Chapter 2 The awareness of being dead

TITLE : The Return Of The Souls Author : Rodolfo Quijano Gabasa Jr. Chapter 2 After 3 days of the grand wake, king Ridulf and king Vlademir regain consciousness but not yet regain their memories. They wonder why they are put inside the coffin. They are confused why are there many people gathering around them. A few minutes later from the kingdom of Ridulf, king Ridulf gradually recovers his memory. He remembers that he is being stabbed by an enemy warrior and another lance pierces his chest and then he loses his consciousness.

He thinks that he does not die of the stabbing and piercing so he attempts to rise but to his surprise, he floats and comes out of the coffin like an invisible smoke. He wonders why in great confusion. Meanwhile in the kingdom of king Vlademir, king Vlademir also recovers his memory and wonders why he cannot control his movements. He seems to be carried by a soft wind. He also thinks that he is alive but he feels with great confusion. Both king Ridulf and king Vlademir don't realize that they are already dead and pure souls or spirits. When they float about a meter above their bodies and turn their heads down they both scream and begin to realize that they must be dead. King Ridulf utters questions, "Am I really dead? I don't understand ; I am conscious but I see my dead body in the coffin." King Vlademir also feels and thinks the same way and asks, "Is this the life after death? I don't have my strong body anymore but I still feel my strength. However I cannot move in the way when I have a body. I am now a conscious being moving with the wind." Both king Ridulf and king Vlademir can speak to their warriors but their warriors cannot hear them. King Ridulf approaches his elite warriors and high ranking officials who are mourning for him. He tries to speak to them and touch them but they cannot hear him but they feel strange when he touches them. Meanwhile king Vlademir also approaches his loyalist high ranking officials and elite warriors. To his confusion they ignore him. He tries to look at their faces but they seem to be blind. They don't see him. He speaks and shouts to them but they just ignore him because they cannot see and cannot hear him. King Vlademir utters these words, "Oh, is this the life of a dead king? When I was alive , you listen to me with fear and now that I still have my consciousness but with an unconscious body, you ignore me! What an insult to the king !" He tries to touch his elite and loyalist warriors, he notices their facial expressions expressing that they feel something weird. Both king Ridulf and king Vlademir try to do everything to catch attentions. They even shout and slap the faces of their elite warriors and high ranking officials but all in vain except those weird facial expressions showing that they feel something strange. They speak but nobody can hear them because they are like videoke players without speakers. Suddenly a strong wind carries them away and defies their kingships and makes them helpless. They cannot say no to the will of the wind because their wish is no longer a command. The strong wind carries their souls into the earth's atmosphere. It is their first time to see the planet earth from that altitude at the Thermosphere layer atmosphere which is around 372 miles above sea level. "Oh what a beautiful and wonderful scenery to watch ! It is my first time to see this view !" says king Ridulf. "Fantastic ! If I don't die , I can't witness this awesome beauty of creation !" exclaims king Vlademir. The two kings enjoy watching the shooting stars , the distant and beautiful planet earth, and the serene universe with entertaining wonders from that serene Thermosphere layer of atmosphere. They forget their fierce rivalry in the meantime at that state of consciousness. In the meantime, although they enjoy watching the panoramic wonders of the universe, they remain floating there waiting for things to happen. Since they are like winds with consciousness, they are affected by signals coming from cellsites and transmitters. Being pure souls or spirits , they don't belong to a specific time. They could belong to the past or to the present. Aside from floating in space, they seem to be floating also in time. They seem to be carried by a force to the receivers of signals like television sets or cellphones. And one time a strange force , invisible force seems to suck them. They feel that they are forms of energy in gas state of matter but with consciousness. They don't have permanent forms but they have permanent consciousness. Since they are in gas state of matter, their invisible molecules are far apart and they are easily deformed depending on the force of wind affecting them. The force of the strange force, sucking them, stir them and mix them with the strong whirling wind. They shout in fear and their voices which are also materials in gas state of matter, also mix with the whirling wind. They are brought back by that force to their respected kingdoms. King Ridulf sees his wife sleeping while king Vlademir sees his brother sleeping also in their kingdom. They cannot wake them up because they cannot be heard. They just observe until they feel a signal that can make communication possible. The subconscious mind of king Ridulf's wife detects and perceives the presence of king Ridulf as a form of energy in gas state of matter and makes that form of energy a part of her dream. King Ridulf is conscious, being a pure soul or spirit , a form of energy, commnicates with his wife , being conscious by means of her subconscious mind in her dream. It is also the same in king Vlademir's situation. The subconscious mind of his brother detects and perceives the presence of king Vlademir as a form of energy and makes that form of energy a part of his dream. When king Ridulf's wife wakes up, she cries and king Vlademir's brother too because they talk to the kings in their dreams.