The Big Picture

We're in a van, all together now.

It's me, Mike, Nathan, and Corina; I've known the three of them for almost a year now. We've been through many things, we've been down many roads, and we're now all good friends. I never thought I'd be able to have that, a friend, not with The Key's influence in my life. But, I've made many now.

I'm doing better now. Therapy ended a few weeks ago, and I feel as if my mind isn't in shambles anymore. I feel put together, I feel as if I can finally find a place to level out.

This Organization has been extremely kind to me. They've paid my bills, they've set me up with jobs when I needed the money, they've basically helped me get back on my feet. I'm devoted to them at this point.

They know about The Key, and for once,...they don't want it. In fact, they want to keep it safe from others who want it instead. Others with Keys inside of them are also members of the organization; for example, Nathan and Mike. The Keys tend to congregate in "teams", to keep us all together so that when we're attacked, we can protect each other. I'm in a team with Mike and Nathan for this very reason.

The pastures we're passing by right now look so peaceful...

This morning, we were called in to home base. Recently, the home base was moved from the West Coast to the East Coast, so we're still getting used to the Eastern Seaboard and the new location. I still haven't really even settled in to my apartment yet.

We were called in to complete a mission; a special new mission.

We were to collect a new team member, who just happened to be a Key also; Laura Laurent. It was going to be hard adjusting to another newbie. I remember when Corina joined, a few months back. She was not a good fit at first, but after about a month or so, she's gotten used to this lifestyle.

That's why we're in this van right now, we're heading off to meet the newbie and pick her up.

It's so cold outside right now, Christ.

And here we are. I'll keep writing down my thoughts as we meet her; maybe it'll trick her into thinking I'm taking notes on her or something, ha.

She's a tiny girl. Not really short, but just tiny framed. She's wearing sunglasses, ...I don't like that, can't see her eyes. My training's getting in the way, that's funny. The eyes are an important part of our job.
She has bright eyes.

Her hair is dark brown. Smooth. She has pale skin. She almost looks like-

She's getting into the van. She's friendly enough, but she seems closemouthed at the same time also.

I'm going to talk to her over the van ride. I'll add onto this entry with my thoughts about her, and then I'll end it. It's so weird, I never thought I'd write in a journal like this again....

....

She's so innocent. She just doesn't seem to get the type of situation she's in now. She's being chased by humans, animals, and Monsters, and yet it doesn't seem to scare her. She's so numb sounding, so cold.

She reminds me of myself, a bit. The look in her eyes, the way she talks, her viewpoint on life,...

And she believes in a God also. I think that's my biggest problem with her. She thinks that there's some bearded man in the clouds that'll lift her up when she dies?

No. There isn't. The only thing that will lift you high, is the organization.

The Organization's name is LIFTED for a reason.

I hope her sanity stays intact throughout the upcoming ordeals. We've got another mission soon, and I'm afraid that it might be too much for her to handle.

Til next time.

The picture is far too big to look at, kid; your eyes won't open wide enough!
And you're constantly surrounded by that swirling stream of what is and what was, 

Well, we've all made our predictions, but the truth still isn't out.

But if you wanna see the future, go stare into a cloud!

And keep trying to find your way out of that maze of memories....
It all sort of looks familiar, until you get up close and it's different, clearly.
But each time you turn a corner, you're, you're right back where you were,
and your only hope is that forgetting might make a door appear.

Well, is it your fear of being buried that makes you so afraid to speak?
An avalanche of opinions like the one that feel that I am now underneath.
It was my voice that moved the first rock, and I would do it all again.
So, I mean, it's cool if you keep quiet, but I like singing!

So I'll be holding my note and stomping and strumming and feeling so very lucky.

There is nothing I know except this lifetime's one moment
and wishing will just leave me empty.

So you can try and live in darkness, but you will never shake the light.
It will greet you every morning, and it will make you more aware with its absence at night,
when you're wrapped up in your blankets baby, that comfortable cocoon.
But I have seen the day of your awakening boy, and it's coming soon!

So go ahead and lose yourself in liquor and you can praise the clouded mind,
but it isn't what you're thinking no, it's the course of history, your position in line.

You're just a piece of the puzzle so I think you'd better find your place.
And don't go blaming your knowledge on some fruit you ate!

Cause there's been a great deal of discussion, yes, about the properties of man.
Animal or angel? You were carved from bone, but your heart, it's just sand.
And the wind is going to scatter it, and cover everything with love.
So if it makes you happy, then keep kneeling Mama, but I am standing up!
Because this veil, it has been lifted. Yes, my eyes are wet with clarity.
I've been a witness of such wonders. Oh, I've searched for them all across this country
but I think I'll be returning now to the town where I was born.

And I understand you must keep moving friend, but I am heading home.
Yeah I'm gonna follow the road and let the scenery sweeping by easily enter my body.
And I'll send you all this message in code, 

under ground, 

over mountains,
through forests, 

deserts and cities.
All across the electric wire, it's a baited line. 

The hook is in deep boys, there is no more time. 

So you can struggle in the water and be too stubborn to die,or you could just let go, and be lifted to the sky!!