Soul
Copyright © 2016, 2018-2020 by VeryWellAged
Author's note: This chapter is NOT a stand-alone...The story starts here.
Things that endure
Aina walks in as I am enjoying a dessert of a little senorita banana, with a snifter of brandy.
The girls have taken up positions in front of the TV. A local news reporter is relaying the story of a PNP officer who was meeting with two priests. He says that according to one of the priests, they had gone to the PNP as directed by a Bishop. They were asking the help of the police in tracking down a very dangerous man. Some thought that this man was really the Devil, but their bishop was convinced that it was just a hacker.
The priest explains that the PNP officer was agreeing that it was just a hacker like the Bishop had said. He was joking that no god, no Devil, was going to strike him dead by talking about it. And then the young and healthy officer was struck dead. The priest is saying it is the work of the Devil and if his Bishop orders him to do anything further, he will leave the church. He had decided, it is best not to anger the Devil!
The reporter reaches ‘my’ bishop who says he was afraid of what would happen but he was ordered to do this by a Cardinal.
Aina and I listen to this as I finish my brandy and she eats some of the food on the table.
The girls are sneaking glances at Aina and then returning their gaze to the TV. Aina calls to them, You want the tsismis1?
They leave the TV and gather around us. I get a look from Aina that tells me to just let her do this. I will.
Your Master is not allowed to do things here that are outside of what a human can do. The exception is when he cares for you, or a religious person does some things outside the rules. In all other ways he must not, and even with the religious people, he must use human things. He is also not allowed to kill.
Erlyn interrupts, Sige, Sige, we know this!
So, this cop would have tracked your Master down via his activity on the Internet. I had to stop him. I could have wiped it out of his mind. That is what I was going to do, but when he began to tell the priests what he found, I decide I need to kill him right away before he could say anything more… and then he did the best thing. He challenged god to strike him down if he was wrong. I may not be a god, but I did strike him down! That told the priests, that he was wrong and ended their inquiry. I wiped the minds of the others in the PNP department where this man worked. No one there now remembers anything about the Master. I don’t think the bishop is a real problem. He is scared of your Master but had to obey the Cardinal. It is the Cardinal who is the problem.
How you kill him? It is Erlyn again.
I give him a heart attack and a stroke at the same time. His brain and his heart stopped.
How?
Friend Erlyn, I told you that I will protect your Master and you. How I did it is not important.
How you do this if you are human?
I am human. I am Aina. But when your Master entered my mind I learned a great deal about this world and one of the things I learned allows me to do this. … Master, what do you want to do about the Cardinal?
I want you to make him a breathing statue.
You know this man?
I think, Look into my mind. I am thinking about him.
She nods. She is seeing him. I hear, Yes, I know who it is now. What do you want me to do? What do you mean a breathing statue?
I think, OK when you are ready do these things. Tell him, You have made the Master angry and so I will punish you. First, I will still your voice. Next, I will end your sight. Then, I will block your hearing. And then, I will stop your ability to move. But, that is not all that will happen to you. I will send pain into your body but keep you alive for many years. This is your punishment and no one will know of it but you.
I hear, OK, may I do it now?
I say so all will hear me. Yes, do it now.
There is silence in the room and Aina is both here and not here as she carries out my instructions. But the silence only lasts a few minutes before Aina sits back in her chair and smiles. That was truly creative. I liked that. I think ‘your’ bishop wants to tell you something. He is afraid of what you will do to him.
What you do to the Cardinal?
Erlyn, I did what your Master wanted me to do.
You kill him?
Oh no, Erlyn! I make sure he will live a very long time!
Then what you do?
Your Master wanted the Cardinal to be a human statue. That is what he is. He cannot hear, see, speak or move, but he breathes, and, though in pain, will live a long life.
Did Master want you to kill the Officer?
No, and if I knew his mind better at that moment, and more like I do now, I would have made the PNP officer a statue too. It is far more satisfying. … Master, any instructions about the bishop?
No.
The girls are taking all this in. I can see both fear and a bit of confusion about Aina. I decide to change the subject. Francine is coming to visit next week. She is looking forward to spending time with all of you.
That gets them started on questions about my daughter and what she is like. The somber mood has been lifted and some excitement fills the room with the noise of happy voices.
