Chapter 38 Mother To All

Sometime in the middle of the night, I woke up to a strange feeling that was pulling at me. It was hard to describe what it felt like, and strangely enough, Orphus wasn't replying to me.

Amy was still cuddled into me, so I took my time, slowly got out of bed, and stood up. Even though I couldn't hear the AI, I was still in the Great Tree, and Amy was still sleeping in my bed.

I made sure that Amy was covered, and I kissed her cheek before making my way out of the room. The house was quiet as I left the room, the door silently closing behind me as I followed the feeling that was pulling me forward.

I was led back down the stairs and over to the first floor, where the elevator was waiting for me, already open. This was strange because I had sent no mental note to open this door, and I was sure I had closed it before.

I walked up to the elevator, but I didn't step in right away. The force was still pulling at me, but I was starting to get leery.

*Come to me.*

The voice was like a whisper in my mind, but it was definitely a female that had called to me in my mind. I still didn't enter the elevator.

"Who are you?" I asked quietly.

*Mother of All. I am waiting for you, Daniel Brighton.*

Mother of all? What was that even supposed to mean?

The voice also knew my name, which was enough to make me step inside. I was also struck with a deep connection to the voice that I couldn't place my finger on.

Once in the elevator, it started to go down, but much further than I would have ever imagined. I watched the floors of the Great Tree fly by me as the basket I was standing in continued until there was nothing but earth and roots.

I kept going deeper and deeper, but the elevator was not stopping, and my ears popped twice before I finally started to slow. When I stopped, the elevator door opened to a strange massive cavern with a bright crystal in the top far corner, lighting up the large cavern.

"Welcome, Daniel," the same voice that had been in my head asked me out loud, but I didn't see anyone.

"Umm, hello? Who are you, and why have you asked me here?" I asked, not sure what else to say.

The cavern was filled with glowing crystal and vibrant and colorful plants, but no matter where I looked, I couldn't find the source of the voice.

"My name is Gaia, and I am the spirit of this world. I govern the flow of natural energy that provides for all that live on this planet. Something has happened, and now the world is tearing itself apart. These new Villains aren't the only ones doing this; even some of the old humans are joining them or doing unspeakable things on their own," Gaia explained, but I still couldn't tell where her voice was coming from.

"Yeah, the world really is going to hell in a handbasket," I said as I looked around the cavern and then asked, "So, what are we going to do about it?"

"I am not sure. You are the first human that I have ever been able to contact since the beginning of time when my spirit was pulled to inhabit this world," Gaia explained, and I lifted an eyebrow.

"Are you serious? Haven't humans connected to the earth before this through meditation?" I asked, not really sure if that had anything to do with it.

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"Meditation is another form of energy transfer to me. Like when you sleep, meditation returns new energy you have produced from your daily life is returned to me, and I send the energy that helps you be able to get up and do this. It comes back to me as energy when something dies, and then I spread it out to create more life," Gaia explained.

This was interesting, but I didn't think that this was why I was brought here.

"So, since we are talking now, what does this mean? Are you going to help me?" I asked, and suddenly there was a green light in front of me, just floating there.

Then the light started to grow until a green and glowing naked woman was standing before me. She had long wavy hair, just the way I liked it, and every other part of her body was perfect in my mind.

"I can't do anything as I am now. This body is just a projection of your mind to be what you desire most. As I am, I can't do anything other than advising you since you have the power to connect to me and the earth energy, the Life Steam," Gaia explained as she stood before me.

"But what would you be able to do if I could, let's say, find you a body?" I asked.

I had been wondering about this briefly as a way to get Orphus out of my head. If I could create a body as a blank slate, I might be able to somehow put the AI consciousness into it.

"I should be able to help you, but I am not sure that it is possible for a Spirit like me to take a physical form," Gaia explained, and I nodded.

"I am not really sure either, but I have a voice inside of my head that I assume you are blocking right now, right?" I asked.

"Yes, that thing in your mind is dangerous. He is just like the others that have infected thousands all over the world!" Gaia exclaimed, and I shrugged.

"Sometimes, when every choice you have is a bad one, you just have to pick the one that is the least worse. Orphus isn't good, but he isn't all the way bad either. I think that I might change his outlook on things if I can get him into his own body," I explained, and Gaia nodded.