"Is Everyone Ok? Genie, Lori, Sophie?" Anyone there? I can't see anything."
"Ouch"
"Ouch"
"Ouch"
"We're fine Sixth but a little help over here. Sophie's foot is stuck on something."
"My wing! It's bent and I can't fly."
"Why not just use the rest of your body to heal that wing."
"Sixth, sadly it doesn't work like that."
"Found the piece that's holding Sohpies foot captive. Lori, you grab onto that side; Sixth, you grab the middle, and I'll grab the other side. One, two, three, heave!!! One more time. Heave!! Come on lady's put your backs into it. One, two, three, heave!!! There. It's off."
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you Genie. You're more than just good with tech, I have grown to find out."
"Well all things can be solved using a tech brain and…..that's not important right now. You're welcome but it was a team effort."
"Girls, where are we? I can barely see my own hand in front of my face. Wait! Is that a trickle of water I hear? There is a stream nearby."
" Sixth, before you take off to follow the water; we need to stick together, especially in conditions like this."
"You're absolutely right. When we were flying up here; Shadow did mention this when we passed through. He said that this place was called the transit or the world between worlds where all is dark."
"That would be partly correct Star. We're in a place called Nowhere. This is where everything that was made was made. Here, time moves rather at a crawl than at a tempo and things aren't always what they seem but I have something for you."
"You do? What is it, Lori?"
"While you were leading the Rat on a chase; I took the liberty of the extra time to sneak into one of Shadows hideouts and try to find the belt or the shield. Although I was not able to find both; I did however manage to steal one so I think this belt of truth belongs to you."
"I can't take it. Shadow stole the belt so that I would have to learn the truth from him then he would decide if I am ready or not."
"That is true but even when someone comes along your path and you think they are there to help you; you find out that their true intentions are not as pure as they seem. You displayed that earlier today by questioning Shadow and using the Bible as the source of your questions. When he proved he could not stand on his own ; he caved and lashed out at the one person who was capable of standing on her own: you.
You proved that you don't need to hear the 'truth' because you already stand firm on it. Then when the waves rocked you back and forth; you did not waiver nor flinch. That is why I believe you are ready for the belt."
"If you believe I am then I will not let you down. Ever since I started wearing this armor it has done nothing but continually weigh me down and threaten to fall whenever I run with it. The belt of truth will indeed help to keep it all secured in place so thank you for believing in me and taking it upon yourself to risk your left in order to retrieve the belt for me."
"I'm glad that I could be of service to you on your quest but I promise that next time you will not see me repeating this."
"Lor, hopefully there is no next time."
"Agreed!"
"Sixth, you passed through here already so how long do you think we can make it here?"
"What? None of you have ever been down here?"
"No. Everybody that has gone down here has never returned."
"Well that doesn't help lighten the mood any, Sophie."
"Sorry. I'm just speaking the truth."
"Then what do you believe is the truth."
"Genie, let me speak on her behalf. Yes, many may have gone down here never to return but I promise you this day that in three days we will get out of this alive?"
"How can you be so confident in that?"
"Everytime someone was thrown into a bad situation, God always brought them out. Think of all the droughts in Isreal and the surrounding cities and then Ezekiel pleading to God for rain. Then God always provided. Or think of David in the lion ded. God delivered him from them. What about Radshack, Meshack, and Abednigo in the heat of a blazing fire. God brought them out unsctahed and untouched. Last one I want you to think of is Jonah in the whale. In due time God again there delivered Jonah out alive."
"Those stories are all uplifting but Jonah is not the best of examples. Yes, he was delivered and then brought a nation back to him but nobody knows what happened to him next. The story just seems to not know either."
"Okay, maybe that last story didn't lift your spirits but I know what will. See we have this bad guy named Swift and with the help of my brother Hopper; they managed to recreate and send down the ten plagues of Egypt on us."
"So that fire in the sky wasn't by accident nor from the mouth of a dragon?"
"Well it did come from the mouth of A Dragon but not the dragon you walk around with."
"If that's the case then shouldn't we be on the plague of locusts right now?"
"Ummm..technically we should be on that plague but Swift is not the smartest of bad guys so he uhhh….sent in the locusts way too early so now we are on the three day plague of darkness."
"I still can't see."
"By faith we see what is unseen become unseen."
"Huh?"
"Hebrews 11:1, 'Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.'"
"I still don't understand how we can get out of this world if we can't even distinguish what is visible from what is invisible."
"Do you need me to repeat another passage of warmth for you Sophie?"
"Yes please. A walking Bible is way better than a walking dictionary."
"Okay. Last one. Hebrews 11:3, 'By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible but invisible."
"Well then what are we waiting for? Let's go find faith!!"
(School starts next week and will be taking some driving courses, plus possibly more work days in the future so see ya all. I'm going to be 21 Friday and couldn't have asked for a better present then all of you liking and sharing in this side of me that not many people see).