Solomon's Private File #339
These stories about Stephen and Solomon take place starting in
1950's. Stephen wrote about his life in letters to a penpal, and then
in a secure blog, in case he lost his memory again, in the master
computer in his school for gifted students, which he started attending
in 2016 in a new incarnation, until his death. Now his son Solomon is
attending the same school, and is writing in his own secure blog for
his future incarnations.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Solomon is 30 in this story, in the Winter of 2056-2057.
Solomon's Private File #339 "It's The Bomb!"
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I shifted to an office in an elaborate underground bunker. I looked
like them, and my aura wasn't showing. They didn't know about any
offworld things. Their level of tech was like the Earth in the 1970's.
My appearance surprised everybody. Some soldiers drew their guns, and
one yelled, "Get on the floor!" I said, "What's the matter, you don't
have enough chairs?" They yelled some more. I said, "Repeating the same
words won't change much. Try some different ones, possibly more
polite?" They were about to yell some more, when a man said, "Stand
down. We can see he's unarmed." I looked at my arms, and he had to
smile.
The President said, "Does your lack of concern about our weapons
indicate that they can't harm you?" I said, "That is correct. You
wouldn't want them to fire down here, if you value your hearing." He
said, "I was considering that." I said, "Silencers would have been
smart. Missing some of that, too?" He had to laugh. Others didn't. He
said to me, "Your method of arrival. Is that of an advanced technology
from the other side?" I said, "No, and which other side?" He said, "Our
enemy, who bombed one of our cities." I said, "Oh, them. No." He said,
"So you are a citizen of THIS country?" I said, "You may consider me a
neutral observer. I am Solomon. I know who you are."
He said, "Unusual name." I said with a smile, "Some would say that is
appropriate for me." He said, "Why are you here?" I said, "I've come to
watch you cause the extinction of almost all life on this world." He
stared at me. Then he said, "They used atomic weapons first." I said,
"First is unimportant. Last is of supreme importance." One said, "See
here, some of our people were murdered! That's important!" I said, "It
is! But compared to ALL being murdered? Billions more? Including more
of yours? Can any of you apply some thinking here, instead of
irresponsible emotional reactions?"
One of the military men tried to shoot me. I suppressed some of the
sound, and stopped the bullet in the air. I said I did that. I asked
the shooter, "Why did you do that?" He said, "To test what you said.
You said we should think. To do that, more information is useful." I
said, "Action in violation of superior's order, subject to punishment?"
He said, "I knew I would have to accept that." I said, "Good man." I
bowed to him, but he wasn't as surprised as all the others.
The President said, "Who ARE you?" I said, "I told you. I'm Solomon.
Stay on track, please. A city was destroyed, and its people killed. It
was caused by a fission bomb. A small one, as these things go. Do we
agree as to those facts?" He said, "We do." I said, "How did the bomb
get there?" He looked at a General, who said, "We aren't sure." I said,
"Would you have detected a missile?" He said, "I believe we would
have." I said, "Airplane?" He said, "It's possible. Flight information
in that area is destroyed." I said, "Enemy military aircraft able to
drop a bomb?" He said, "None detected approaching the area." I said,
"You would have detected it if it had happened, and very excitedly." He
smiled, and said, "Yes." I said, "Any other method of delivery left to
consider?" He said, "It could have been moved by ship or truck."
I said, "So, in the matter of delivery, you have no physical proof of
who did that." He said, "Correct." I said, "Were you able to determine
who made the bomb?" He said, "We can't. I think you know that." I said,
"True. If somebody wanted to do this the most convenient way, they
would use a bomb that was already the nearest to the target. Does that
sound reasonable?" He said, "It does." I said, "Let's leave that for
now. The other country who has them. Have they said they did it?"
President said, "They said they didn't do it." I said, "Well, if they
had wanted to win a war, wouldn't they have done more of this at the
same time, to destroy your ability to return fire?" He said, "That's
reasonable, but they might want to start small, testing us." I said,
"Only if they are incredibly stupid. You still have the ability to
destroy them all, without sustaining more losses, and a strong
motivation to do it." He said, "True. It's difficult to imagine they
are that stupid." I said, "But they are not so stupid that they won't
feel they HAVE to take advantage of this, because they have good reason
not to trust YOUR intelligence."
He said, "Yes! I see that!" I said, "So, if it wasn't them, whoever
did it had to have a reason for it. A bad divorce? Probability not.
Political? What did they hope to accomplish with this?" He said, "War?"
I said, "Anybody have another idea?" One said, "As a wakeup call about
the danger of atomic weapons?" I said, "A good motivation for an er,
unusual minded person. It's unlikely to work as he would want, but he
wouldn't see that. A fanatic with most of his screws loose." Chuckles.
I said, "But he couldn't obtain the weapon without detection."
