ALARM CLOCK DAWN (An Original Novel - Episode 31)

In yesterday's episode Johann began to reveal several truths that ran counter to what Seth believed to be reality. Seth began to open his eyes to a well-orchestrated deception that had been going on since before he was even born. Today much more will be revealed and Johann hopes that Seth is prepared for it. One never truly knows until the moment comes.

Welcome to today's episode of Alarm Clock Dawn!

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Johann smiled as he paused for a moment to reminisce. He got up from his desk and looked out the window, putting his hands in his pants pockets as he continued. “The faction of the Agemo just needed one thing—gold and lots of it. Their home planet was becoming too warm and their plan was to suspend fine gold dust in their atmosphere to help reflect the sun's heat away from their planet. Do you remember when our government moved away from the gold standard that backed our currency?”

Seth’s brain was on complete overload and he could only manage to nod his head in shock.

“Well, the gold standard was eliminated by the government to get enough gold to hold up our end of the bargain, and that we did. The second group of beings were in far greater peril. They had long ago lost the ability to naturally procreate and could only reproduce through cloning. The only problem with this was with each generation of offspring they were becoming weaker and more fragile. This group needed to perform controlled genetic experiments on animals and humans in our population to try to come up with the genetic cocktail that would serve as a solution to their eventual extinction. We reluctantly agreed to a predetermined number of abductions. After a few weeks of talks, two deals were struck for an exchange of more technology for us.”

“Johann, I've heard stories similar to this in the alternative media for years. Are you saying those on the fringes have been right all along?”

“Yes, but it gets more interesting. There's a second group, the Ahpla. This group is far older and more advanced than any of the others we've come across. They are cosmic missionaries and have intelligence and technology way beyond our dreams or understanding, but they refused to give us anything, saying we weren't ready for it. The Ahpla are very peaceful and very spiritual in nature.”

Johann continued, “What Ms. Poltier said last night at the board meeting was true. The Ahpla gave us specific instructions to not worry so much about developing technology. They indicated the most important thing for us at this point of our evolution was to meditate and work on our spiritual selves and raise the collective consciousness of our species, and when we were ready, we could join them. They would appear to us freely and openly to educate us. Don’t worry about developing technology? Can you understand the predicament that would put XenTek in? The Ahpla were the original group that crashed all those years ago in the desert. Do you remember Norm, whom I spoke about in front of the members of the board last night?”

Seth nodded his head with a look of both disbelief and awe as Johann continued. “Norm was, or should I say is, Ahplan. The reports say those military officials who met with him were permanently altered. More specifically, in the reports they used the word 'ruined.' When Norm refused to provide us with anything, the government sent in people trained in, shall we say, ‘blunt persuasion,’ and even this was no use. After five minutes with the little bastard they no longer had an interest in warfare or anything of a violent nature. It was also noted that Norm had a great healing effect on everyone he came in contact with. People were instantly cured of everything from cancer to arthritis.”

“Incredible!” Seth was enthralled by the story Johann was so masterfully weaving.

“Yes, indeed. Norm told us the Aphla had been indirectly assisting us in the evolution of humanity for hundreds of thousands of years. If you look hard enough, there is evidence—crudely drawn pictures on cave walls, ancient stories of flaming chariots, and Gods descending from the skies. Hints of the Aphla are interwoven just under the surface of our creation stories as well as nearly every early religion. Norm went on to explain we are of special interest to the Aphla because our planet was meant as an experiment. Each race on our planet originated from a different home world in various parts of the universe that were dying for different reasons. This is why they had such an interest in us. It is a widely held Ahplan belief that it is dangerous to directly influence a civilization before they are ready. We could not convince Norm otherwise.”

Johann crossed his arms over his chest and stroked his chin. “The strange thing is we have reason to believe this group has just recently started performing procedures on our population as well.”

“There are several theories, but it appears from monitoring of several UFO message boards that the most widely held belief is they are attempting to quicken humanity's evolution by activating what those on the fringes call ‘chakras’ or spiritual energy centers in our bodies necessary to quicken our next stage of evolution.”

Johann chuckled as he took a drink of water. “What a complete and utter waste of time. How naive these fools are on the fringes! It’s this Ahplan technology that is our Holy Grail, Seth. The phenomenal technology recovered from those original craft is just the tip of the iceberg. There are very intelligent people who believe that time and space are intertwined in ways we don’t yet understand. Our Phoenix collider can eventually help us travel to the Aphlan world and attain this technology. We will soon be ready to pay a surprise visit to the Ahpla.”

“Sir, I’m sorry, but this is almost too much to take in at once. Wow, I just feel like so much of what I thought and believed to be reality was a lie.” Seth said, hanging his head.

“Son, believe me when I tell you I understand how you feel. I was the same way when I first found out.” Johann poured Seth a glass of water and pulled a blue handkerchief from his breast pocket.

“Now take a drink and splash some cool water on your face and you'll feel much better. This is quite enough for now. I will have more to share with you later. Now you know you must realize the importance of keeping what I told you to yourself. Go now and do what you must to do...find Poltier and Harkin. They must be stopped.” The director smiled as he patted Seth twice forcefully on the cheek. “I have faith in you, son. I know you won't let me down.”

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