The Storyteller - Chapter 14

The Storyteller

 A Novel 

By Paul McCann

Chapter 14

 

The Nuclear Winter  

 

He looked out the window at the surrounding hills and the shadows waited for the moon to rise . He had a room at the Inn and a welcome guest in the village of Comesforth .

For most of the day he been telling the goings on in the  nearby counties and sharing the old stories to the children in village  square.

As was the custom the Storyteller was given free accommodation and food during his stay in the village .  They treated him treated like royalty wherever he went and sure enough he was the King of the road .

 As the moon appeared in the sky there was a shimmer of light from the emerald stone in the medallion around his neck . In the middle of the room a shaft of light appeared and three spiritual guides appeared in the room .

“Hello storyteller how are you keeping these days ?

Said the first .

“I’m tired and I’m getting old . I need to have some rest ?

The second visitor replied .

“Before you make the journey you will be recharged with an interstellar etheric that we have brough and you will find a new lease of life’s energy. “

“So, I’m going to be young again ?“

The third visitor replied ,

 “ You will look just the same on the outside but within you will be the healthiest person of your age on the planet “

The storyteller replied with a loud cheer .  

“Oh yes what a grandabaugher thing sure am I not the luckiest man alive .

To travel to the future and back and have a new energy that will propel me through interstellar dimensions like a laser beam in time . Life is good and what is it that I have to do  ?”

“Well, we have something for you to do and you must make 3 journeys  into 3 different dimensions in time , the distant future , the near future and then return back to this present time”

“What is it I am to do there ?”

“As always you are to tell stories , bring news , make change and observe .

“Seems simple enough , now give me some of that there new life energy .” 

The 3 spiritual travellers all unpacked three cases that they were carrying .

The first was golden canula device that was placed into a port that was unlocked at the top of the medallion . Another approached and inserted a strange silver syringe instrument into the port and the third connected a power source into the top of the syringe laser . At once a whirring sound started all around the room followed by a surge of white light that engulfed the entire body of the storyteller.

The procedure took a few seconds and immediately there was a noticeable change to his conscious state .

“You have been given a new life force that will fill your mind with stories as well as images that will be projected as you speak . After we leave you will be given a doorway between dimensions . You must go through that doorway because the future awaits there for you  . You will be given two other doors in the dimensions where you will be to continue your journey . “

The three visitors walked back into the shaft of light and were gone . After wards a doorway appeared withing a circle of shimmering light and it was opened .

The storyteller made his way through to the other side of the door where he was inside a cave like dwelling . The medallion on his neck had an inbuilt recording device that began to record all of the environment around the cave .

At the front of the cave was huge see-through wall . There was transparent screen there like a window .  Outside there was no sign of life anywhere . The sky above was overcast and in the half-light all he could see was a carpet of snow that lay thick on the ground .

A robot entered into the room and approached the storyteller . The robot spoke with a threatening voice  .

”Who are you and where do you come from ?

 “A laser beam shone from the medallion that seemed to have a rewiring effect upon the robot who again spoke with a very friendly and understanding tone .

 

“Welcome to the future storyteller . My name is Adam , keeper of the chambers ,

We are so glad you are here “

The storyteller replied

 “I am happy to be here . My mission is to awaken all who are asleep and immediately go to the dimension where the nuclear war began and prevent that from happening . So, in short Adam , I am to place pre-hypnotic suggestions within the stories that I am going to share . Afterwards they will have no recollection of the war or the nuclear winter because it will have never happened. “

“How can you do all this thing?“

The robot asked .

“Well, I have been given a gift you see and then there are the others who travel between dimensions that orchestrate everything I can do, “

“Are there really other dimensions in time ?

Asked the robot .

The storyteller replied,

Yes, there is most definitely . So, tell me what is it that you do around here Adam .

“I am the guardian and commander of all forces here in the Frozen Zone of  the underground city called New Hope . This bunker holds half of those who survived the nuclear war on the planet . All of those humanoids were put into their deep sleep chambers until the end of the nuclear winter . I have the key to the gases that will awaken all human life forms once the nuclear winter is over ” .