I said, "So now we have to consider access, and the ability to move
the weapon. In both countries, only scientists and the military have
the means to do this. And with the military, the motive is likely to
start a war. He would likely expect instant annihilating retaliation.
So, if he's from the enemy, that would be suicide." President said,
"Oh! I see where you're leading! If it isn't the enemy, it's one of our
own military people, who wanted to start a war he would expect us to
win." I said, "Definitely not a scientist. Prevailing winds would send
radioactive fallout over the ocean, right to this county. Destroy that
country, and you destroy this one, too, but slower. And most of the
life on this world. A scientist would know that. So, working this
possibility, we have established it would be a military person with
access and authority to do this, and we have established a possible
motive. Now let's speculate on who it could be. To start, where would
he be now? He would have planned this."
President said, "Here, would be his best choice." I said, "I see some
suspicions. One here has already shown his loyalty and personal
bravery, and so is above suspicion." I nodded to the Major who had shot
at me. He nodded back. I said, "To narrow the field, who has pushed
strongly for counterattacking the most, from the start?" They all
looked at one general. He said, "I didn't do that! I'm loyal to this
country!" I said, "There are three generals here. Only one has a
weapon, and that is not considered the usual part of the uniform for
him." He said, "In an emergency it is, if one is near at hand." I said,
"True. Did anybody see you with that BEFORE the emergency happened?"
The major alerted. I nodded to him, and he said to the President, "Sir,
may I speak?" The general said, "Major, you may not!" The President
said, "As your Commander In Chief, I order you to speak your mind on
this issue, and forbid all reprisals." He said, "Sir, I did see the
general wearing the pistol before the event. He had not done that
before, to my knowledge."
I said, "Do you know if he has ever been in command of a unit that
had direct access to atomic bombs?" He said, "Yes, sir, he has." I
said, "Do you know if one was ever lost?" He said, "Oh! One plane went
down off the East coast, and the bomb was never recovered. Or so we
thought." I said to the general, "You couldn't be sure it would
actually work, with all it had been through. Used a technician? Any of
them go missing?" He said, "I didn't do this! We should attack before
they do!" I said, "If they were going to, wouldn't they have already
done it?" President nodded. I said, "Major, take his weapon! It won't
fire." President nodded. General didn't like that. After a minute, the
Major had the weapon. I said, "Well done. Determine if it's been fired
recently, and count the rounds." He said, "Smell indicates less than a
week ago, it was fired and not cleaned. Two rounds less than a full
load in the clip." I said, "On the firing range, all would be fired.
Then a reload, if necessary, would be a full clip, and one in the
chamber. Ah, General, don't try that. No weapon will fire here, unless
I allow it."
They looked back and forth between us. President said to me, "You
knew all this." I said, "Yes. Would you have believed me, if I had just
told you?" He said, "I see. I would not. You've helped to save the
world! I need to make some calls." I said, "That's not totally
necessary. The other side knows. Well, they knew it wasn't them!" He
said, "Er, yes. I should still thank them." I said, "That's the polite
thing to do, while your military is standing down from full terrified
alert." The major tried not to chuckle. They went to work.
The Major came to me and said quietly, "Sir, you are not of this
world." I said just as quietly, "You're in the military, and have a
brain?" He tried not to laugh. I said, "Don't let the politicians
suspect it. They might not recognize one." He almost choked, trying not
to laugh. I said, "I'm known for my poking of politicians so much, they
know who I am no matter what form I use." He tried not to grin. I said,
"So, I'm from elsewhere. It's not as if I wasn't needed." He said, "You
WERE needed! How did you know?" I said, "That could cause a gigantic
belief problem. The people here might have wondered who I am, but they
should have been wondering what I am. They shouldn't know. They
shouldn't depend on others to fix the problems they cause for
themselves. This world didn't deserve what people were going to do to
it. Nor did the people of that city."
He said, "Can you bring them back?" I said, "It's not going to
happen. All humanity here needs to learn about consequences and
responsibility. If I would bring everything back to the way it was,
they would have to learn the lesson again, even more, and might not
survive it, or deserve to. I don't like it, but for your people to
progress and evolve to greatness, sacrifice is part of that. And no,
I'm not PLAYING God. Oh, your President just discovered I am with the
enemy, too." He said, "At the same time." I said, "Not as a question?"
He said, "I suspected. I think you knew that. Knew all." I said, "Your
parents must have been very annoyed with you, being so intelligent." He
almost laughed, and said, "Yes they were!" I said, "He's looking at me
strangely." He looked and said, "I see that. You're not going to tell
him." I said, "And you will have self imposed limits, too. Yes, wisdom
is annoying." He said, "So true."
The President came to me, and said, "My conversation with the other
side was very unusual." I said, "In these situations, it's the usual
that causes the most problems." He looked a little strange, and said,
"You have an unusual way of speaking, that has hidden messages in it."
I said, "Sure. Why waste time and words on only one thing?" He said,
"Is that why you were in two places at once?" I said, "Yes. Convenient.
