Solomon's Private File #355
These stories about Stephen and Solomon take place starting in
1950's. Stephen wrote about his life in letters to a penpal, and then
in a secure blog, in case he lost his memory again, in the master
computer in his school for gifted students, which he started attending
in 2016 in a new incarnation, until his death. Now his son Solomon is
attending the same school, and is writing in his own secure blog for
his future incarnations.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Solomon is 31 in this story, in the Fall of 2057.
Solomon's Private File #355 "It Wood Happen"
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In the morning, I presented myself to the Forest World harvesting
expedition. I said, "I am Solomon, Inspector of Standards. Who is in
charge here? One said, "I am Laxcrupt." I said, "You're a biologist?"
He said, "I am, with Processing." I said, "And in charge of the
equipment?" One said, "I am Brideen, with Engineering." I said,
"Security?" One of three said, "I am Mantog." I said, "How many of
Security are usually on these expeditions?" He said, "Two. We rotate.
Today we have one extra for your personal protection." I said, "Thank
you. Which one of you is to kill me, or is it all of you of Security?"
They were all surprised, even the guards, but two of them looked
guilty, which wasn't lost on the rest. One of the guards was about to
speak. I said to him, "Don't, or they'll kill you, too." He nodded to
me.
I said, "So, let's get this started." I said with a grin, "This is
going to be interesting." I was assigned a halftrack truck to ride in,
with most of the other people. Then we started. One of the techs said
to me, "Sir, you expect Security to kill you?" I said, "I expect them
to try." He said, "Why would they do that?" I said, "I discovered some
things the Manager doesn't want me to report. Killing me is a good way
to stop that. Waiting until we were out in the forest, where they can
blame it on the natives, is the best way to do that. A mistake,
though." He said, fascinated, "Why is that a mistake?" I said,
"Allowing me to be killed would show Security in a very poor way. That
would cause a much bigger investigation, and would cause this whole
operation to be shut down." He said, "But you believe they will do it,
yet you are still here?" I said, "Yes. I've inspected the operations of
the other sections. Now I'm inspecting Security, and how they operate.
That's my job."
He said, "Wow!" I said, "I hear that a lot. They're making another
mistake. They assume I'm here about the illegal drugs. I'm not. I don't
even care about that. It's known. It's stopped at the ports. I'm here
about a much bigger issue that the manager doesn't know exists, and
wouldn't believe me if I told him. Hmm, interesting expressions." The
biologist laughed, and said, "He talked expressions to my boss, who
does have them." I said, "He was very put off by that, which was my
intent." Grins. They obviously disliked them. One said, "You were very
different in Engineering." I said, "Different people. We liked each
other." He nodded and said, "Yes you did. You severely impressed the
supervisor with your knowledge and intelligence." Biologist said, "My
supervisor tried to tell us the opposite about you, and failed. Some of
us heard you." I said, "I told Drogan he would do that, and to the
Manager, too."
One of the Guards said, "Did you tell him that you expected one of us
to kill you?" I said, "Ordered by the Manager to kill me, yes I did."
There were a lot of conflicting emotions going around. Biologist said,
"What is the issue we won't believe?" I said, "You're all in danger
here, from the REAL owners of the planet. No, it's not the green
people. I'm going to try to talk to the others today, to try to
convince them not to act against you, or at least not kill you. Yes,
they can. There are some things in the Survey report that weren't
released. They thought people wouldn't believe it. That was a mistake.
It might have prevented this." He said, "I have a feeling about this."
I said, "Trust it." He nodded and said, "Why haven't they acted before
this?" I said, "I suspect they are slow to make decisions and act on
them. And they were probably hoping somebody like me would come and
correct this. So, I expect something to happen soon, if I can't stop
it."
One said, "Do you know the language of the natives?" I said, "I do.
What Survey knows, I know. I believe in adequate preparation." They
really didn't doubt that. Biologist said the the guards, "I request
that you don't kill him. He may be our only hope if things go bad. And
his confidence in his ability to stop you from doing that, may come
from reality. He's far from stupid!" A guard said to me, "Proof?" I
said, "You're fourth level." I put my hand up, palm out, and said,
"Push." He tried with all his strength, and I didn't move at all. He
bowed in his seat to me, and said to the others, "He can kill us all
without even touching us." I said, "I'd rather not. Dead people are so
unfriendly. Really interesting expressions!" Chuckles.
