A Strange New World [Chapter XVI]

[Kragen]

Seeing that Miracle was unable to handle all the noise coming from the helicopter Doctor Wallace unbuckled himself and went over to her side. He reached into his pocket and grabbed a pair of earplugs, taking them out of the small plastic bag they were in and plugging Miracle's ears with them to muffle out the noise of the helicopter. While it wouldn't drown out all sound completely it would still decrease it enough to where it wouldn't be a problem for the child. "How's that? Is everything better now?"

[Miracle]

"What are you doing?"

Miracle's answer soon came when Doctor Wallace put two small things in her ear that made the loud noise quieter. They felt funny and the High Priestess couldn't help but scratch at them as she looked back to Wallace. Whatever they were they seemed to be working like a charm and the loud noise from the demon bird wasn't bothering her.

"Thank you. But you don't have any for yourself."

[Kragen]

"It's fine. I'm used to it." Smiling reassuring towards the child, Doctor Wallace sat down in the seat next to her and rebuckled himself in as the helicopter continued its course crossing state lines to New Orleans. "So I'm guessing there are no helicopters where you come from?"

[Miracle]

Miracle shook her head in response.

"I never seen anything like this before. How can you and your people stand having demons as a means of transportation? Aren't you concern for your souls?"

One may suspect the child was pulling their leg but the serious facial expression and tone of voice would suggest otherwise. The High Priestess did truly believe that the two of them were riding inside of a demon that could be attacking their souls right now and while she had faith Yahweh would protect her there was no telling if Doctor Wallace was under his protection. All she could do was pray for him.

[Kragen]

No helicopters. It made Doctor Wallace curious how they went about traveling from place to place but before he could ask that question Miracle took him by surprise. "Demons?" Wallace had to suppressed a chuckle. It was as if Miracle was taken out of the past and into the present where she was nothing but lost to all this new technology. Then it occurred to the Doctor that maybe that is what happened. That would explain why the child chooses to be so secretive. The space-time continuum itself could be in jeopardy. At the very least he can set the girl's mind at ease. "They aren't demon I assure you. They're mechanical devices that require energy to run. Nothing more."

[Miracle]

"This thing is not a demon?"

Miracle looked around confused. Her eyes scanning the inside of it but the more she looked, and sensed around, the less she saw or felt anything that would suggest demon activity. Her eyes fell over to the pilot, who she thought to be a demon possessed driver at first may very well just be a normal person operating something advanced that is commonplace in their world.

"So does that mean the object that took me to see your president and the object those agents escorted me in...?"

[Kragen]

"No demons. Just our means of transportation." The helicopter landed on a helipad at the airport in New Orleans where a car was already waiting for them filled with gas to take them to Doctor Wallace's home. After the helicopter was done landing, Doctor Wallace helped Miracle out of her seat and then led her out of the helicopter and towards the ground vehicle. "Welcome back to New Orleans, Miracle."

[Miracle]

A smile returned to the High Priestess' lips as she removed the earplugs and enjoyed the peace and quiet that now came with the helicopter powered down. Until of course the sounds of planes taking off and landing hit her ears and caused her to bring the earplugs back into her ears as she followed Doctor Wallace out of the helicopter and watched the planes take off, no longer afraid that they were somehow demon birds planning to snatch her soul. She wondered if this was anything like how Isafaro was. If so why would Solomon and the others keep that fact from her? Miracle began to frown as she wondered what else they had kept from her and how much about her own world she didn't even know about.

[Kragen]

Doctor Wallace looked over to the planes after Miracle, happy to see that she was able to enjoy them now now that she didn't think they were demons coming after her soul. There were many questions Wallace had for Miracle and her world but knowing already that she would refuse to answer anything that put her own world at risk, and with good reason, he would have to choose his questions wisely. "Come on, Miracle." Wallace spoke up before going over to his car and opening the passenger's side for the child to enter. "Let me know if you need help with the seat belt."

[Miracle]

The High Priestess looked over to Doctor Wallace when he called to her and then gave the planes up ahead one more glance before finally turning around and rejoining with the doctor by his car. Remembering how the FBI Agents strapped her in, Miracle sat down in the seat and looked for the strap which was overhead this time instead of down near her lap. Gently grabbing it with her hand she brought it over her shoulder and buckled herself in, smiling brightly to herself as she finally did it. She has conquered the mysterious seat belt.

[Kragen]

Doctor Wallace closed the door after her and then walked around to the driver's side and entered. Putting the keys into the ignition, the engines of the vehicle roared into action as the Doctor drove them away from the airport and onto the road back to his house. "Do you like music?" he asked Miracle. "I'm assuming they have music in your world. I can turn on the radio if you want. Also there's a cooling fan in here I can turn on if it gets too hot for you."

[Miracle]

"Radio?"

Miracle raised her eyebrow in curiosity and wondered what exactly this 'radio' was. She shook her head at his offer of the cooling fan and looked outside the window to enjoy the sights. This place was so strange. There were times where everything was small like in Moon Valley but then it transferred into a larger space like one would expect to see in Isafaro all while being hot like in the desert empire of Jherrazad. It was a mixed of all those things but at the same time none of them. The High Priestess wondered where the similarities ended and the real differences began.

[Kragen]

"Right... You don't know what radio is." Doctor Wallace was going to have to put in an attempt to remember that the person he was with was a child literally from a different world. "Would you like to listen to some music?"

[Miracle]

The High Priestess was so caught up on what a radio was and then the offer of the cooling fan that it had slip her mind that Doctor Wallace mentioned music before bringing up the topic of the radio. Hearing the question a second time, restated in a term Miracle could understand she smiled brightly and nodded.

"I would love some music."

[Kragen]

Doctor Wallace turned on the radio by a single glance of her robes Wallace could see she was screaming religious so he turned the station until he found a Christian radio network, with actual music instead of just constant preaching, and returned both hand to the wheel as he continued driving, sparing an eye every now and again to Miracle in the passenger's seat to see how she was liking the music.