So, got everything straight now?" He said, "We're working on it." I
said, "You might want to see if you can start on a treaty to limit
those things, or this world might look a lot different in the future.
Who needs it to glow in the dark, with no people around to read
something?" They looked at me strangely, and smiled. He said, "Will you
help us to recover from this?" I said, "You caused it, you fix it, or
you'll never learn. Yes, it hurts growing up." He nodded, and with a
tear. I walked into an empty room, and shifted away. The Major
followed, and on seeing the room was empty, nodded.
President noticed, and said to him, "Was he God?" Major said, "I
don't know. I don't know if I would like that he was, or not."
President said, "I know what you mean. Whatever, a good man." Nods.
I said to the President of CNN, "Some people are saying I wouldn't
let anything really bad happen to the world, but if it did, I would fix
it up. Want to show an action that could change their minds a little?"
He read the crystal. He said, "Did you know the bomb was going to go
off?" I said, "I wasn't informed of the mission until the second after
it blew. You know what that means." He said, "Wow! I see. You had to
take your lead from that. Not even a healing." I said, "Yes. Not nice
at all."
John said, "Solomon is with us this evening to share an action with
us. I've seen it. It takes place in one room, but we'll see some of the
background outside of the room, at times. Then we'll discuss it, after
it finishes." It ran, and with some commercial breaks. Back after the
last one, John said, "I have to ask. Did you know about the bomb going
to explode?" I said, "No, I was informed of the mission the second
after the bomb exploded." He said, "Wow! That means that God didn't
want you to stop it!" I said, "That's obvious. He wanted them to learn
a lesson, and I had to support that." He said, "That's why you didn't
do any repairs and heal them." I said, "I wanted to, very much. It
hurts that I couldn't do repairs and healing. As always, God is right.
If I had fixed everything, that lesson would have been lost, wasted.
And they would assume I would keep fixing their bad deeds. They would
never grow up as a species."
He said, "So we should assume that can apply here, too." I said,
"Yes. We'll never know when I might not be allowed to prevent something
bad from happening, or fix it. It would hurt me, but I have to do as
I'm commanded." He said, "So we shouldn't always count on your help." I
said, "For anything. You already know I don't fix all problems now. I
won't. It wouldn't be good for humanity. You know from the parenting
lessons what happens to children who's parents don't make their
children learn responsibility. As you are parents to your children, God
is your parent, too, in helping you grow up. All humanity is his child.
I'm not the nanny of humanity. I'm more like the Child Services
supervisor. But with a little different sense of humor, added." He
said, "I think I understand it. You are to help us grow up, even if it
hurts us, and you." I said, "Yes. Doesn't mean we can't have some fun,
though." He smiled, and said, "With your style and humor, we're
reminded of that, often. You asked the polygamist to say more words so
you could start twisting them for him. You didn't get on the floor, and
asked if they didn't have enough chairs. And the classic, if we kill
the politicians, we won't have anybody to blame for our problems."
I said, "You're keeping a list?" He said, "Actually, we are. The
person who's doing that, is hardly ever without a smile." I said,
"Good. I like smiles. There's something the Major in that action could
smile about. The bullet he shot at me. I put it in his pocket. It had
my name on it as an embedded crystal, with my love in it. It had a loop
on it. He's wearing it as a pendant." He said, "That was very nice of
you." I said, "I wish I could do more. Part of the Curse of the
Prophet."
He said, "People are asking if you can bring people back from the
dead." I said, "I don't know if I'm able to put a soul back into a
repaired body, after it had died. I know I can't do that after it
reincarnates. I don't plan on trying. That's God's area. I don't ever
want to do anything He wouldn't approve of. And I don't see the need
for it. Souls don't die. If a parent wants a dead child back, while I
understand that, it's actually selfish. I know how it is to lose one we
love, more, and more often, with all my lives I've lived, than anybody
living today. But I also know what happens after death. The dead are
beyond all care, beyond the living. To grieve strongly and yearn for
them to come back, can actually delay their judgment and reincarnation.
They can feel that. If you care about your departed loved ones, TRULY
care, you will remember them fondly and with love, and let them go. Let
them have peace in death, so they can have no delay in beginning a new
life, and so YOU can be healthy in mind and spirit, with less of your
own suffering. Death isn't the end. God loves you, aways. And so do I."
He said, "Thank you, Solomon, for your help in understanding this." I
said, "You're welcome."
Off air, he said, "That last one was special!" I said, "Kind of like
a knock 'em dead thing?" He said, "Good that you didn't say that on
air. Would have ruined the mood." I said, "I know. But I kind of like
ruining, er, changing moods." He grinned, and said, "I know you do! But
this one was still special. Something new we didn't know about the
dead." I said, "It won't change anything." He said, "But still good to
have it on the record." I said, "Absolutely!" We hugged with love.
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