Excerpt:
“Not just any spaceship. He stole the spaceship of Sabian Blackrock and Sabian was none too happy about it.”
“Why did he steal the spaceship?”
“I don’t clearly remember. I wonder why Elliot is walking toward the spaceship and Arthur is following him. Could Arthur and that other man…”
“Joesion.”
“…be working for Sabian. We can’t let them hurt Elliot.”
Hearthville Serial: Book 7
Episode 31a
Any Truth, Proper Grammar, or Correct Spelling is totally coincidental if not accidental.
All characters are fiction. This story is fiction. This story makes no claims about any real person.
By Charles Peters
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Elliot Duddley opens a door and goes down a flight a stairs. He walks through a partially lit corridor. “I don’t think I’ve been here before and yet I feel as though it is memory that guides me.” Elliot sees water seeping through a crack in one of the walls. He touches the water and moans, “If the wall should break, I might drown down here.”
Arthur and Joesion look at one another. They are in astral form and are not where they might die. Arthur whispers, “Elliot is not wrong to sense that he is in danger.”
Joesion nods. “But is he more in danger from the cracking wall or the witches?”
Elliot continues walking.
“I think he is leading us to the spaceship.”
Jossette and Barnbabus, in ghost form, look at one another. Jossette whispers, “I’d nearly forgotten about the spaceship that Victor stole when he was ten years old. Elliot is walking toward where the spaceship is hidden.”
“Victor stole a spaceship when he was ten?”
“Not just any spaceship. He stole the spaceship of Sabian Blackrock and Sabian was none too happy about it.”
“Why did he steal the spaceship?”
“I don’t clearly remember. I wonder why Elliot is walking toward the spaceship and Arthur is following him. Could Arthur and that other man…”
“Joesion.”
“…be working for Sabian. We can’t let them hurt Elliot.”
“If need be, we will step in to protect Elliot.”
There is a cold burst of air flowing through the corridor and the ghostly sound of moaning can be heard in the wind. “Time be crossed in a whirlwind, there is danger.” Puddles of water start appearing on the floor of the corridor.
Arthur says, “We need to get Elliot out of here.”
There is a loud creaking sound.
Joesion says, “That is the sound of pressure on wood and the wood may give. We can come back to look for the spaceship. We need to get Elliot out of here.”
Elliot talks to himself. “Did Sabian kill Victor while stealing his spaceship back from Victor? Is that where I will find Victor’s body.”
Jossette stares at Barnabus. “They are not a danger to Elliot but they are not going to be able to get him to turn back. He is looking for Victor’s body.”
Jossette rushed to the spaceship. It was not gone. She made sure there was no sign of Victor’s body around. She rushed back to where Elliot was. She appeared before Elliot. Arthur and Joesion could also see her. “The spaceship is where we left it. I checked and Victor’s body was no where to be found. We need to get out of here.”
Elliot reached out to touch Jossette and his hand went through her. “Is Victor dead?”
“He is not here. That is all I can tell you with certainty. Oh fuck.”
Elliot asked, “What?”
Jossette cried, “Oh man. We have to get Elliot to the spaceship. We have to work together and fast. There is a wall of water coming this direction. Elliot, take a deep breath.”
Elliot took the deep breath just as the water swept him in its current. He felt the ghostly hands pulling him so at times he could lift his head above the fast moving water so he could take a breath. But with each breath, he did not know if that would be his last. Was he soon to be a ghost, like Jossette?