One said, "Sir, are you a fighting expert?" I said, "I am many
things. Some I can even discus in polite terms." Chuckles. I said,
"That has been one of my professional interests. A little useful on
these missions. Yes, Drogan knew, after I told him about the killing
order. He expressed regret in not being able to see what would have
happened." Grins. One said, "Sir, I don't understand. How is it
possible to kill us without touching us, with fighting skills?" I
looked at the guard, who said, "We have a kind of internal energy that
science doesn't believe exists, but has been demonstrated. Very
advanced fighting masters can use this energy to aid in their fighting,
to protect themselves, make them stronger, and even strike with it out
of their bodies. The test we did here today, was making the body rigid,
and not able to be moved by any force. A simple non active test. No, I
can't do any of that. Way beyond my level." One of the other guards
said, "But you're a great fighter!" He said, "Thank you. But there is
greater." One said to me, "But your hands don't show it as much as his
does." I said, "True. People are different. I don't need to punch
people to end a fight. If making them laugh doesn't work." Chuckles. I
said, "Proved! You didn't fight with me!" More chuckles.
I said, "Imagine what a whole angry planetary population, who have
this ability, and are able to link all together, can do with it." They
were absolutely stunned! The guard said, "I believe him! One part of
his ability is to recognize that in others. That's why he knew I was
fourth level. He can sense them and their ability in this!" One said,
"But not the green people?" I said, "Correct. We'll see. Very soon,
actually." We were stopping in a clearing. We all got out of the
vehicles. Biologist said, "We harvest the vines that grow on these
trees. Medicinals that can't be synthesized." They used trucks with
extendable baskets that the pickers rode in, and picked from.
Some of the natives came out of the forest, and aided the pickers. I
asked the biologist, "Why do they help?" He said, "We give them some
trade goods. The say the vines aren't good for the trees, and like that
they are being removed. As if the trees actually had feelings." I said,
"All living things have feelings. Have you never seen a plant lean
toward the sun?" He looked at me, in dawning horror. I held my hand up
to him for silence. I beckoned one of the natives to me. I said in her
language, "Are you able to speak the words of the strangers here?" She
said, "I am." I said to her in that language, "When they take all the
water of knowledge from a tree, what happens to it?" She said in that
language, "It dies!" I said to her, "I am ready. Will they allow
contact without that?" She said, "For you, Master of Life, they will."
I nodded, and said, "Where?" She pointed. I said, "Up THERE?" She tried
not to laugh, and said, "Yes." I said, "These things won't reach that."
She said, "That will not stop you."
I said to the lead guard, "These people can sense the energy you
spoke of, but not use it." He said, "That explains their reverence for
you." I said, "Clear a path to the tree on this side." They did, and
fast. I moved well back, and with a running start, I jumped up onto the
tree trunk, and climbed it very fast to a high big limb. Then I put my
forehead against a smooth section of the bark on the trunk. I said to
the linked minds of the trees, "Do you still agree to the plan?" It
said, "We do. Your friend is now ours, as you are. We understand they
were not able to know of us. We will cause them to leave." I said with
humor, "And be very surprised." They responded in kind. I pulled my
head away from the trunk, and dropped down to the ground, and rolled
out of the landing. They were all astounded by that.
I said to the biologist, "You never did an examination of one of
these people?" He said, "I didn't." I said, "On your world, there are
many species that in growing, change forms. These trees, are the adult
form of these people, and they are conscious. They rule this world, and
demand that you leave. I have helped them to decide to not kill you
right away, but they're going to do things to help motivate you to
leave." They felt a rumble in the ground. I said, "Er, like that. I
think we should return before the ship leaves." Biologist said, "Right.
Pack up and get ready to move!" They did that in a hurry.
I said to the Singer, "All will happen as we will. No, I will not
leave this world with them. What an unpleasant voyage that would be!"
She tried not to laugh. I hugged them all with love, and then climbed
back into the transport. I said to the guards, "Thank you for not
killing me." One said, "You're welcome." Grins. We rode back in
silence. The ground was still rumbling. My first friend was outside
waiting for us. I told her who I wanted in the Manager's office. She
said, "Chemist is there now. I'll call the Engineer." I told who of my
party I wanted with me, and we went into the Admin building, and in the
managers office. He said, "What are you doing here! I demand an
explanation!" I said, "You'll have it." The Engineer came in. I said to
my martial artist guard friend, "Guard the Chemist. He's the cause of
all this. He says anything, shut it for him. Not too much damage.
Protect him from others. A little." He nodded. I said, "Drogan, tell
the Manager about Ki, and then I'll demonstrate it." He did, and I
said, "I am a Master of that." I did a palm thrust at him, and he and
his chair hit the wall behind him.
I said, "That was on the lowest power I can use. At full power, I can
knock down this building. Need me to do that for you, to prove it?" He
In regular voice, I said, "Another ability of the Master of Ki. Answer
my question. Do you need me to destroy a building with my power, to
cause you to believe it exists?" Ne said, "No, I can believe it. Drogan
verifies it." I said to Drogan, "Told him everything?" He said, "Of
what you said to me, yes." I said, "Others here, verify what you can,
of what I say. The natives can sense Ki in others, but not use it.
