Orientation

Enoch leads me to his office but it doesn't look like any office I have ever seen. It's just among the galaxies and there is a weird ever-changing shape of triangles, octagons, rectangles, and whatever other random shapes.

Enoch levitates toward the strange shape-shifting shape and once he touches it, it transforms everything around us into the type of office that I'm used to seeing. There's a desk, cabinets, a window with a view of downtown Atlanta. It makes me feel more comfortable but I still feel the severity of the situation at hand.

Enoch walks up behind me and points to a chair that appears in front of me. It makes its way behind the desk in front of the window and has a seat. I then follow suit and sit down as well.

Enoch says to me, "Don't worry De'Mandre, you aren't going to hell or anything." It continues, "But I definitely see that you haven't been doing the right things in certain circumstances." I reply, "I know I haven't been the best person on the planet, but I did what was necessary to survive in that environment."

Enoch raises its hand to signal me to stop me in my tracks. It then tells me, "I know of your people's condition on earth, it is something that is not meant to stay this way. Nature will course-correct itself, but when it happens is completely dependent upon YOUR action and YOUR PEOPLE'S action."

I ask Enoch, "What do you mean our action?" It replies, "Your people are relegated to the bottom of everything in the world. It is up to your people to take your rightful place on your planet, by any means necessary." A tad bit shocked I retort, "That sound like some Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey shit." Enoch squints at me again and says, "Information was revealed to them for a reason. There is always a messiah sent to you in some way, you just have to get the message."

I stand amazed and baffled at the information I just received and instantly start to see my environment in a different light. Enoch then gets up and walks to a whiteboard and draws images of what appears to be my arsenal. Enoch finishes his drawings and then looks to me as he begins to set up his presentation. The lights go dim and his drawings start to glow.

Enoch starts his presentation, "This here is your weapon and armor, they are made in a relatable form for you to understand them in. You will have this celestial weapon (the form of a Glock, metallic black with white lights for the iron sights) and this protective breastplate (a velcro style bulletproof vest). Once we are done here today you will receive these."

Enoch continues, "These will not be visible to people that lack spiritual sense. The way the pistol will work is that it subtracts the life force of whoever you aim at. If you hit your target enough it will obliterate their life force. But be warned everyone has differing amounts of life force in them, you run the risk of killing someone that you shoot."

"That seems like what happens with a normal gun," I interject. Enoch replies, "That's right. But this leaves no physical scar you will have to see their life force in order to know who you hit and how much life force they have left. So you will have the gift of sight into a spiritual realm to see these things."

Enoch also informs me of my other ability, "You will have heightened senses attached to your sight. You will have the ability to feel presences and be resistant to possession from weaker entities." "Damn," I express, "Is there anything else I get?" Enoch responds "You will have what is called pre-flexes in your mortal existence."

"A'ight, so am I free to go back to earth now?" I ask. Enoch replies, "Not yet, you are also getting assigned a human guide on your newfound abilities and instructions on what you are required for."

Enoch walks toward the window of a fictional Atlanta downtown and changes the screen, with a single touch, into a briefing about what appears to be my first target. "This is the first demon you will be tasked with to deal with," it points to a demon that looks like the exact opposite of Enoch. Its hair, unlike Enoch's, does not look like a giant ball of animated fire it looks more like threads resting on its shoulders on its way to lying lifeless down its backside. Its skin is like the reverse of Enoch's and is just a blank slate with black spots.

Enoch begins to detail the demon from his briefing, "This is Mammon, it is the demon of greed. It is very dangerous as it like many demons it can possess humans 'usually only one at a time' and summon fire. He was last spotted in Atlanta, close to home, so this will be your first assignment."

"A'ight then I'll get right on it..." I tell Enoch. Enoch interrupts me, "The first thing you need to do is meet with your guide. He will help you get on track with everything." "I got you," I reply. Enoch responds after summoning a portal behind me, "Your body has been in a coma for about two months now. Be careful about going back as things will change for you." I nod in understanding, Enoch matches, then I turn around and walk confidently into the portal.