07: A New Beginning

Pachi's fathers face haunted him.

"You failed, yet again, Pachi. Soon, everyone you love, including Kai, Lia, and your Sizuka will die. And it will be your fault."

That voice wasn't Yahweh's or his father's. It was a deep, dark, depressing voice.

"Why don't you give up, Pachi? Turn away? Go back home and let the world fall. They don't need you, they never will. They won't listen to you-"

"Stop." Pachi's voice was firm.

His dreams took him to his yard and the battle with Rachin, and Rachin towered over him.

"Pachi, I'm going to take Sizuka from you and have my way with her. I'm going to make you watch, and then I'm going to kill her and you. I already killed your sister, and now I'm going to kill you."

Pachi jolted up and Sizuka came up with him. He squeezed her tightly.

"Sizuka, I'm going to protect you with my life," he breathed heavily, "and I'm not going to let Rachin lay a finger on you."

Sizuka was shaking bad. It seems she had a nightmare too.

"Pachi, I'm scared."

Sizuka's shaking calmed down again, but she started crying.

"I had a dream you were going to die." Sizuka said.

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Kai woke up in a sweaty mess, recalling the dream he had.

"Kai, are you okay, sweetheart?" Lia asked.

"I saw Pachi die in my dreams. I can't lose that knucklehead, he's the closest thing I have to a best friend and a brother. I can't live without him." Kai said.

He's not going to die. The tempter and evil one, Lucifer is putting those lies into your head, Kai. None of you are going to die, and I will make sure of it. The people you encounter, though, they will. They will give their lives for the sake of the Message that will set them free, and they will rest in Taevas with me. Pachi's father, mother, and your family is already here, too.

Yahweh sure had a way with his words, Kai thought to himself.

"Lia, none of us are going to die. If you had a nightmare of us dying, it was from Lucifer. He hates what we are going to do."

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Pachi opened up the Sancti and read the book of Matthew.

"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Matthew 10:29-31." Pachi read aloud, and felt comforted.

"Pachi, you need to get some rest. We have an hour long hike ahead, and if you don't fall asleep, I'll smother you with a pillow." Sizuka said, with a bit of anger.

"Jeez, Sizuka, okay, I'll go back to sleep with you." Pachi said.

His dreams were haunting him yet again, but this time, the Advocate stepped in with him.

"Pachi, I will kill you-" Rachin began, but the Advocate, better known as the Spirit of Yahweh, stopped him.

"You will do no such thing to my son. He is going to change this world and through him, I will give people hope. They will once again believe in the grace that your kind and the corrupt leaders of this world have perverted. I made grace available to ALL men, not to the rich and elect." The Advocate spoke.

The dream had faded into a daylight sunrise, and Sizuka was in Pachi's face.

"Good morning, sleepyhead! I was about to wake you up." She said. "Come on, get up and get ready, we have a long day ahead."

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