Prometheus by Marieta Maglas - HTML preview

Epilogue

Ella, suddenly, waked up to a falling sensation and a strong muscle twitch. Michael asked her,

"What's the matter, my darling?"

"Where is Alexander?"

"My dear, I told you so many times that Alexander died ten years ago. He had a heart attack and he fell down the stairs. He suffered a catastrophic head injury and he was taken to the hospital in a hurry, but it was impossible to be operated because he was on blood-thinning drugs. He died two days later. Try to remember, my love."

"Where is Emmanuel?"

"Emmanuel is at the hospital. His wife is struggling to give birth to her child."

"I should be there, too."

"You can't be there, because of your illness. You've got Alzheimer."

"What time is it?"

"It's five a.m. and you always wake up at this hour to ask me the same question. I still don't know why, but I will know some day."

They both fell asleep. The space was full of strange creatures, which were swimming all around her. They stretched out their hands to assist her in rising and they disappeared. She woke up at this point being really confused. She compared her dream with her life.

"Our inner selves are in a continual work to progress. This transformation is constantly and under construction. Our bodies are our personal homes and they are housing the true selves of our spirits contained within during our time on this Earth," she said.

Ella wakes up, all of a sudden, looking very sad. Alexander asks her,

"What happened, my darling?"

"Where is Michael?"

"I don't know.Wait a minute. Don't you think...?"

"Oh, it was only a dream. Where is Emmanuel?"

Alexander holds her and tenderly kisses her.

"Well, my love, we are ready to climb the mountain.Get dressed as fast as you can. We must go."

Ella washes herself and dresses very quickly.

"I'm ready to go.'"

They arrive at the mountain and they begin to climb it. They arrive in a sheepfold and the boy drinks a cup of goat milk.Alexander tells Ella that he wants to climb the mountain to pick up some white edelweiss flowers for her.

"Actually, I need to be there from time to time,' he says.

"I know, my love."

"Daddy, daddy, take me with you! I want to pick up a flower for mom, too," said Emmanuel.

"When you will be a big boy, I'll take you. "

"I thought I have already grown up enough to do this."

"We can climb together to the waterfall.There is our secret chalet and it is hidden in the mountain. There you must wait for me together with your mommy."

Ella watches him climbing the mountain until Alexander disappears into the fog. She knows that he will be back soon with that edelweiss.

"Do you know who Prometheus is?" Ella asks him.

"No, mom, be kind and tell me," says Emmanuel.

"Prometheus is a name. What means a name? It can mean nothing. But that great man, the son of Zeus, was chained on the mountain."

"Why was he chained?" The boy asks his mother.

"Zeus wanted to know how it was possible for Prometheus to steal the fire from him. What was the secret of his child? So he asked the eagle to eat his liver, because this was the greatest torture Zeus had ever known. He wanted to force Prometheus to tell him the truth about his secret, but Prometheus never told him. Heracles delivered him from those real chains, but his great secret helps him to get free from his own spiritual chains from time to time. At that moment, he comes into the world to become a simple man like your father."

"I love my father.I know that I am like him. Some day, I will find my own way," said Emmanuel.

"Don't forget that we are Christians, my dear," said Ella.

The end