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Chapter 8 Shadow Dance


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Chapter 8

Shadow Dance

Charlie embraced Oberon and instantly knew she was his

daughter. It was her smell. The touch of her skin. She looked

up to his face and a tear rolled from her eye.

She was the baby in his dreaming, the clutch of emu eggs that

flowed like quicksilver. But how? Immaculate conception? The

last time he had been with a woman was at least fifteen years

ago. His mind ran in a hundred directions as he stepped away

and looked towards Corey and Leisa.

Corey broke the unconfortable silence.

I thought that me and the girl might drop down to Australia

for a quick holiday. He reached forward and shook handswith Charlie and introduced his travelling companion Leisa.

Sorry but we seemed to have misplaced our clothes. he said.

Looks like that some Martian bitch had a few tricks in her

coat.

Charlie interupted.

Corey, hold that thought and lets go over to the meeting stone

and talk. You will make a lot more sense over there.

They climbed up to the meeting stone, a smooth wafer of rock

Song Title: Shadow DanceGenre: Pop/Chill

Music: Airtone & Scomber

Arrangement /Production/Remix : Scomber

Lyrics: Scomber

Vocals: Scomber

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just below the breadknife.

As they sat down Corey felt its smooth polished surface,

definitely more forgiving than the other granite textures that

had left an intriguing pattern across Leisa's buttocks.Clearing his mind he continued.

OK. A few of days ago I met a woman at the local bar. She

drugged me, wiped my PC and stole the Mars data. The next

day she returned and made quite a scene by dancing naked in

the bar. On both occassions she left a coat behind. Just your run

of the mill ordinary wollen coat. Leisa put one on. I put the

other on. I can't explain what happenned next. It was a totally

freaky feeling. Warm but then suddenly ice cold like floating

in a tank of freezing water. Next thing I knew I was laying on a

rock naked next to Leisa screaming her head off...right up

there. He said pointing to the top of the breadknife.

There was no sound or anybody around. For a while we just

held each other in fear of falling and it was like we were the

only people on earth...

Oberon interupted.

Was her name Miranda by any chance?

Corey felt a cold shiver down the back of his neck.

She continued.

For the last six months I have dreamt of her every night. In the

past few weeks the dreams have become so lucid that I was

able to have a full conversation with her. Two nights ago she

told me to leave my foster parents house and head out to thearmy base outside of town where a helicopter would be waiting

for me. I was to take a flight up to the Grand Tor to meet my

father. I told her that I was too scared and besides my father

was killed in a car accident before I was born. It freaked me out

so much that I didn't dare sleep. That was until last night. I was

so tired I couldnt help it. As soon as my head hit the pillow she

appeared at the foot of my bed. But this time I wasn't dreaming.


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She led me out to the base and to a chopper, sat me in the pilots

seat and told me that I would know what to do. She then

dissapeared. The next thing I know I'm flying it really fast just

above the ridge tops. I ended crashing it in Conanabaran andthen I ran here as fast as I could.

Charlie looked into his daughters eyes. They seem much older

than a ten year old girl he thought. Far too much wisdom and

experience for her age.

All I know he said, is that somehow we are placed at the

centre of something much bigger. I was up at the telescope

with my boss Ray last night and there was a team of Americans

removing the data storage. We managed to stop them but Ray

is certain that they were successful over at Parkes.

What about the object? Corey asked.

With the array set up with the other dishes Ray managed to

image the object hiding behind the far side of Mars. Its nothing

from this earth. Its a teardrop shaped orb of energy that Ray

thinks is stripping matter from the surface of the planet.

His thought was broken by a distant undefined drone. Theypaused and together looked up as three F-18's screamed

overhead extremely low heading in the direction of the

Coonamble base.

Looks like we'll find out sooner or later. Leisa remarked,

suddenly feeling uncomfortable being naked.

I vote that we head for this Tor place. Do they have clothes

there?

*****

It was nearly noon by the time Ray and Hazel had made it to

Sydney to meet with Sir Ninian.

Ray's phone call earlier was short and business like.

Ray hadn't spoken to him for nearly five years, and after a brief

round of pleasantaries he got to the point.


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Nin, do you remember the conversation we had at a

Remberance Day lunch at Admiraly House? About the

possibility that aliens walk amongst us?

You said that even if they did alien technology would be sofar superior to ours that is would be indesernable from magic

and that we wouldn't recognise any of the evidence. Well old

mate, I've found the smoking gun, so to speak. I'll see you in

five hours. I'm driving down with Hazel and we're just short

of Dubbo. What I've got is certainly not from this world. Its of

a massive scale and it leads me to believe we are about to be

invaded.

Ray pushed the security buzzer at the front gates to Sir Ninian's

estate at Vaucluse, a leafy harbourside upmarket suburb full of

retired judges and captains of industry.

Before he could say anything the gates clicked and began to

open.

They drove up the sweeping gravel driveway to the house to be

greeted by Sir Ninian standing at the entry in an old dressinggown.

He was unshaven and his hair was grey and long.

By God. You really are the hermit I've heard you had

become. Ray said

as he greeted his old friend. They hugged each other and Ray

was stunned by Ninians frail frame.

Very nice to see you again Hazel. Sir Ninian said leading

them to the conservatory near the back of the mansion.Over the course of the next hour, Ray briefed his old friend.

