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 Copyright 2022, 2023 All Rights Reserved
Chapter / Episode List of the Heathville Serial
Mayor Hollis Bare flew his spaceship into a safe area and stopped. The spaceship hovered. He looked at Billy laying in a bed that Mayor Hollis had prepared for the unconscious Billy. Mayor Hollis called his son Daniel.
“Son, we have a problem.”
“Did you all fail to restore Whitehead and Baretown?”
“The Virgin Mary and Billy did a miracle there. It was amazing to see. But Billy revealed too much and Hera and Zeus did not respond well. They decided Billy could be as dangerous to them as he was to Belial and Satan.”
Daniel stared over at Natalina and her sister, Billy’s mother, Maureen. They were sitting quietly watching Television with Nat, Jimmy, and Tommy. Billy’s sister Bess was curled up under a lamp and reading a book. Daniel saw Tommy watching him and he eased into another room with the phone.
“What did Hera and Zeus do?”
“They locked Billy’s powers. They worked amnesia spells which Billy fought. Billy is now unconscious. He may be falling into the sleep just like Amelia. If that happens his physical body will die.” Mayor Hollis choked on his words. “Billy will be dead and his soul will be in the sleep.”
“There is no hope for us. Is there? Victor caged. Iapetus caged. And now Billy may fall into the sleep.”
“Thanks to Billy, Sabian Blackrock, was forced to free a lot of those who were caged in the Outlands. Victor and Iaptus are probably free. Belial and Satan have fled back to hell. Billy performed a miracle. Well, he and the Virgin Mary performed a miracle. Still, like I said, when Billy revealed how powerful he is, that scared Hera and then Zeus.”
Daniel said, “We’ve got to get Iapetus and Victor to Billy. Maybe they can stop Billy from falling into the sleep.”
There was knocking on the door at the Bare Mansion. Nat ran and opened the door and he saw a woman standing at the door. He saw that she was crying. Billy’s father, Frank Bingo, was standing behind the woman at the door.
Maureen walked to the door. “Frank. What are you doing here. I thought you were still in Texas.”
David Jenkins, Frank’s boss, walked up. “I don’t really know how we got here. We were on a boat in the gulf, on our way to a rig, and then suddenly we were pulling up to a dock in Lake Hearthville.”
David and Frank walked, through the ghostly apparition of the crying woman, into the mansion. Maureen hugged her husband. Nat watched the ghostly woman vanish. He looked around and figured that he was the only one who had seen her. But Tommy Harris had also seen her.
David said, “You know, I am not ignorant of the witch stuff. My wife, Amberline Darko, was a witch.”
Maureen said, “I didn’t know.”
Bess had put her book down and ran up to give her father a hug. “Dad, it is so good to see you.”
Nat turned to them. He saw them all smiling. He screamed, “Don’t you people realize something went wrong! Billy must have failed to help the Virgin Mary. He and Hollis must dead.”
Daniel spoke into the phone. “Something is going on. If I heard right some witch brought David Jenkins and Frank Bingo here. Nat has realized something is wrong. Nat thinks you and Billy are dead. What should I tell them?”
“Nothing. I am going to land the spaceship at one of my properties and then I am going to switch over to a helicopter. I will bring Billy home on the helicopter. I will call you shortly before I get ready to land.”
“Dad, is Billy dead?”
“I don’t know if his physical body has died. I just don’t know.”
Mayor Hollis and Daniel ended the call. Daniel turned and saw Tommy standing at his side. Tommy grabbed Daniel into his arms. In a nervous, tearful, voice Tommy asked, “What did he say?”
Daniel whispered. “He doesn’t know. But it is bad. Don’t tell the others yet.”
“There was ghostly woman at the door when Nat opened the door. She was crying.”
“Were you shocked when you saw the ghost?”
“No. Earlier, I wasn’t shocked when I saw the spaceship either. I know Billy is not an ordinary human.”
Tommy stepped away from hugging Daniel as Natalina walked up. Natalina asked, “What is going on?” She touched the tears on Tommy’s face. “Is your father and Billy?” Natalina struggled to maintain her composure. “Are they dead?”
“Dad’s alive. Billy and the Virgin Mary saved Whitehead and Baretown. He forced Sabian Blackrock to open the cages in the Outlands so that Victor and Iapetus would be freed.”
“Well. That is a all good. So…”
“When Hera and Zeus realized the amount of power Billy has, they reacted badly. They locked his powers and tried to screw with his memories. He fought to keep his memories. There is a danger he will fall into the sleep just like Amelia. If he does, his physical body will die. He will be dead.”
Nat rushed to his mom as she fell to her knees. He hugged on her. Nat looked up at Daniel. He whispered, “Billy’s dead?”
Tommy put his hand on Nat’s head. “There is no such thing as death. Even someday, Amelia, will wake.”
Daniel asked, “You know about Amelia?”
“I have dreams where people at the Great Pyramid tell me about her. They say she is the greatest of all the Gods.” Tommy whispered, “I don’t guess Billy will ever take me to the pyramids again.”
Nat repeated Tommy’s words, “There is no such thing as death. Even someday, Amelia, will wake.” Then Nat added, “Of course Billy will take you to the pyramids again.”
“Sometimes it is hard to believe, even when you want to believe, and know that you must believe.”
Nat nodded. “I know.”