The Himalaya Mountains, located in the east, are the highest mountains in the world. The huge mountain range runs through the countries of India, Burma, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bhutan.

In the Himalaya Mountains north of India lives a very healthy old man named Charu. He has long, gray hair and wears a brown tunic. He lives on top of the mountain in the sky. His home, surrounded by a circular barrier of large clouds and blue skies is made of stone except it has a rich, gorgeous appearance. Green grass and high hills within the cloud barrier surround Charu’s four story home. Next to Charu’s home are hills that extend up above the cloud barrier surrounding his home. Up these hills is the Temple of Realms also known as the Temple of Worlds. There is a path, “The Sacred Path”, that extends from the bottom of the mountain going up past Charu’s home and it ends just outside of the Temple of Realms. It would take an ordinary man days to reach Charu’s home from the bottom of the mountain and another day to reach the Temple of Realms where Raymond’s powerful sword is.

About two miles from the foot of the mountain is a diverse village filled with joyous people of all types. However, there is one person who stands out from everybody else. A young man who appears weak, tiered, and dirty. He makes his way through the center of the village looking straight. The steamy atmosphere of the village makes it hard for him to see what’s ahead of him. The young man wears a backpack, blue jeans, a dirty white shirt, and some beaten up timberland boots. He and his clothes are very dirty. This man is Raymond.

Step by step, Raymond makes his way through the two mile field between the village and the mountain. He stands just before the Sacred Path which leads to Charu but he decides to set up camp and rest until sunrise. Before going to sleep he eats some berries and then drinks half a bottle of water. The sound of the air, wind, grass, and pure bliss puts Raymond to sleep; but then he is reawakened from the cries of the villagers.

Raymond knows something is wrong so he packs up his small camp and walks toward the Sacred Path but right before his foot touches the foot of the mountain he is thrown far back crashing and rolling into the ground several times before bending his back which results in it becoming broken. Barely breathing and unable to move, Raymond remains conscious. Then a tall being wearing a hooded black robe with a silver sword on its back appears aside Raymond, walks over to his near dead body, and reaches out its hand to separate Raymond’s spirit body from his physical form. Raymond’s spirit rises into the air above his body and disappears into thin air. Then his physical body becomes dead and gray. Raymond is now…vanquished. The hooded being turned and walked away, disappearing into the distance. As he disappeared, so did the loud cries of the villagers.

Just at sunrise, Charu appears out from a sunray touching the ground near Raymond, walks over to Raymond’s body, picks it up and carries it into the sunray while disappearing into it.

Charu is a mortal light being with the ability to use the sunrays as transportation. He has been living in the Himalaya Mountains for about 13 thousand years through many reincarnations. Charu is guardian of the Temple of Realms and guardian of Raymond.

Charu, carrying Raymond’s physical body, steps out of a sunray that aims directly into a circular room hidden within Charu’s home. This circular room has a white marble table in the center of it. There is a clear hole in the ceiling above the table. Charu walks to the table and lies Raymond’s body across it. Charu’s home is not completely sealed. The sun flows naturally into it making transportation from room to room very easy. As Raymond’s body lies upon the marble table, Charu began to rub his hands together in a circular motion. Then he moves his hands smoothly above Raymond’s body in Tai Chi movements being careful not to touch it directly. Charu continued to do this for several minutes before finally letting his left hand rest upon Raymond’s forehead, then letting his right hand rest just below Raymond’s navel with his eyes closed. Suddenly Raymond’s heart began to beat but there is no breath. The beat of the heart can be heard by Raymond wherever he is and it is signaling him to come back into the body. After a few minutes, sunlight started to shine from the clear hole above Raymond and onto his body. Then Raymond’s spirit came in through the sun ray and reentered the body. After the light fades away Raymond’s upper body pops up. His eyes wide open as inhales deeply. His head then falls into Charu’s left hand.

“Master Char?”, Raymond asked then yelled, “The Village!”

“Hehehe, village is fine. But you…you not grow one bit. You are still but a baby within my arm.” Charu replied.

“Yeah, yeah enough sweet talk Master Char! Somethin’ real strange is happening within the spiritual realms.”

