84 Inwards

Onward Journey

84 Inwards

Nana returned to the Pumphouse suddenly and Spirit noted immediately that she looked very dark and heavy, overtired and extremely agitated. She arrived with such suddenness that the air in the Pumphouse felt like a vortex, and awoke Spirit, Soul, Heart and Brain instantly. Only the Little Red Haired Girl and Body remained sleeping. “What news Nana?” Brain asked.

“Let me catch my breath, it’s mayhem up there and the court took such a long time investigating that I had time to go home and do a batch bake, clean the house, and inform Tom of recent events. I am so tired Tom says that..”

“Save your breath Nana for the important information” huffed Brain.

“I am sure Nana is well aware of that” sighed Soul “she knows the important path,”

“Well I wish she would get on with it then, I have great concerns about Body. Her vital signs are very low, very low indeed” Brain concluded.

“We are all concerned Brain, but you need to show some tolerance and patience” called Spirit.
“Take your time Nana to get the information to us. We are ready when you are” sighed Soul.

Nana took a deep breath. “The bottom line is that there are definitely malevolent forces at bay here. We are being watched by them and they are blocking our escape. The court has taken time to investigate which is why I have not returned sooner. The court already had their suspicions and ‘Mrs Tarot’ was sent to investigate and talk with the child. Something to do with a Mrs G was it? I think that was her name. Anyway they said we need to be patient and silent while they send reinforcements to get us out. To unblock our path and to receive a good end result. If we are not silent, we will give the game away and of all their plans to help us escape. Tom says it’s a bit like espionage, you know in the war, when they sent spies to uncover the enemies plans and implement an escape for allies stuck behind enemy lines. Tom says that Winston Churchill thought that….”

“Nana!” shouted Brain “stick to the point. I don’t need to know about Churchill for goodness sake. Let’s deal with the here and now!”

“Brain” sighed Soul “Patience. Let Nana continue.”
“Thank you Soul” Nana responded “Unfortunately they did not give me much more information except that silence is key. We must be silent.”

“For what purpose Nana?” sighed Soul. Do they know why these malevolent forces are present? What their goal and path is headed towards?”

“Something to do with generational curses and swapping destinies on a spiritual level.”

“What is that all about?” huffed Brain “I know nothing about any of that.”
“Nor should we need to” called Spirit.
“Please get to the point Nana and tell us what they meant by that?” stated Brain trying to keep patient, and Body in her sleep bit her lip.

“May I remind you Brain that I was brought up on a dairy farm. I am a simple farm girl. I have no more knowledge about these things than apparently you do, so keep your lip buttoned and stop the bleeding on Body’s lips this instant!” Nana’s tongue was a lash and Brain quietened and kind of acknowledged the dismissal.

“Nana please continue” sighed Soul.

“Where was I?” Nana was getting old and memory was eluding her.
“Generational curses and destiny swapping” Soul sighed.

“Ah yes thank you. They do not mean anything to me nor would the court explain. Except to say there has been a terrible injustice and betrayal. They will send good reinforcements to help us and that we must be loyal to ourselves only and be silent while they get on with turning the injustice around to get us out. We must surrender to this situation and let them handle it.”

“That’s all very wishy washy Nana and I don’t believe a word of it” Brain admitted.
“Shut up Brain!” they all said in unison.
“Well come on…. really? There has to be a logical reason. This is the real world there has to be a real purpose to all of this…” Brain struggled to find a word so borrowed Nana’s “Mayhem.”

“Yes I agree with you Brain” Nana admitted “So I listened through the doorway, even though I was ashamed I did, I listened. I put my ear to the door. Tom said it was wicked of me.”
“Not so” called Spirit “It shows fighting Spirit in you Nana. So what did you learn?”

“I cannot be sure as it was a very thick door, but I heard the word ‘money,’ Will,’ and ‘inheritance’ and something to do with DNA? Whatever that is?”

“It’s a unique genetic ‘footprint’ if you like” stated Brain. “Everyone’s DNA is different, unique, only belonging to them. It’s used quite often to solve murder enquiries from blood or body fluids left at the scene of the crime. It can be a deciding factor to prove the case. Knowing exactly who was there at the incident without doubt. Now I am interested. Now I want to know more Nana. Go back up there and listen some more. We need to find out more.”

“I cannot and I am under strict instructions to tell you all that it is beyond our control. The plot is too big. We must surrender to the process for we will never be able to work it all out. There are too many involved for us to get to the bottom of it” Nana was firm.

“Speak for yourself” huffed Brain “I can usually work things out given enough facts and time.”
“Don’t forget intuition” called Spirit. “Don’t omit anything that may help us solve this predicament.”

Heart remained quiet.

“But why? Why should we do nothing?” stuttered Brain. “Body is dying. Heart and I are dying. Why should we just sit here and do nothing? Remain quiet? It does not make sense.”
Brain was at a loss and on the verge of overloading.

“Calm yourself Brain” sighed Soul.

“Because you all need to look at what you did to contribute to this entrapment you find yourselves in. What were your own misdeeds? How could you have avoided this situation? The court is asking you all to look within and take some accountability for your own actions” Nana was blunt.

The silence was deafening and the air thick. So thick that Nana needed less energy to stay rooted to the earth and therefore could relax a little and watched as contemplation hit them all.

“But how?” cried Heart “How can we prove our worth to the court? That we have thought about our own misdeeds? Is the pain we have suffered not enough? The people we have lost? with guidance and advice or without? The lover? The friends? and now family too?”

“A good question” called Spirit “One I do not want to fight.”

“Then we surrender, we give up control and we listen and look for a better purpose. A better path. It will be made clear to us” sighed Soul.

“By who exactly” questioned Brain. “Who is going to help us? Who is going to make this clear? Who is going to plead our case? Who is going to put this ‘mayhem’ right?”

“We will” sighed Soul “We will work together and evaluate ourselves. All the paths we have already trodden, all the rights and wrongs we have done, and become stronger and wiser. We will re-invent ourselves and live the life we want to live not a path forced upon us by our own misgivings and fears.”

“But who will help us?” cried Heart.

“Don’t cry” the Little Red Haired Girl announced, wide awake and full of energy. “We can ask the Fairies to help. It’s what I do when I am sad. We can find our own shoes and socks. We can be a ‘big girl’ like Mummy says.”

“Fairies! What Fairies?” Brain had had enough.

“The Angels told me that I can ask the Fairies” the child replied. “I don’t lie do I Nana?”
Nana pushed the curls off the child’s forehead and smiled. “No child, you don’t.”

“Other peoples lies have got us into this mess” stated Brain.

“And ours” admitted Body.

“Exactly” the Higher voice said “And what did you do?”

“Wanted to believe them” cried Heart. “Even though we knew deep down and through intuition that they were lying to us and we were lying to ourselves as well.”

“What else?”

“We believed that we were worth nothing better” the higher voice called.

“And there is the key. Look inwards and heal. Look inwards.” Big voice had the last say.