I also take the opportunity to let Amelae know her mother has responded well to the new drugs and is doing OK. It looks like the TB will be cured. There is nothing I can do about the diabetes. The toll the TB took on her body has not made the matter of the diabetes any better. She will die from this as her liver fails and will soon need dialysis, but it will only prolong the inevitable. Still, for now, she lives. Amelae snuggles against me, crying a little, but I know she is appreciative. Aina sees it and smiles. She especially likes Amelae as it is she who put Francine’s mom’s photo right over the headboard of my bed. Amelae may not be the brightest, but that is hardly worth mentioning. She did what no one else would have done and she was right.
Then, Mirafe decides to find out if Aina is really Aina. She starts asking Aina about what went on in the house before I entered her mind. All those memories are actually intact, and Aina answers easily. She may not remember the emotions surrounding the events, but the events are there.
Next, Mirafe asks her about the priest and what life was like before we met her. Aina knows all of this and provides the answers.
All three of them are a bit beyond confused. Clearly, only Aina would have all the answers she gave. I had no idea about many of the things that came up between the girls. So most assuredly, this is Aina, and yet most assuredly, this is not Aina.
Erlyn has one final question. How did we feel about you?
At first you wanted me to stay, but later you were not sure and then before your Master entered my mind, you told him I didn’t belong here and you wanted me to go.
Are you angry with us for that?
No! You were all correct. I should have left.
But you have such power now. Why do you think it was wrong for you to stay?
There are things I just cannot explain to you. But much that I was, was lost to me, … to live through what the Master did, great damage to Aina was done.. It would have been better if the Aina you knew had left.
It seems that they will accept this as definitive. For that I am thankful.
It has been a long few days and I have not been with three of them for more than half a week. I ask if they would all like to join me in my bedroom now. I get an enthusiastic response. As we walk toward my bedroom, Aina gives me a kiss and opens the door to the room she had been brought to when I entered her mind. That stops my girls in their tracks. They are just looking at Aina as she enters the room.
Mirafe can’t stand mute. Aina! Why are you going in there? That was just for what Master did to you.
Friend, this is my bedroom for now. I was with your Master twice today. He needs to spend time with you. Do not worry about me. I am fine. She kisses Mirafe on the cheek and closes the door. I proceed to the bedroom.
They are of course naked and I get that way soon enough, but have engaged in sex twice today. My very human body has limits, however, I can be with them and hold them. More than anything else I just want to be close to them. They can’t read my mind like Aina can, but Aina can and she can put it in their heads. Sure I can just tell them, but this is so much better. … But it causes Erlyn to ask, Did you give her special powers when you went into her mind?
No. Yes, she has powers now. But, no, I didn’t intend for this to happen. I really thought Aina would die. But instead something I didn’t expect happened and she is what we have now. I did not know anything of this until she first spoke to me after awakening. I was surprised. It was a happy surprise, but a surprise never the less.
I know she knows about Aina, but she not Aina. Do not lie to us. Who is she?
It is something that I cannot explain to you easily, but you are right. There is more than Aina inside her. Still she is truly human. She will live and die as a human, her powers notwithstanding.
She know you for a long time, true?
True.
How long?
Aina was right. You are very smart. Erlyn, just know that this Aina knows me well. But what I can’t really explain to you is how those three days in human time, were years, eons of time, more than a human lifetime of time, where we went.
Talaga2? That long you gone from us?
Yes.
So that really Aina?
In a way yes, and in a way, no longer.
We are wrapped up in each other’s arms and legs. Hands caress without looking for reward. Smiles, sighs, giggles, playful jostling, are the ingredients of this bouillabaisse of caring and closeness.
But it doesn’t last more than an hour before Aina comes charging through the door.
Master, there is chaos. They were told to do what you said, but only as far as getting ready. They were told to not proceed unless the Cardinal gave his approval. Just now, word is spreading about what the two priests saw tonight and no one is able to reach the Cardinal. There is rumor about what has happened to the Cardinal but no one knows what to do. The three bishops who you said contacted the Cardinal are telling everyone that nothing can be done without the Cardinal’s orders. They have told the others that ‘your’ bishop has been told he is not to be listened too.
Can you be in three heads at once?
Yes.
Do you know who and where these three bishops are right now?
Yes.
Do to them exactly what you did to the Cardinal.
And we wait as Aina closes her eyes and concentrates on her tasks. A couple of minutes later she is back with us and reporting that it is done. I get up and quite naked, go into my work area. I have all the cell numbers for the bishops. Removing the numbers for those three and the one who died earlier, I send a brief text.