Very calmly, Charu replies, “Indeed young one. This is second time you leave world…prematurely. Explain yourself.”

Raymond rises up and sits on the edge of the table. Charu takes a seat next to him.

Raymond explains while trying to be funny, “Well…On my way here, I was attacted by the Grim Reaper. Then I met him again in some dark, spirit place….”

Charu interrupts, “I mean…why you come here to temple, young one? Your journey continues elsewhere.”

“I think the dark spirits has returned. They cut me off from the cosmic frequencies and took my friend. I can’t use any of my abilities. It’s like I’m human all over again. Now…I don’t know what to do.” Raymond replied.

Raymond continues, “I need your help…Master Char. Get me to wherever I was before you brought me back. My friend was there!”

“I have been watching you. You were cut off because you fell far from path and landed on new path that was not yours! Or maybe…it was.”

Confused, Raymond replies, “What do you mean?”

Charu continues, “I know about the Angel, Aiden. You let your affection for the boy blind you from what is happening around you. The same mistake you made as Dello. That is why you lost your son.”

Raymond has a deep look of regret and disappointment upon his face. Then he becomes angry and yells, “Charu you son of a…”, while attempting to strike Charu in the month. But before Raymond can strike, Charu catches Raymond’s arm, twists it, then pushes Raymond back upon the table and holds him still.

Raymond breaths deeply for he feels physical pain and emotional pain. Being human all over again has corrupted Raymond’s mind and he cannot think clearly.

“Angry now are we?” Charu asked in a sarcastic way.

“There’s sometin’ you’re not tellin’ me”, Raymond replied as Charu releases Raymond.

Charu becomes saddened.

Charu replies, “Two thousand and seventeen years ago, before you first lifted the Sword of Portals and became Hero of Worlds, you were…Destroyer of Realms. During your Earthly incarnations you possessed power like no other human being possessed but you were so filled with anger…and pain. Now here you are again…filled with anger and pain.”

“And your point is…Master Charu?”, replied Raymond.

“When you became the Hero of Worlds you used the Sword of Portals to vanquish many evils. When you were done, you came here and returned Sword of Portals because of the violence…it reminded you of anger, and pain.” said Master Charu.

Raymond’s feeling of disappointment turns into confusion. He gets up a walks out from the circular room and is welcomed by a clear view of the village below. It sits peacefully at the foot of the mountain. The village is fully functional and more alive then ever. Raymond is puzzled, but after a while of thinking, the village doesn’t even matter to him.

Shouldn’t Raymond and Aiden be on an assignment? Well…their not. There will be no assignments today. Instead, they are at an Ice Cream shop in France. It is a very beautiful day full of happy people and lots of excitement. Raymond is sitting across from Aiden at a table in the center of a large square surrounded by many different stores and shops. People walk by occasionally trying to make their way to the other side of the square to venture into other stores and shops where many different foods are served. But Aiden and Raymond have not a care in the world right now. Or at least that’s what they think. LoL! They’re wearing blue jeans, white Air Force Ones, and Polo shirts with white T-Shirts underneath them. Raymond’s Polo is orange. Aiden’s Polo is yellow and stained with chocolate Ice Cream. Chocolate Ice Cream is all around his mouth. Shame be upon him! I’m just playin’! Anyways back to the story:

Aiden looks up at Raymond who is cleanly enjoying his Ice Cream, “You know what’s funny Raymond? About 2 hours ago we were in New Orleans poppin’ fireworks at night…and it was the 4th of July! Two hours ago! Now 2 hours later we are in France and it’s already daylight!”

“Yea little baby that’s how the world works. July 4th there…July 5th here. Nighttime there…daytime here.”

“Well, it’s weird.” Aiden replied.

“Aiden it’s been almost 2 months since your last assignment.”

Aiden stands in his chair with his empty Ice Cream cup, “That’s a good thing Raymond. We’ve been havin’ so much fun!”

Raymond laughs while walking around the table to carry Aiden, “Sure have! But somethin’ ain’t right little baby. Come on lets get you cleaned up.” Raymond walked away from the table with Aiden in his arms.

