Lightning crashed, thunder roared, and there was an awakening in the earth. The currents of life rippled with a presence that hadn’t been felt in over a hundred years.
Laoch woke with a start. He was in his resting place deep in the heart of a cave in a country sparsely inhabited when he grew tired and sought rest. But now he was awake so he knew he had been called. He was needed once again to help the human race battle the evil that was bound to destroy them and likely the earth. That is as it has been since the beginning of his existence. Humans have never been without need of a warrior advocate to battle evil. But even a warrior hero has to take a break now and again.
So, now the warrior was awake. For a time, he sat quiet and listened. The earth was much more crowded now. The life current was heavy and dense, a sign that the population had exploded. And then it hit him. He could hear one soul crying out to him, louder than the din of all the others. By concentrating his conscience was able to float along the current to the place where the loud soul was crying. It was in a tiny newborn baby. The minute the baby’s soul sensed his presence the baby calmed and went to sleep. He knew that this tiny baby’s soul was mated to him.
He flowed back along the current and returned to his body. So this was why he awakened. For the next 20 years, he kept an eye on the child.
