Birth - Chapter 23, Song of Angels, Book II

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Written for Steemit: A love story occurs during a time anomaly. A woman from today somehow steps into an anomaly and meets a cowboy asleep on his ranch, in his bed, in the 1850's. ©Jeff Kubitz 2016 - All Rights Reserved.

Birth - Chapter 23 - Song of Angels, Book II

Mindy Woczlewski courtesy of Nastya Muratokova

It was April 5th, 2016. Mom Bartley was back with Dr. Tom Bartley, family hero. All was good except Elizabeth had not seen Rephael in about two weeks and this worried her because she knew she was pregnant. It also worried her because Rephael had said that more of the tornadoes or what he called vortex portals would show up in the future.

Rephael had given her the date but she had said nothing because, she had to face it. Her affair and romance with Rephael was the strangest thing she had ever heard of. Everything inside her from when he first appeared, and then showed her he could disappear told her inside to stay away from him. And at the same time, everything about him compelled, no forced her to fight any sense within her and fall madly, deeply in love with him. She knew he loved her.

She also knew that no one could tell the future and that is why she never told her father, Dad that more would show and attempt to take over the world and destroy it. Rephael said that is what they did. She did not tell her mother either.

There was a caveat to this and that was that Rephael had never met her before in the passing of time. He had never loved a woman. So, something had changed in the future somehow. Rephael said that. He also said that he always thought he was the one to cause the vortex to explode and now he knew that was not true. Tom did it with his ground writing.

Rephael had never seen Elizabeth walking before, never saw the house, just destroyed the vortex and picked up the blown off part. Because of that, he was not certain the future had changed or had always been this way, except for Elizabeth.

Elizabeth knew it was all different because she was pregnant. Even so, daily she climbed to the top of the hill in which the house was built and looked where Rephael said it would appear and begin to destroy again. Every day it was the same, just plain nice weather.

Elizabeth looked out and heard a roar behind her, several roars. Off in the distance, she could see something coming fast. Whoosh! She did not know it but an F-22 came by, a Raptor and she could see the bombs and missiles on it as it flew west about a hundred feet off the ground.

Zoom! One by one at Mach 2, three more followed the first. After they passed, not more than two minutes she was sure, pregnant, she ran down the hill to tell her father, “There’s a new one to the south!”

“Now, stay here, you two,” Tom said to Mom and daughter. “It can’t be but if it is, I will take care of it just like last time and we will be done with it instead of letting it power up for eight years.” He left through the door.

“Maybe we should leave?” Mom looked terrified.

“We can stay in the garage storeroom when it blows up. We were fine there last time and there is no reason that we will not be safe again.” Elizabeth said comfortingly to her mother.

“Are you sure, certain?” Mom asked.

“I am certain Dad will say the same thing. You’ll see.”

Dad came back into the house several minutes later and addressed the two of them, “I have just written the sequence down on the ground and in twelve hours it will blow up. I would like it if you two would leave. More fighter jets are flying around the valley. There seems to be six fighter squadrons.”

“I am staying.” Elizabeth stated firmly. “I want Rephael to come back and I will wait until he does.”

“Why can’t you contact him from somewhere safe?” Tom and Mom asked together, their marriage had healed remarkably quickly.

“I did not want to say anything until Rephael was with me because he does not know but I am four months pregnant with his child.”

“Oh Dear Child of Mine that is wonderful,” Mom hugged Elizabeth with tears in her eyes. “That is truly wonderful.”

“I am about to be a Grandpa!” Tom jumped for joy and then there was a group hug. “I also think you should leave for the sake of our grandchild.”

“Rephael said there would be no safe place and here is as good as any.” Elizabeth sated firmly. “We can hide in the storeroom like last time. I will not go.”

“Elizabeth, this one is a lot closer than the last. It might not be nearly as safe as it was.” Tom said.

“There is a whole hill to protect us.”

“But there are neutrons we must be concerned about this time. They are different.” Dad said.

“Calculate it out Daddy. I am sure Rephael would have said to leave if he thought we were in danger.”

“All right, I will calculate it out. At ten megatons just in case somehow the new one is just as potent as the last one.” Tom left to fetch his calculator and paper and sat at the kitchen table calculating away.

“Now dear,” Mom implored.

“No Mom, we are safe.” Elizabeth said. Just then the ground shook a little.

“What just happened?” Mom exclaimed.

“The Air Force is bombing the vortexes. Just be quiet for a little bit longer and I will be done with the calculations.” Tom said. “I can’t make a mistake though we have plenty of time before a self destruction blast.”
The ground shook again. “Oh please Tom let’s just get out of here.” Mom said.

“There. We are safe from the blast, Elizabeth is right. Mom, if they are bombing, we live in a house that is pretty much a bomb shelter even though I never intended it to be that. We are safe from conventional bombs unless it is a direct hit with a bunker buster bomb and they know we are here so they will not bomb us.”

“Are you absolutely certain beyond any doubt Tom?” Mom asked.

“Yes. I am absolutely certain. We will be safe here versus driving through a bomb impact zone.” Tom said as the earth shook a little.

“Rephael has to get here soon.” Elizabeth said. “He just has to.”

“I know dear.” Mom and Dad patted her back. “We should take food and supplies and get into the storeroom. It is the safest place in the house.” Tom said.

“Sparky.” Elizabeth said.

“He’s outside.” Mom said.

“I’ll go get him, while you two gather some supplies.” Tom said.
“I’ll get everything Lizzy, you go to the storeroom now.” Mom said.

“Okay.” Elizabeth obeyed immediately. Just because she was resolute, it did not mean she wasn’t afraid for herself and her baby.

Rephael could not come. He was in the fight of his life with something very few people knew about in the Western world, a prophecy, the Jinn. They were attempting to make it into this world through the vortexes, well the nexus the vortexes created.

“Red Leader this is Tango Foxtrot 3, attacking target Delta 5. Over.”

“This is Red Leader Commence attack Tango Foxtrot 3 on target Delta 5. Over.”

“Tango Foxtrot, this is Tango Foxtrot 3, commence attack in formation. Over.”

“Roger 1.”

“Roger 2.”

“Roger 4.”

“This is 1. What the hell is that 3?”
“1 this is 3. Take it out whatever the hell it is.”

“Roger 3.”

“Red Leader this is Tango Foxtrot 3. There is something huge and humanoid appearing in the center on these Deltas. Tango Foxtrot 1 is on it. Over.”

“3 This is one launching fire. Strafin – “ Silence.

“Red Leader this is Tango Foxtrot 3. Tango Foxtrot 1 hit the target but he disintegrated. Over.”

“Tango Foxtrot 3 this is Red Leader maintain run. Over.”