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PART TWO: DECEPTION

CHAPTER-TEN

REBIRTH

©2017, Olan L. Smith

Alicia said, "Show me the science lab. That is my purpose."

"Your purpose extends far beyond this lab and these images. Your selection was one of character. The Twelve have chosen you over the other on your team for a purpose. You are a warrior, a fighter and you will do battle, and your courage will honor the Lord of Host."

"We wouldn't have this conversation, outside the temple, would we?"

"That's true. In here, your intuitive powers are muted. If you think you know it all, you will not ask questions and you won't be able to increase in wisdom. Without learning, wisdom cannot grow and without wisdom, our movement would die. But soon not even this temple will mute your thoughts."

In a matter of hours she downloaded the telemetry that showed her side of the story, and via the internet, and online interviews with many major news outlets, she made the early morning news shows, and her Skype interviews also hit the airways. The truth about the object orbiting Jupiter brought the City of God to the awareness of most everyone around the world, and Dr. Alicia Santos was trending on the internet. Many predicted the End of Days, others were interested in an alien side of the story with internet blogs saying, "God is an alien." Many citizens weren't shocked that the government was involved in the cover-up. Alien abductees marched in the street, feeling they were no longer outcasts, and many people joined the SDL to show their support. The Pope gave a speech assuring the world that this was not the work of God, which only served to feed the frenzy. Many went to their churches to pray, and a large group of the public believed Dr. Santos was the liar. Still, her respect among the scientific community held weight. The government brought the head of NASA to deny any manipulation of the images, even though on closer inspection he discovered the NASA images were indeed tampered with. Homeland Security agents stood behind him for the purpose of intimidation, and to reassure the nation that these Dr. Santos' images were fake. Alicia received calls for days to be interviewed, and when she returned home she felt her job was successful. People mobbed her, wherever she appeared, until the government leaked information to the press that she had join the SDL religious movement. This seemed to give her motive to lie and doctor the images to fit the prediction of the end of the world, predicted by the new cult.

In an interview on a late night show the host asked, "Dr. Santos, are you a member of the Followers of the Voice, and if so, why should we believe you?"

Alicia answered, "It is true I recently join the Voice. However, I was not a religious person when I downloaded the images from Cassini-2 of this object. At first I did believe this to be the first proof that there is intelligent life in the universe, until the FBI and Homeland Security intervened and told us to doctor the images, I was determined to reveal to the world the cover-up. We were force by the FBI to doctor the images. At first, I believed this to be a cover-up like the Roswell incident. On the return home I became even more convince it was necessary to protect the public from this misinformation. At home, I had a religious experience that opened my eyes of the need to reveal the truth to the world."

"What was this experience that changed your worldview, and made you a religious person?"

"Tom, all my life I believe in only one thing; myself and science. In my worldview, if you could not see it, feel it, taste it; then it did not exist. God to me was a crutch for those of lesser intelligence than me, and believe me my IQ is in the upper one percentile. I could not communicate well with people with less intelligence. You could compare it to you trying to communicate with an amoeba, I am sure you have run across that problem interviewing some of your guests." The audience laughed, and Tom said to leave him out of it. She continued, "I was lonely and even among colleagues I found a disparity between myself and my co-workers. That night at home, Levi appeared to me, and allowed me to understand, just how little I knew about anything. Compared to him, I was the amoeba. He informed me that the government was looking for me, and so he hid me in plain sight, and ushered me to his temple. Now, many of you who are listening will believe I have gone nuts, that I am bonkers, or whacko, well, I will not fool myself that I can change your opinions. Nevertheless, know this, to tell a lie of this proportion is a sin and means the eternal death of my soul. I would not risk that for anyone. You will remember my words, when the earth shakes with a vengeance. Tomorrow night the earth will suffer greatly, and many will die. You will be unable to escape its wrath. You will not be able to run. Those who survive will seek shelter and find it only in the temple of the Lord."

"You have laid it on pretty thick, Dr. Santos. I am not sure if I should grab a shovel and dig my way out, or build an ark. All I know for sure is it really stinks in here."

"When you ignored the Lord's servant, Tecumseh, many died. So it will be tomorrow."

"What is this reference to Tecumseh mean?"

"Tecumseh was a great Indian prophet, who in order to stand against the white man, tried to bring unity to his people. When they refused he warned them of the anger of the Great Spirit. He told them before he left that when he returned home, he would stomp his feet and the earth would shake. That was in eighteen-eleven, the year of the first of the great New Madrid earthquakes."