That's why they are in awe of me." Nods. I said, "There is something
else you don't know about them. They have an unusual life cycle. The
natives you know of, are the immature stage. In their adult stage, they
become trees, and they are VERY powerful in Ki, and they are linked
together all over the world. It's they who are making the ground shake,
as a warning. I convinced them not to kill you all now. But they won't
be as patient as they usually are."
I said to the Chemist, "You were killing very intelligent beings in
your taking of that illegal drug. They liked you and your people. You
were helping them better than their own children were. Then you started
killing them. They would have let you stay, and with love. Now they
want you to leave, or die. YOU caused this, in your arrogance and
greed! Each one of those trees can do more than I can with Ki. All
together, their power is enormous. And Ki isn't restricted to the speed
of light." Drogan said, "Oh no!" I said, "Yes, they can destroy a space
ship or world in another system. They learned about those things from
you. Yes, they can read minds, if they act together. That's how they
communicated with me today. And they're still in contact with me, and
watching us."
We all felt a pain in our heads for a second. I said, "I didn't do
that! They did. Another warning, obviously." Engineer said, "I like
those people! I didn't know they were children, but it explains a lot.
So it's not a religion, but reality!" I said, "Would any of you have
believed me, without all this buildup of support?" Manager sighed, and
said, "We wouldn't have." Engineer tried to attack the Chemist. He was
prevented. I said, "I know how you feel. He'll suffer more, the right
way. The ship is still here. Order an emergency evacuation?" Manager
said, "They'll have to unload things first." He called the Captain, and
said, "I'm ordering an emergency evacuation of all personnel and what
it will need to support them in the ship. No, we're not coming back.
I'll explain later. It would take too long to make you believe it now."
Then he said to us, "No announcement from me. Section supervisors, take
care of it. Record all hard copy records and documents. Yes,
everything. One light bag per person of personal things. If there's
room, after loading all the food you can, load the computers. No cargo.
Anything over that, use your best judgement. Problems, you can stay
here. Biologist, take charge of your Section. Security, maintain order,
with force if you have to. Try to avoid killing people, or even
injuring people. Who wants to hear their complaints all the way home?
Drogan, Restrain Instarach in the ship. I hope he resists." Nods.
Alone with me, the Manager said, "Your friend who watches you, told
you about this situation?" I said, "No she didn't. She's lived for over
90,000 years, almost completely passive, but for her mental
explorations. I've known her for years. Until now, I've been the only
person she talks to. There were many reasons for me to take this job,
but the one I like the most, is that I can give her the gift of a new
friend, who is most like her in body, and in some qualities of mind.
Someone more her equal, than I am. Someone who needs her help to
understand things. Someone to give her a real purpose." She flooded me
with love. He felt it. I said, "Yes, that's her." He said, "Wow!" I
said, "I agree. First time she's shared her feelings so intensely, that
another could feel it." We didn't say anything for a while.
Drogan came back, and said, "I have some more questions. That break
in, was that you?" I said, "I caused it. A little psychological ploy,
to learn more of how things are, here. Oh, and I am unable to lie." He
nodded. Then he said, "But how, without leaving your rooms?" I just
grinned. He said, "Were you in direct connection with the trees before
today?" I said, "No. They need that physical contact that I did in the
forest, to get it going their way. With more learned skill, they won't
need to do that in the future. My friend will help them with that." He
said, "Could they destroy our world from here?" I said, "That depends
on what you mean by destroy, and one other factor. Can they reach it
with their power? Yes. Any world in this galaxy. Can they have the will
to destroy much of the life on a planet, no. They're plants, not
animals." He said, "Can they populate other worlds, and will they?" I
said, "They could, but they won't. No, I'm not going to tell you why,
but that it was part of the arrangement we made." He said, "How do you
know they will keep to the agreement?" I said, "They want friends, they
will." He said, "Oh!"
Manager, "Your room on the ship is going to be a little er, full." I
said, "Yes, but without me." I said to Drogan, "Did you really expect
me to depend on a company ship for transportation?" He said, "Not if I
had thought about it." Grins. He said to the Manager, "He knows more
than the supervisors of each of our sections, including mine, about
their entire specialties, but he thinks most like a security man." I
said, "Who doesn't like to be secure?" He said, "Speaking about that,
how did you evade my sensors to do the break in?" I said, "I detected
them in the room. I could have used Ki to influence the watchers and
others of your staff to make it so I wasn't detected. But I didn't need
to do it that way." He made a silent wow. I said, "Ha! I told you about
using that word up." He laughed.
