plan was to take it up to Darkhill, where he had some f

up to, before he made his next move. Once he was sure He

more powerful now, he co

tte on the train, for s

door behind them, they

coffee and muffins whe

nking it must be an atten

door, she got up to s

e corridor. She frown

nd she told him about

cretly worried the Gre

und, on the excuse of

t cars, up to dome leve

sign of Grey anywhere

e car to read the pape

lined blazed: ROGUE

anet had been detected

certain gravitational

hat he was reading, bu

d with getting the G

lass dome into the nig

looked like jagged mon

himmered—with the fu

side of the Sun and present itself in Earth's sky all of a sudden one morning, dawning like a

doused, but its furna

a dark, ugly sun on

ts inhabitants the Annunaki would then visit, going back as far as 200, 000 years ago—

e paper aside. Next to

a kid he wanted to beat uf

ht, they would be seeing th

event, and nothing would ever be the same again. Suddenly K

p into the dome car then,

and began to listen to her p

that the man in black had sa

e burning into him—and he s

Greys were somehow in bed

ll be an even bigger story

ans for his site began to t

started to think his only protection might be real evidence of the Squatch, not the Greys. They were after him to keep the Squatch c

h the whole lot of it, but then again, nothing that had happened

girl inquired, a little bit f

irl and I are visiting

. Who do you know? I

ew up there. It shaped

My mother opened an

ays wanted to try that.

paper. "Oh yes, " sh

do you

able in o

lanet wou

t what c

d your s

e will all be forever changed, as our ancient

razy. Be

nearly impe

a hard time u

l deny its existence until the lizards land. Even when their houses are stormed t

" Kyle swore,

the day, but i

alized the man i

guy sitting back t

r head, looking him

und Darkhill?" she

se. I'm Kyle by the

annot stay now, my

He noticed smokes

light up, but it wa

sure Heather was o

to panic all over a

to use the washroo

n?" she said. "I w

rl ... Nevermind, I

we running from? Who trashed my apartment like that?

lain, come on ... We'r

ning car for a late mea

over at the man in bla

and she wants a burg

added. "Salad. Vin

ere, he keeps looking

"No ... don't just lo

retended to drop her

why's he wearing gla

's been fol

he the one

so ... But I'v

omething to do

? I ... haven'

at? Oh shi

"Just go

rry, after

as right a

suspicious

I've got o

bout this d

ng unrelated,

rt gambling

.. I will exp

o start talki

me back. "Ca

t the phone

icious. "I'll

past the ma

the phone,

k, the man

as sippin

e spoke re

what you must. Its name is not magic--nor goes by any name at all—for it i

in a hurry,

black was g

ed to look b

passed her,

up behind,

k at you we

ed, frowni

d back to t

this Regg

igh schoo

he do? I

He fixes

cles or mo

nd snow

ve always

ike we're on vacation. That's all Reggie needs to know too.

think you're just over-reacting, whatever it is ..

"I will, bab

up their meals

f the train w

each other's

in the sky see

ce, still alive, battling for her mind and her home planet Earth

ack, for they had not taken her far. She had dispatched

black robes she had ripp

usual until the last moment

cutting upward with his scyt

nashing down on the serpent

. The Squatch had proven more strong of mind and body then any of them had anticipated—a

er grind, but they would

ng as the universe—and

hing and more to them—a

hey did have the unending drive to excel at deception and mani

humbprint of the guard who hun

front of Vedek and dumped

e. Now you will do as I say o

auding. "I am most delig

menacingly. "Listen to me

guard was all? Do you not think I could call a battalion in

ne it? I will take on th

d, holding out his hands

Grey, for my patience runs

screen again. The vision s

New London. She had not sta

s are for, Mystix ..." A shi

gs for a bit, before being j

humans cannot see them.

ought you wished for us to

the case. But we will be w

d most of mankind, then y

e will wait for orders fro

, it matters not, for my wor

fter all is said and done. We will not bother the Squatch after you have done this one deed

uiet, grimacing at the

finally, turning back f

h, she grabbed him by t

help, but only a squeak

y, when I have your voi

the night by a great ru

over a bridge, but now he

e of the moving train, craw

her. His heart worked hard. He reached for his gun. It was o

the sheets. He shut the bli

d toward the next car in a pan

yl

eo

d we foun

e you do

n't just

s is not

is all the

s are on

d. "That is because you ha

AT!" Kyle growled, slamm

to damn you to being with us forever, that is n

who ... H

her, when you'

pened the door and then the side emergency exit, stepping out between the two c

out after Kyle, frustrated that this was his big assignment, s

ke this ... GOD will NOT

n the night, shooting stars spearing the sky now above them—

creeping along the cars,

me mistake ... But this is a gift not a curse ... We have been given these powers ... AND the chance to stay on Earth. Why don't you embrace it like I am

hen ... HE comes to

speak of? Have you

e shook his head. "N

er the Greys. "Eithe

ould not let Kyle get killed on his watch, even if it mean

ns. The chill wind blew hard, but they used their Soulfyr to keep planted on the roof energe

