Chapter 7

In life and in death things sometimes happen that are beyond our control. We all felt what was starting to happen to Kim before he realized that something was taking over him.

He winced, held his left side and said, "Ouch. Man that hurts."

The rest of us had already experienced an operation and knew what was going on with him. We all were sure what was going to happen next.

Kim's face got pale and it was obvious to us he was starting to mist. He was being called back to his Host and didn't have the slightest idea what was happening to him. Seeing I had the closest connection to him as he faded into the abyss I fed over to him, "Don't worry. Everything's OK."

I could feel his panic as he saw everything go white around him. "No, it's not," he thought to himself in response to the flash, "I'm dead."

I tried to continue to assure him he was not dying nor had his host died. Because he'd left us, the connection was briefly broken. I knew we'd reconnect as soon as he reached his destination.

I did the best thing I could think of and sped off to his operating room. Being just slightly more experienced than him, I was there first. I even had to wait a bit for him. I was thinking speed, so I misted more quickly than Kim.

He returned to hover over the operating table in the same position I'd initially found him. He formed the thought, "Thank God, I'm not dead," upon seeing the surgery team hard at work. They were working with precision performing the difficult procedure to implant his new kidney.

I surprised him when I said, "Told you so."

Like before, I tugged on his leg, bringing him to stand beside me at the end of the operating table.

"Man, I was so worried," Kim admitted. "I just don't want to be dead right now."

"I can't see the future," I told him, "But I'd be willing to bet on it that you'll come through all of this with flying colors."

I could feel a jolt pass right though him and his mind. "The future? How about the past?" he asked. "What if that terrible cry is coming to from the past?"

I thought, "I'm not sure that's possible."

"What if it could?" Kim returned to me.

"You said it yourself, every time you heard the young woman there's been a bolt of lightning. That's a huge amount of energy and perhaps it triggered the event letting you hear her pleas."

Just about then, the operating room got real crowded as the rest of my crew materialized. Tammy spoke first, "Seeing the past? Interesting concept.

"From what I've found out," she continued, "we Spirits can only rummage through our own past.