like a
few minutes. Are you available? Yes sir." The
sergeant hung up the phone. "You know the way!" he snapped, taking out
a visitor's badge and handing it to The Ancient One. "He says
come on up!"
The Ancient One quickly made his way
to the sheriff's office. The minute he shut the door the sheriff
began to speak. "I know, I know! It's really difficult for
them to move. I was really rather frustrated when I made the
request. It's o.k.. We've covered it up. Some punks
from the city tried to make a home invasion, ran into more than they
could handle, tried to get away and wrecked their car. They're so
banged up no one would be able to tell the difference. Coroner's
cooperating, though he doesn't know why. They really have babies?"
The Ancient One nodded. "Oh, my God!" the sheriff moaned.
"Well, as long as they're not causing any real trouble we'll try to
keep things as they are. Haven't had a rogue in twelve years or
more. And they took care of that one themselves. We just
had to clean up. If anybody had ever told me when I took this job
that this was going on I'd have never taken it! Good to see you
again, though! Do I hear you might be moving to the vicinity?"
"There's talk of it," The Ancient One answered, "but I highly doubt we'll succeed."
"That would surprise me!" the sheriff answered. "I'll go
out and talk to them. But ever since my wife met that lady, she
wants me nowheres near her!"
The Ancient
One laughed. "Understandable," he answered. "I've got to be
going. Too many things to do, even when I can be two places at
once there's not enough of me!"
The sheriff
nodded. "Thanks for coming by," he answered. "It will be
strange if some day you walk through that door not in that uniform and
in flesh and blood."
"Would be, wouldn't
it!" The Ancient One answered. He quickly departed and
headed home. "That wasn't too bad!" he sighed. "But maybe
we'd better look for some other places, just in case! No reason
not to be prepared. Damn! School is going to be a problem,
it's really going to be a problem!"
THE END