Chapter 198 - Dr. Malachi – Ocean's Oldest Memories Part 1

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Abraham Malachi

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"Tell me more about the beach, Ocean. Tell me all about it." My words were still spoken in that powerful, magic infused, hypnotic tone. That was to keep him deep under my spell while I stepped out of my consciousness and walked into his. This was not something that I would do with just anyone. It was a good thing that I was very good at this maneuver too, because it could cause damage to the mind of your patients if you weren't careful.

"There is a large fire pit. Something that I started working on when I was twelve and would go to the beach. There is a large white driftwood branch that I pulled over there with the help of my brother. It is positioned so that I can see the fire and the ocean at the same time. Smaller branches and logs are around the fire pit, but they are smaller than the original one."

"What else is there? What can you see when you turn your head?" I had to keep guiding him as he spoke in that monotonous voice.

"The waves are crashing onto the beach. It's not the pure sandy beach like you find further down. This part of the beach is near the trees, and it's covered in pebbles and rocks. But those rocks have been smoothed over by the water that washes over them every day. The sun is starting to set in the distance and that has made the colors of the sky change and reflect on the water. It's so pretty that I can't take my eyes off of it. The different shades of yellow, orange, and red are mixed with the clouds and the water. I love when I get to see this. Sunset at my favorite spot is better than almost anything. This is only beaten by the view at sunrise."

This boy inherited more than just his father's Y chromosome. He inherited a poetic heart and a truly beautiful soul. That was something that most Sirens could never hope to possess.

I did my best to follow his words into his mind. While he spoke, I slipped out of my own mind and felt my consciousness leave my body. This was the most difficult part of this whole process. I needed to leave my body but keep my eyes open when I did. If my eyes closed, then Ocean would wake up. And if he woke up while I was inside his mind, that could trap me for a little while. I wouldn't be able to get out until he went to sleep for real and opened his mind once again.

My consciousness wasn't like a see-through version of my body moving out of and then standing up to look back at my real body. No, it wasn't anything like that. That would be too much of what Hollywood wanted us to think.

What did happen, was that there was a small, nearly invisible cloud that rose out of my chest. There it spiraled and coalesced in my lap until there was a tiny little version of myself standing on my lap. It looked child-like compared to the real me. And yes, it looked like I did at the moment.

The small, barely visible version of myself had the white and blue scales that made up my dragon body. There was a swirling head of magic hair that was blue and white. And there were even little clawed hands and feet that made up my In Between form. Half human-half dragon, that was what I was right then.

While Ocean spoke, describing what he saw to me, I moved forward. And yes, I am talking about my tiny little chibi-looking version of myself. That little me was where my mind was right now, so that is the me that I was controlling.

I am capable of seeing things in this state that I never could while in my physical body. Things like the string of words that Ocean was saying. He was talking to me and hypnotized by me so everything that he was focused on was coming directly to me. His words were literally acting like a bridge between us. If he hadn't been in this state, I would have needed to hop from word to word as he spoke like some sort of weird parkour expert. The idea was funny at the moment and I almost wished that I would have to do that right now so I could pretend to be in the cheesy action movies where people run up the sides of buildings and things like that.

I didn't need to jump and leap from word to word though, so I just ran quickly across the word-bridge that he had made for me. I wanted to hurry even though I knew I had plenty of time. Analise had threatened her son to keep him out of the house. Still, if someone came in and disturbed us, it could cause problems.

The bridge took me right to Ocean's face. I was literally standing there looking at his closed eyes and long lashes. He was such an innocent looking boy.

I needed to focus though. I needed to keep moving and not let myself get distracted. I had to get inside of his mind and that was not exactly an easy step to this process.

I needed to push my way into his mind. Most people fought me tooth and nail even when they agreed to this whole process. It's not like they did it on purpose, it was their subconscious that was fighting me on their behalf. Most people didn't like their innermost thoughts to be invaded and so they didn't let me in all that easily.

Not to mention, I literally had to walk into Ocean's head. I had to leap onto his shoulder and push my way into his mind from the outside. That was physically exhausting, and I wasn't even in my real body. It didn't matter that I was just a part of my own mind, when I woke up I would be physically exhausted.

"Ocean, I am going to enter your mind now. I am going to join you on the beach, OK?" Even in this state I spoke with the same deep and hypnotic voice.

"O..OK." He agreed and didn't argue, which was good. We will see how much he fought me when I tried to walk into his mind.

I took a deep breath because, yes, even metaphysical beings needed to breath from time to time. I steeled my nerves and braced myself for the massive fight that I knew I was about to have.

Only, that fight didn't come at all. What the hell was going on?

The moment that I started to push my way into Ocean's mind, past his ear, his hair, his scalp, skull, all of it, I was pushing my way inside of him and he wasn't fighting me at all. This was the first time that someone's psyche had not tried to revolt and boot me out of them. I was honestly so surprised that I didn't know what to do. I was not expecting this at all.

"Are you OK, Ocean? Is everything still good with you? You stopped telling me about the beach that you were looking at." I spoke to him as I entered his mind, and I felt the words enter my mind before the sound did.

"You seemed busy. I didn't want to distract you. I am sorry." What the hell was up with this kid? He wasn't like the other people that I have encountered before. He put up a strong front and tried to act tough, but that wasn't really him, was it? He was highly empathetic and sensitive. I think that he knew what was coming long before I entered his mind and that was why he didn't fight me as I entered. That, or there was something else about him that I didn't know about.

For the first time in my entire life, I entered someone's consciousness without fighting my way into it. I walked into his mind and entered the image of the beach that Ocean was seeing. It truly was a beautiful picture, and I could easily see why this was the place that brought him peace.

"Hello, Ocean." I called out to him when I saw him standing there, waiting for me.

"Hello, Dr. Malachi." He didn't look nervous or scared like some of the people that I entered did. He was calm and at ease.

"I want you to wait here for me while I look around. Can you do that for me?"

"Where are you going to go?" He still hadn't moved at all. He was just standing stock still while he spoke.

"Have a seat, Ocean, let me tell you what I am going to do." He immediately did what I told him to, and I sat next to him on the tree. Ocean was watching the ocean, which was something that sounded funny but also interesting.

"What are you doing, Dr. Malachi? Why are we here?"

"Do you know where here is, Ocean?" I wanted to know how aware he was.

"We're inside my mind, aren't we? We were at my home and now we're inside my mind."

"Yes, we are. And the reason we are here, Ocean, is because I need to know more about the day you were born than what your parents can tell me. I need to see who your mother was and what happened to you. This is the first step into finding out why you are what you are." I tried not to be too rude or anything as I explained things to him."

"So, you're going to look at my memories?" He seemed ready to accept it so easily.

"Yes, Ocean, I am."