“What about the Ice Cream cups?” Aiden asked.

“What Ice Cream cups?”, Raymond replied.

Aiden looks back over Raymond’s shoulder and notices that the cups has disappeared.

They are now in the rest room next to the sink. Raymond is using water and paper napkins to clean chocolate from Aiden’s shirt and mouth. Aiden doesn’t seem to like getting his mouth clean very much. He moves his head unconsciously making it harder for Raymond to clean his mouth. Then Aiden opens his mouth and attempts to eat the napkin.

“Lil’ baby! What…what are you doin’?

“Uhhmm, tasting it?”, replied Aiden.

“No you don’t eat napkins! Keep you head still dread-head!”

Aiden laughs, “You’re a dread-head too Raymond.”

Aiden looks down at his shirt and continues, “Raymond why don’t you just make the chocolate disappear?”

“I try not to use my abilities unless I have to.”

Aiden squints his eyebrows, “Raymond you made Ice Cream cups disappear. Cups!”

Slightly annoyed, Raymond throws the napkins away and opens the restroom door.

“Come on smart one.” Aiden laughs:

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It is almost sundown and Aiden and Raymond are on top of the Eiffel Tower enjoying the pink sky. The city of France is well lit and the people in the city have a fantastic night life. But no one is here at the Eiffel Tower. Aiden looks up at Raymond.

“Raymond? How did you get me as your assignment? How did you become my supervisor?” Aiden asked curiously but Raymond hesitated to answer.

A man appears behind them. He appears young and Caucasian, has short brown hair, and wears a white suit.

“Tell him the truth Raymond.”

Both Aiden and Raymond turned around.

“Archangel Jason”, said Raymond in an unpleasant way.

Raymond continues, “What, do you expect me to lie to him? Why are you here anyway?”

“Hmp…I expect you you tell him how you stole him from his real supervisor!”, said Jason.

Raymond replied, “I didn’t steal him! His supervisor and I made a deal!”

Jason looks at Aiden, “I bet he told you that “God” sent him didn’t he?” Aiden shakes his head up then down.

Jason continues, “Look kid, you can’t trust Raymond. He seems peaceful but he betrayed us all by lying down his sword. He’s one of the bad people.”

Aiden’s face turned red as he starts to play around with his fingers. Raymond has no idea what Jason is talking about.

Raymond ignored Jason, kneeled down on one knee, and looked at Aiden.

“Aiden this Archangel doesn’t know what he’s talkin’ about. I’ll explain.”

Raymond explains, “Aiden your supervisor’s name is Elija. About 128 years ago, dark spirits from dark worlds attacked the spiritual Heavens belonging to the Milky Way galaxy causing harm to its planets. Beings from where you came from, beings from Earth, and many other beings and Angels were at war with these dark spirits for 7 years measured in Earth time. Then we finally got them all here in the physical realm where we wanted them. As the chosen Hero of Worlds, it was then my job to get rid of the dark spirits. I created a portal with my sword, vanquishing all of all of them to worlds of darkness where beings like them can live in peace. Once light was restored to the Heavens, I returned to Earth and I put my sword, the Sword of Portals to rest in it’s pedestal. Then I went out into the Earth and hid amongst humanity. I still possessed spiritual powers; however, I didn’t want to fight spiritual wars anymore. They constantly bring back painful memories. For the next 121 years after that, I did many things on Earth but I felt lost. Then…about 6 months ago I met Elija, an ascended spiritual master who trains extremely powerful beings. He told me that the Way of the Warrior is a pure way; and that I should not confuse it with violence, and destruction. Elija declared me a master of the Way of the Warrior. He said to me, ‘Raymond…you destiny is not yet fulfilled’, but I didn’t want to hear it. I suggested that he just tell me what was best for me at the time. That is when he offered me a deal. He said, ‘You, and my next assignment has intertwined destinies. My next assignment is now yours. It belongs to you but under one condition…you must do what you have to do when the time comes.’ I wasn’t sure what he meant by that but I accepted the deal.”

