After a while of trying to sleep, I gave up. I could not sleep. I need to find a solution now to this problem.
The visit last night shocked me to my core. I have just had a brush with death. Had the man decided to kill me there and there, I would have died with my mission unfulfilled. This cannot stand. I must do something to survive and fulfill the mission.
What skill do I have that I can use? There must be something....
I got it! I remember having telepathy. I can use it to communicate with others. I hope that my words could be understood telepathically. I heard from the God that when you communicate telepathically, you would be understood as long as the things that you are saying has an equivalent thought in the mind of the person or creature that you are communicating too.
A rock is a rock and a horse is a horse. Are there horses here in Valis? I wonder...
Now, back to the issue, there must be someone I can speak to and explain this predicament. But who could it be? Who would listen to a voice in their head. I must be careful with this, otherwise the person I speak to may think they are getting crazy.
I look around. I'm lying in the bed beside my sister. My father and mother are lying on the floor with blankets and pillows.
The only one I can talk to, Vi, my my sister. She's the only viable candidate right now.
I look at her and concentrate. I try speaking to her with my mind.
"Hey, wake up. This is not a dream. Please wake up. I'm speaking to you using my mind."
She doesn't move. She must think she's dreaming. I try again.
"Wake up. This is very important. Our lives maybe in danger."
Her hands moves to her face, rubbing her eyes and looking around. When she sees no one, she sleeps again.
I speak to her again.
"Hey, wake up. I am your little brother. I am speaking to you using my mind. I have been reborn here on this planet to do a mission. You and your parents are in danger. I need you to wake up and listen to me attentively. Wake up. I would clasp my hands to show you that I am the one speaking. If you look at me, I will move my hands again."
She sat on the best while rubbing her eyes. She looks at me intrigued and then she scratches her head as if thinking. Before she sleeps again, I perform the horizontal 8 sign using my hand.
She squealed and then closed her mouth using her two hands. She looked around to see if her parents woke up and when they didn't stir, she looked at me again, terrified.
"Do not be afraid, I mean you no harm. I am still your brother in this world after all. Listen to me, Let me tell you my story...."
I summarized my life to her, about the Creator, Damon which is commonly called around the world as the Great Adversary or the Evil One, the holy mission and about the visitation a while ago. She listened to me attentively while trying to stay awake. What a good sister.
"So you see, we to find a way to counter these evil threat, otherwise, this world would fall under Damon. Nod if you understand."
She nods.
Good. At least nodding is universal it seems, and up is always up and down is always down.
"Now, since I do not know your language and you can't reply to me. I would think of something where you can communicate back to me. For now, let's go to sleep. We will have a long day tomorrow."
She nods again and lay beside me. After a while, she fell asleep.
I lie awake grim faced. I'm going to try to sleep. I'll surely need it.
I close my eyes and somehow, sleep overcame me.
(To be continued)