Manager said, "Would you tell us where your mind traveling friend
lives?" I said, "No. You couldn't survive there. She eats intense
radiation. But nicely. She likes my humor." He said, "I've heard some
of that. Did Standards assign you to this job?" I said, "Not exactly. I
told them what I was going to do, and they agreed to my using their
authority. Have I said before, that I like surprising people?" Drogan
said, "Yes you have! But who told you about this, then?" I said, "You
would have a lot of trouble believing that. Not nearly enough wows
available." He said, "Do you have a supervisor?" I said, "I do." He
said, "Does he?" I said, "No. My report will reach Standards, and other
galactic authorities, and your world, before you do. It won't be as bad
as you might think. Survey is going to get an earful, for holding back
part of their report. They knew about the life cycle, and hid that." He
said, "Why?" I said, "They didn't want to lose credibility, thinking
they wouldn't be believed."
Manager said, "Our facilities and equipment here. What will happen to
it?" I said, "It will all be sent into the sun. They have the power,
but not yet the requisite control. A little help will take care of
that." He said, "Will you be staying long here?" I said, "Only long
enough for them to honor me the only way they know how. A planet full
of love would kill you. Not me. And I will introduce them to my
supervisor." He said, "He's here?" I said, "He will be. Here's a
recording of what was said here, and most of the er, situations I was
involved in here. Could make things easier to explain the evacuation to
the Captain, and your Corporate boss. Er, change easier to helpful?"
Chuckles.
Drogan said, "Your ability with Ki. Are there others of similar
ability?" I said, "You would expect my students to be among them. Yes.
Those not my students, not quite as much, depending on their survived
contact with unusual people, as most of them are largely self taught. I
see the desire. I will not be taking fighting students in this galaxy
at this time. Oh, another surprise?" Nods. Manager said, "Would you
tell us how old you are?" I said, "No. I think we've used up your
available wows. I'm going to say farewell to your assistant, and then
be mostly unavailable to you." I bowed and walked out.
I found her resting for a second between calls. I said, "Here's a
recording of what's happened. Manager has one. Yours might not be
unavailable, unless somebody wants something bad from me." She grinned.
I offered to hug, and she accepted. I helped her to sit, with my
gigantic aura showing. I said, "Best to not mention this." She nodded.
I faded away. She tried to say wow.
I shifted, with notice, to the office of the Chairman of the
Standards Agency, the galactic government's watchdogs. I said, "Here's
my report, including recommendations. Here's recordings of some
situations. Planet should be posted." She said, "Thank you! This could
have been a disaster." I said, "Now, it's just unusual." Smiles. She
said, "We'll send this on to their corporate people. It should arrive
before they do." I said, "They'll be taking off in a few nervous
hours." She tried not to grin, and said, "More of that in this"" I
said, "As if I could resist it." Grins. I offered to hug, and I helped
her to sit, after. Then I shifted out.
I said through my presence with my plant friend, "Having fun?" She
said, "Yes I am! Thank you for the lessons in splitting my mental
processes. That's very useful!" I said, "I couldn't do much without it.
Well, millions of inactive bodies would be a little odd." She laughed.
She said, "You exposed my watching." I said, "Not in a way my group
will know about. I wasn't monitored." She said, "Oh. I should have
known." I said, "Yes you should have." Humor. I said, "Trees have
power, you've got knowledge and technique. Both have intelligence,
mostly unused. Going to be FUN to watch this!" She said, "I am now the
watched. A different feeling." I said, "Get used to it." She said,
"Will you advise us?" I said, "As much as you advised me? Ha! You can't
actually growl." Laughter, with love.
The space ship lifted off from the Forest World. Then all the trees
flooded me with their love. I said to them, "Thank you for your love.
Here is mine. " I did a world broadcast, and they were astounded, and
then God joined us, and said, "Solomon is my Senior Agent for all time
and Spaces. To love and obey him, is to love and obey me. We are
truth!" He left, I said, "That was the Supreme Being. Now to work. They
left some things. What shall we do with them?" My plant friend said,
"We could help them to remove those things." I said, "No, YOU can help
them to remove those things. I'll be lazy and just watch. What are you
waiting for?" She said, "The impatience of animals." I gave her a rude
noise, and they laughed.
The Admin building crumbled. She said to them, "Hold them like you
love them, and slowly." Residence building went up as one piece, and
into a trajectory that would eventually cause it to fall in to the sun.
She had shown them how to calculate that. Then the other things went up
in quick succession. Then the remaining foundations went up. I said,
"Well done. Would you like me to clean the land, and put the plants
back?" They did, and that's what I did, to their amazement.
Their children went to that place then, and played in happiness. I
sat and watched them. Many of them came often to sit with me and hug
me. I was natural for that, as they were. I did that in many places on
that world. They loved me, and I loved them. It was great. It was love.
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