Three more of you will never speak again. Your choice is to do as told or join them in a world walled off from the world. Both living and dead. You have until sunrise to act. The Master.
These guys know who the three are and I can see a myriad of attempts to contact the three statues. Calls then go out via secretaries and the word spreads about what has happened.
A text appears on a screen to the dead priest’s phone.
I will comply. Spare me, Master.
I do not reply. I see he thinks I am his Master again. This one bends with the wind.
I hope I don’t need to do more and I return to the bedroom and three girls. For some reason I feel rejuvenated and decide it is time to give Amelae a good ride. But before I do, while still standing, I have the girl squat and give me head, and motion for the other two to come close to me. One on either side. I kiss them and play with their breasts as Amelae gives me the head I desire. Erlyn’s and Mirafe’s hands caress my back and chest. Tongues invade mouths as suction below is strong and insistent. I am enjoying this immensely. And then I hear a sigh, inside my head, and a moan. And then she is talking to me, Oh, that is so good. Yes, I like it. I want to know what it feels like when you enter her. Oh!
I think back to her, as I feel passion rising inside of me, Damn you are a horny bitch now.
I pull Amelae up put her on her knees, on the bed and mount her. She is tight, hot and wet. Amelae sighs, Aina sighs. I grunt.
I pound her cunt hard. Amelae is grunting as juices erupt from inside her and are forced out around my pike. Aina is cheering me on with a drumbeat of cum, cum, cum. Erlyn and Mirafe are playing with Amelae’s tits as they hang down.
I think, Give her an orgasm that will blow her mind. I hear back with a giggle, Your wish is my command. And then Amelae goes off the rails. I, in appreciation, give her my seed. I sense something is not over for Amelae. She arches her back, cries out and collapses.
I think, What did you do?
I gave us another child. This one is a girl.
Are you in my mind at all times?
Yes. But then, shouldn’t I be? We are married.
Interesting way to look at it. You were not in my mind before.
Well, hun… Didn’t you stop me from dying by pulling me out of the world before. By the way, where is my old body?
I have not returned your vessel to this world. If I had, you would not be here now.
So, do I get to attend my own funeral?
You would get a kick out of that, I think.
Why not? Oh, I forgot to tell you. I liked what you told the girls about how Aina had been gone for Eons. That should quiet things down.
It won’t when I bury you!
She is giggling. OK, so not now. Not yet. … It is time for you to rest. Sleep now.
Not yet. We haven’t talked about this. You know, I didn’t know if I could have you, or if I would lose both Aina and you. I knew that Aina would probably shatter and there was no choice there. But I had no idea that you could thrive in her vessel. Until you woke, I was pretty sure I had lost you forever. I pulled you out, only because I could not bear to see it end. I could not bear to say goodbye. But when Amelae put your photo up, I decided it had to be. I needed to accept that you were gone. And then Aina demanded I take her though she still believed in her god. I knew her mind would shatter. I didn’t think it would work, but decided to try. I was going to lose you anyway.
I know. I know your heart now, just as much as you know it. I know there has never been one such as me before and there will probably never be again. I know how much you love me. I knew it before, but not like this. This is not faith. This is proof. I know it because I am inside you. Nothing is hidden. I know that this time I will die and you will bury me. But I know it will be because I have grown old and it will be my time. Hun, … You know I love you. Always have. But now I have to tell you, I like you. I am happy to be with you. Maybe this body is not like my old one, but I don’t care because when you look at me, you see me, and not her. See? It helps to be inside you. I don’t have to be afraid. Now please, go to sleep. I will watch over the house. Don’t worry. There are two of us watching now.
That tune you were humming. Where?
Your boy. He hums it all the time. Didn‘t you know?
Huh, no. I have stayed away from him as much as I can. You could hear him?
Oh, yes.
Sorry. I didn’t know.
I am sure he didn’t know either. Apology accepted.
I am tired. My head hits the pillow and my three souls cover me and leave the bedroom.
I am awakened by her voice in my head. It is a nice thing to hear. Hun, many of the dioceses are moving forward, but where we have made statues of the local bishop, nothing is occurring. Also in two other dioceses, a bishop and an archbishop are not proceeding.
Are there any reasons for why those last two are not?
They are not going to take orders from you.
Then you know what to do.
OK, but then you will have the same problem as you have with the other three.
I understand. I still need you to do it.