"Where are we? Snake, where did you take us? All I see is darkness for miles!!"
"You want to step into the light? Well, why didn't you just ask?"
"Aaah, the lights!!! They are too bright. I can't see the truth!!"
"Lady, we are the truth. We are...the CCC!!!!"
"The CCC? I heard of you people. Yea, your name stands for…. uh…let me think here a minute. It's off the tip of my tongue. Oh yea!! Now I remember. You are part of the 'Couple of Children that Can't grow up!!! You guys fight over the smallest and most trivial things. Am I wrong?"
"Adalyn, what are you doing? Stop making jokes. I don't know what the CCC is, but if they protect Pures then I'm all for it. Can you please be serious just for one moment? That's all I ask."
"When am I not serious?"
"Eheme, shibe, shibe!!"
"Sixth Star, can you hear what those two are saying?"
"Huh, what did you say?"
"Wait, a minute. Are you even trying to use your senses?"
"No! Why would I? It's perfectly safe here."
"Ehmhmm!! Ladies, please follow me this way and I'll escort you to your rooms. You girls must be tired from all that fighting."
"I could go another round!!"
"Adalyn, what are you doing? These people are showing us hospitality. Can you do the same?"
"Wait! Send Sixth Star to her room. Bring Adalyn to me."
"You gonna show me your lame movement now?"
"It's not a movement. It's a revolution!!!"
"Ha!! A bunch of kids running around cancelling others out just because they hurt their feelings; is what's going to change the world!!"
"Am I supposed to answer that?"
"That wasn't a question!!"
"What are you even doing here?"
"What are you?" Snake, I saw your moves back there. Dragon said you were a Messenger boy, but you and I both know that's not true. So, with your many talents, why have you resorted to... giving up!!!"
"Giving up? Is that what you call this?"
"I call it what it is; and right now, you guys are trying to rehash the old saying; If I don't see it, then it must not exist. Instead of fighting the enemy…. why not act like there is none at all!!"
"DO YOU KNOW WHO THE ENEMY IS? CAUSE I SURE DON'T!! I thought I knew but found out that I was just as blinded as you are. Is Dragon the bad guy and Christians the good guys? I don't know. Are we the bad guys and Dragon the good guy? I don't know. Maybe Dragon, Christians, and families are all the bad guys. Again, I know not. Maybe…maybe we are all our own enemies. Maybe I'm the bad guy, you're the bad guy, your closest friend is the bad guy, or maybe your neighbor down the street is the bad guy.
Who are we even supposed to be fighting?"
"Snake, the Bible says that the Dragon is the enemy, and the Lamb is the good guy."
"Oh great. You can read a book. I wish we could all read a book, just like you. Oh wait, we can. Don't believe everything you read, kid. Instead of struggling with trying to keep the Truth; why don't we just, 'snap'; the enemies are no longer there!!"
"Snake, you can't just close your eyes and, 'poof', the nightmares go away. The Bible tells us to fight the enemy, not act like none exist."
"Why are we on the first line of defense? We didn't ask for this. Somedays I wish I could have my own physical body back and just…. live.... a normal life!!"
"Snake, we are aliens. There is nothing normal about us. The more you talk, the more you are starting to sound like Shadow. All Shadow wanted to do was escape. He told me so himself. 'Instead of fighting, why don't you and I just go away together? Why should we have to fight? Let's just leave and let others clean up the mess!!' What, was he the bad guy trying to break up the Truth and you were the good guy struggling to keep it?"
"FREEZE!!! Put your hands in the air slowly and don't try anything rash."
"Little girl, you know nothing. You never will and never did. See, Shadow was never the enemy. I....was!!!!"
"Rarrrrr!!!!
What the?
Come out here and fight me face to face instead of teleporting away, you Coward!!"
"Bye, bye, Pure!!!"
"FIRE!!!!!!!!"
"Shield of Faith!!!"
"Adalyn, what's going on? Why are they firing at us? Where's Snake?"
"Don't play dumb with me. I heard you trying to sneak up on us. If you want to throw in the towel like Snake did and get your physical body back, then I understand. I'll just battle the enemy alone if I have to!!"
"Hopper, you'll die!!!"
"Hopper?"
"Sorry, that's just something he would've said. 'I'll take on the whole word if I have too', and that's exactly what he did. Every town and city he preached in; he was always cast out. It wasn't that he was that bad, but just the opposite. Daddy always said Hopper spoke the truth even if it hurt; and again, he always did just that."
"The Truth!!!"
"Yea, that's what I said. Is it the way I said it or something?"
"No, no. It's nothing like that. I'm just thinking of something on the fly so try to stay with me."
"Uh…. ok!!"
"Okay. Eelon may have turned out to be Hopper, but Hopper was never Eelon. Shadow may have been Swift, but Swift was never Shadow. Dragon may have been Shadow, but Shadow was never Dragon."
"Adalyn, you're not making any sense. What are you talking about?"
"Maybe all these people were never the bad guys. Maybe they, like us, were just searching for the Truth."
"Aah, I'm starting to get it. What they perceived as 'Truth' is what others did not. So instead of struggling to convince others to accept the 'Truth' they had too…."
"Cancel them. We always saw them as the enemy, but what if they saw us also as the enemy and just wanted to get rid of us. Everyone is searching for the 'Truth' but whatever Truth we perceive, always leads back to Jesus."
"And since nobody knows the day nor the hour that Jesus comes back…"
"They just kill!!! Jesus says that He will not come back until every corner of the earth has heard of His message. What if instead of killing all the Pures."
"Snake is quarantining them all and then killing everybody else. So, since all the Pures have heard and fully believe God; then once Snake kills everyone else ...."
"Jesus will have no choice but to say that the only people left on earth have heard of My message; so, I guess I can come down."
"So, what do we do?"
"We make him blind!!!"
"You can't sacrifice yourself!!! That would be worse than giving in. We are the only Pures left on earth?"
"No. I am the only Pure left on earth. You are already dead. We just need a distraction so we can get out of here. DRAGON, I SUMMON YOU FORTH. Come to my aid and protect me like you would your own!!!"
"Reverse your fire at the Dragon!! Bring…him…. down!!!!!"
"Sixth Star, take my hand and come on. We have a place to be and not long to get there."
"You seriously think a flying snake can stop another snake? Have you ever seen snakes fight each other? NONE WIN!!!! I SEND YOU HENCEFORTH TO BE CANCELLED OFF THE FACE OF THIS EARTH NEVER TO RETURN AGAIN!!!"
"Adalyn, did you see that? Snake just killed Dragon like he was nothing!! After all that he has been through, he dies in the most unfashionest way possible? Wait, why are you smiling? Has nothing I said resonated with you."
"I heard what you said."
"And?"
"Is Dragon really dead?"
"Adalyn, are you towing with me? You and I both saw the same thing. Snake just killed a Mist and a very powerful one at that. Now Dragon may be able to send other Mists into the LGBTQIA because they have love, but in order for him to come back; he needs someone equally as powerful and strong enough to hold all of him. The only people like that are Pures, and since you are the only Pure left; I don't think you would be willing to let him come in and stay awhile."
"Who said I was the one he is in?"