“So, what about the other half of the survivors . Where are they kept  ?”

Asked the storyteller .

“There is a second underground city on the other side of the planet also awaiting the end of the nuclear winter ”.

“I will need to go there once my mission here is completed . Can you arrange transport for me to get there .?

Another laser was sent from the medallion to the robot’s computer system .

After some strange whirring sounds and other electronic beeps there was a brief moment of silence before the robot began to speak ,\

“ I have been updated about your mission here Storyteller and yes, I am able  to arrange transport to Sleep City under the desert in the other Frozen Zone on the northern Hemisphere of the planet . There is a device I can use with your medallion that will open a section for you to travel through cyber space .You can be transported there in a few seconds  “.

“Well, that is brilliant Adam . Thanks , ok .Time for us to get the show on the road.

You can begin to unlock the gases to wake everyone so I can get started telling my stories . I have also some news to share with all who are in their deep sleep capsules . If you wouldn’t mind bringing me a microphone so I can transmit what I need to say into everyone’s audio ports in their capsules . “

‘No problem consider it done . Follow me into the control room” .
 Adam replied .

The robot went through another door to a huge panel of switches . Then Adan unlocked with a remote device a distribution panel which had a program to begin  administering the wake-up gas into all of the chambers in the entire complex .

Once the gas was delivered Adam brought the storyteller to a microphone and with the help of another computer the audio speakers in all of the chambers was connected .

The storyteller began to speak ,softly with a deep tone the stories he had been given to tell .

“Welcome back to life everyone , it’s a new day , the birds are singing and the sky is blue and the sun is shining just for you . The story of life begins to play

music is life and life’s okay there’s freedom in the breeze that’s passing by .

We have sings to sing and some news to bring that will colour your life with peace and love . There is time to live and time to love  to feel the warmth of the sun above

 see the light that’s right there before our eyes . This is the first day of the rest of your life and now listen with all your heart to what I am going to say “

He continued to share news about how the world was at peace and told stories of people and places from another time and place and in between the lines there were many pre hypnotic keys to removed memories of what once they had been through before when the world was in nuclear conflict . Once his mission was completed there, he was transported to the other frozen zone through a tunnel in quantum light speed chamber through cyberspace where he was able to do the same procedure there for the remaining survivors of the nuclear war .

At that point there a doorway appeared in a pillar of light that descended in front of him and was taken back to another time just before the war began .

He had been given access to the places where the leaders of all the nations  involved in beginning the nuclear war .  He entered their rooms as they slept and spoke to their subconscious minds , He had been given the authority and power to take control of their minds and their thoughts . He had been instructed on what he had to do and began a process of brainwashing and rewiring their abilities to make decisions , they were told in detail about the consequences of a nuclear war and how their actions to begin that would have catastrophic effects on the planet for many years to come .They were all told how many people would suffer and die because of their actions . They were then shown details of the war and then had  headsets with special visual and audio capabilities that showed them images of life after the war that had been recorded from the Frozen Zone Caves of a Nuclear winter . These images had all been named after those who started the war .

What had happened to the world was all because of their actions and they were being held accountable and made to take the responsibility of the damage that had been done . During the entire process all of the world leaders were rendered helpless and could not move or speak , or react in any way to all of the things they

were being told and shown . Finally, just as an assurance that these world leaders

would not go to war they had all been given pre-hypnotic suggestions to refuse any order or command to start a nuclear war .

Once this mission was completed another pillar of light with a dimension doorway in time was sent to the storyteller who was able to return to his own place in time .

On the other side of the doorway , he was back in the room in the inn .

He sat by the window and looked out at the rolling hills just as twilight was fading .

With a new energy within him and his mind filled with new stories to tell , he decided it might be a good idea to make tracks in the morning and start sharing all the wonders of life that he was able to see . The world was at peace and life was good .

Love reigned in the hearts of everyone and he thought to himself ,

I must be the luckiest man alive .

End Chapter 14

 

The Storyteller

Link to chapter 15

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by Paul McCann