Everything starting from Corey and Charlie's original

discovery about the discrepencies in the failed probe data, the

orb and through to the run in with the men in black at the

observatory.

As he unfirled the image of the orb, Sir Ninian looked sad.

I wish this was happening ten years ago Ray when I was


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younger and fitter.

I'm dying Ray. Pancreatic cancer. The doc says I've got another

six months tops.

Ray placed his hand on his old friends shoulder and looked himin the eye.

Then we haven't got much time. Charlie reckons the

Warrumbungles is the focus of what is about to unfold. His

tribal myths tell of previous visits from beings and I suspect he

knows a lot more about this than he cares to admit.

Nin. Pack your gear and lets get back up there. We need a

level head to make sense of this madness.

Hazel cleared away the tea and on her way back from the

kitchen she noticed that there was a suitcase and a backpack

sitting in the hall.

Sir Ninian looked up at the two and said. I've already packed.

As soon as you called, I knew this was going to be something

I've wanted to do my entire life.

Within half an hour they were in Sir Ninian's Bentley heading

west through the outer Sydney suburbs.Ray looked at Hazel in the rear vision mirror as they met the

highway.

Hazel can you call your brother and get him to meet us in

Forbes. I really don't want you involved with all this, and you

should be safe at Wee Waa.

As they were crossing the Blue Mountains, Sir Ninian's mobile

phone rang.The call was brief and Sir Ninian responded in subdued tones.

He turned to Ray.

That was Frank Drake. The Whitehouse has placed him as

chief advisor to a secret taskforce for a situation he said was

rapidly unfolding.. He was surprised that I already knew about

the orb. He sounded very excited but I got the feeling that he

wasn't coming completely clean with me.


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Francis Drake was an eminant US astronomer and physicist

who started the SETI program in the 1970's and had written

many papers on the possibility and likely probability of alien

life existing in the universe. In the early days of his research,Sir Ninian was one of the few academics that had taken Frank's

ideas seriously and he had convinced the Australian

government to provide their radio astronomy infrastructure for

the project, even though most in Canberra thought he was a

fruitcake.

It was a solid six hour hike from the breadknife to the Grand

Tor.

Charlie led the group across the rugged landscape staying well

clear of campsites and the many roads that criss crossed the

National Park.The last thing he wanted was to attract the attention of any

daytrippers. A group of naked bushwalkers would certainly

attract attention.

Short of the base of the Tor, just as it was getting dark, Charlie

halted at a sandy bend in the river and instructed Corey and the

girls to sit down and listen.

I want you to keep your minds open to what I'm about tosuggest. He walked over and placed his finger into the clay

riverbank and drew a series of parallel stipes across his face

and chest with the ochre coloured mud.

We must dress for the occasion. The Tor is sacred ground for

us Kamilaroi.

It is likely to be guarded by one of our spirits. Each of us seems

to have been invited to this place for different reasons. Corey I


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think there's a good chance of you meeting your friend Miranda

tonight.

One by one Charlie painted the bodies and faces of his friends.They formed a circle Charlie urged them to reach out and join

hands.

Tonight you may witness things that will be hard to believe.

I've dreamt about this night for many years in small fractured

pieces. Only in the past few days have these pieces begun to

come together.

The four began the final ascent up the escarpment.

It took nearly an hour to reach the saddle below the Tor.

The new moon barely lit the faint trail. Shadows were

undefined on the forest floor and the stars above shone brighter

than any of the party had seen before.

The trail narrowed to the final ithimus leading to the final

ramp up to the granite outcrop that formed the Tor's summit.

A noise ahead stopped Charlie.

Everyone wait here for a moment.Oberon stepped forward.

This is my job Father.

She ran ahead and Charlie didn't try to stop her.

Charlie beckoned Corey and Leisa to follow behind at a safe

distance.

In the gloom, they could make out Oberon. In front of her was

a large emu.

She extended her hand and the bird sniffed her fingers sizingher up.

Frozen still she began to sway. The emu took a step back and

began to mimic her movements like a slow dance.

Woomba Charlie whispered to the group.

The Shadow Dance.

Soon another emu appeared from the hakea scrub. Then

another.


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In no time a group of twenty birds had surrounded the pair, all

keeping time to Oberon's dance.

They are the sentries. Charlie whispered to his friends.

When the lead bird dips his head we are allowed to pass.After a few minutes the lead emu dipped his head for Oberon

and sat down in front of her. Other emus followed the lead and

sat down.

They walked across the ithimus to a silent guard of honour.

Each emu, now numbering in the hundreds, lined their path as

they headed for the summit.

They reached Oberon and she led them across the last granite

shelf.

Each emu began a deep bellowing whooping sound that got

louder the further they walked. Now on the Tor, the noise was

tremendous and the four naked guests joined hands and began

to sway with Oberon taken the lead.

Charlie looked at his daughter.

I know what to do Father.

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Now your homelet your spirit fly freeI heard its sothat shadows danceto the moonlighteasily

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hasn't turned outas you've been told

Turn aroundand shadow dancewith me girlturn aroundand take the chancewith me girl

Your all alonetimes are a crazydon't have to be

cold as stonefor silent dancing symphonynow if you feel alone in your worldhasn't turned out as you've been told

To turn aroundand shadow dancewith me girlwhy don't you

turn aroundand take a chancewith me girl?why don't turn aroundwith me girlwith me girl

turn aroundand shadow dance

with me girlturn aroundand take the chancewith me girl

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