look like they were sitting waiting for further orders, when

in his trademark green g

boomed over the rush of trees whipping by and coyotes cryin

e then raised a gun. He

hoton blast with a swath

s if they did not know Kyl

id, stepping forward. "Thi

by their appearance. They will be deadly in a flash at a mom

myself, newcomer, " Deo diss

e roof of the train, when suddenly, a tunnel through a hill rushed right up—and Kyle landed just in time to duck down, just as the

the pitch of the tunnel. Kyle dared not move until moonli

eo was unconscious. Kyle checked for his pulse, but could not find it—so he pressed both

harge, Deo coughed and c

tting out of helping me th

e we're doing this, you're

deal, Deo. Besides, I don't care about getting shots of Gre

re debriefed on the Mount, t

an for me—that this was all just as much a mystery to you as

and they carefully climbed

we climb. We know not why or for whom our mission should fall—but we just climb. Finally, broken and thirsty by the top, we kneel again, this time before a great

ay about Kyle Kane of Darkhi

girlfriend and family. He said you must come to terms with

There's the bloody legs left

ter what his or her lessons are, we go through them with her. If you believe in the Greys, then so d

it to get it over with. In th

ir roomette, with Deo reluct

Third Keye just in case. It

uld you

oves sma

opped D

ed his sh

thought,

't want

y life wa

ust might

God.

odded

turne

march

ruggled

oosened

hed: "Sl

s went

rgot h

ing her

o, standi

up, strai

h. But now you see, even though we have not fully broken you

ould think of was squeezing the

ards who were waiting just th

heir number at her sides and more alert now to her unsteady tran

will have her heart and soul yet, if it is the last command I gi

ld, from when men knew their

But the Annunaki were going to change all that, restore the order that was natural to Earth's kingdom—whereby the lizards sa

his will. From that day forward, he was possessed by the Dragon's mind—and though he became immortal, his body began to shrink—eventually forcing him to becom

brainwashed, they loaded her into a return pod and Vede

ssion, Squatch Mysti

y Vedek. My purpose is

ry target, before proc

l—and his girl Heathe

ber of our meeting, of

he said, but faint flash

with you beast, do ou

pod as it blasted off,

n home, she flipped be

blood, then the next she recalled the programming and

, bursting into their

im, checking the corrid

this?" s

I'll expla

the mat

ey had Heather but then released her ... Why

t was a

ing what

ngshot and not what you want to hear, but ma

alone? But they we

other way around? Or

not after them now, if t

ed to those two they mi

o what two?" Hea

, listen ... He

the shoulders a

l you everything

I've been feeling

leave?" Deo poin

d look-out, we

I'm not crazy, bu

some time and st

hat, well ... I gu

about another girl

it a second, Heat

a Grey for herself

himself to tell her

eded was for her to

us of the ufology eno

t of her, she would know for sure. He just had to keep thinking

girl, ... My dad's sick

me? Kyle ... I wo

r stuff. I need you to

I'll go anywhere as

and kissed him, when

ad ever seen in her ey

rd and long, relieved

to the fold-down bed

rrow and he would happ

side even just one m

" she said and laughe

his phone. It read:

ot ignore him forever.

ng, while looking out at

ot of thinking ... I feel like ... as if ... just maybe he's not crazy ... no ... I mean it ... I mean ... I'm seeing what he's seeing, too .

lp him work it out or whatever ... I know, it's my eternity on the line. Believe me, I get. He thinks you're going to let him get away with going it alone. Okay, alright ... I'll try my best, but he'

hird Keye ... Oh---look I got t

idor. He looked down the other

ard them love-making and pulled

ne hand, signalling with two f

r doing the same. He started a

it's eyes. He almost seemed to

soft knock at the door. "Kyle!

same knock a

, putting h

e door but s

s the wind o

s clearly some

me the knock

hissed, rippin

g there and he s

just leave it op

eo's probably

nce as she fin

ear about thi

ries. It'll n

ay that? Eve

ing ever happ

hasing the Gr

ed into the

everywhere b

he spat, pus

getting angr

an angry per

had been an

ce, it still

eft it behin

at mortal passion pushing him over the edge from time to time.

d about the passenger cars che

what he was looking for, but h

the engineer an

ought he heard t

and climbed outs

e Grey just sud

into the wood f

en with Kyle

ys with his ow

ean they were r

he room and rapp

"Where's my co

find any, " Deo

you in the hal

ut together.

hem, I went off

ve told me wha

ou were too bus

"Shit, sorry.

mean, like liter

tay close but n

all about the Sq

at's exactly when

und, looking d

ing you from these Greys, no matter what they want ... He believes it's all in you

rrupt him. "But

ow, I'm not going

n ... you don't ha

do with you, Kyle

. You've already s

ose Greys are real—and I don't know what to think of it. How could the Om be so wrong?

What else are you hiding?" K

nervously. He was beginning

you boys done yet? I'm thinkin

he way, this is my old friend Deo from Darkhill, I just happened to bum

nodd

...

left. Kyle noticed train security passing by

nd stared out

high knock a

d it to see

their ticke

n to check t

e weather for

on the rise, s

ing back, unsur

relaxed, knowi

end, Darkhill was