Raymond smiles at Aiden and continues, “Aiden…I don’t know how, but you and I have intertwined destinies. That is how you became my assignment. I’m sorry I lied to you. Will ya forgive me?”

Aiden reached over and wrapped his fist around a group of Raymond’s dreadlocks. Then he smiled and said, “I already did Raymond.”

Jason becomes very upset with Raymond. “Errr! So why did you lie to the kid in the first place?!”

“Ahh, I thought new Angels were…stuck up. You know they be like, ‘I’m not going anywhere unless God tells me to’.” Raymond said while mimicking “stuck up Angels” and Aiden laughs.

“That’s all a lie! It’s not possible! The dark spirits returned because of you! You didn’t vanquish ‘em!”

Raymond stood up to think for a second, then he looked at Jason and replied, “The dark spirits returned?” He gets quiet for a second and adds, “You are one throwed off Archangel. I thought you guys had your eye on everything.”

Jason Replies, “Well we…did. Dude, the dark spirits know what they are doin’ this time man. You can’t trust…”

Before Jason can continue, a female being with gray hair wearing a gray robe appears beside him and levitates him far away from the Eiffel Tower using her hands. Then her body quickly hovers directly up to Raymond and she whispers in his ear, “Can’t stop us without your sword. Now I’m going to make sure you never wield it again.”

Quickly, her body hovered backwards as she levitated Raymond into the air using her hand. She then positions him outside of the Eiffel Tower in the air. Aiden’s eyes widen and he began to cry as Raymond is stranded in the air. Then Raymond remembers when Cleon levitated him into the air right before killing his son.

“Aiden get out of here!”, yelled Raymond.

Aiden disappeared and then reappeared at the bottom of the Eiffel Towel to watch. The Gray Lady balled her hand into a fist to deactivate Raymond’s energy centers. Raymond’s physical form now vibrates at low levels just like human bodies. He is cut off from the cosmic frequencies and unable to use his spiritual abilities. Raymond is now as a ordinary human being. After succeeding in taking away Raymond’s powers she drops her hand, letting Raymond fall from the top of the Eiffel Tower and to the ground. The Gray Lady disappeared and reappeared behind Aiden, grabbed him by the neck, and disappeared with him.

After a few seconds, Jason runs up to Raymond’s unconscious body and starts slapping him on the cheek over and over.

“Raymond! Raymond get up.”

Barely able to speak, Raymond opens his eyes and replies, “You can’t trust who?” Then he slowly sits up.

“So you…are not on their side?”

“No I’m not! I thought I made that clear.” Raymond looks around, “How and I still alive?”, he asked.

Jason replies, “Man it was amazin’! Aiden did somethin’ with his hands to save you when you fell. He made it look like you hit the ground and went down…but you didn’t!”

Raymond smiled and replied, “That’s my boy.”

“Oh but ahh, the psycho bitch took the kid.”, said Jason.

Jason continues, “So Elija huh? Aiden must be one kick ass Angel!”

Very disgusted, Raymond replied, “Damn straight, now I have to find him.”

Raymond still stands at the cliff up the mountain looking at the village below, until Charu walks up behind him, “Listen to me young one, in order for you to continue further. You must first forgive yourself and release anger…release pain. Become aware of what is happening around you. And then…you must take Sacred Path up to the Temple of Realms, lift Sword of Portals from the Pedestal of Realms, and become the Hero of Worlds again. That, young one is the only way to regain power and save the boy. You and the boy need each other.”

“I’m sorry I disrespected you…Master Char. Will ya forgive me?”

Charu punches Raymond in the face so quickly, that Raymond didn’t know what him him.

“I already did Raymond”, said Charu.

Charu continues, “Sit down right here and fold your legs. Breathe in through nose…out through nose. Focus your attention…within.”

Raymond does exactly what Charu tells him to do. At the cliff on the mountain, he sits up right on the ground with his legs folded while breathing in and out through his diaphragm.

“Now Raymond, it is time. The veil of forgetfulness has been placed upon your soul…long time ago. Focus my son…look deep within yourself. You must remember…what was forgotten.” said Master Charu.

-To Be Continued (This Fall)

Entire Season written by Frank N. Raymond

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