EHYEH-ASHER-EHYEH (I AM THAT I AM) An Elena Duran-Corazon Negro Story 0/34 by Vi Moreau & Julio Cesar Feedback address: vmoreau@directvinternet.com divad72@prodigy.net.mx Rating: PG--15 (Mature themes) This story is a sequel to HA-SATAN (THE ADVERSARY) by Vi Moreau & Julio Cesar Character listing: Connor, Duncan, Amanda, Methos, Cassandra, Grace Chandler, Ceirdwyn, Nakano, Ramirez, Darius, Elena Duran, Corazon Negro and various original characters copyrighted by us. Summary: Somewhere beyond the boundaries of land & sky, exists a place of mystery... open it... watch it... and feel the eternal night of the Immortals while you still can... because if Lilitu succeeds and controls it, unimaginable terror will be unleashed upon the world... and remember: this time it will take nine Immortals to defeat the ultimate evil... and perhaps, in the end, there can be more than one. What began in The Black Flower finishes here-almost-and its ending will determine the fate of every Immortal in the world. Mexico September, 2002 ======== EHYEH-ASHER-EHYEH (I AM THAT I AM) Disclaimers: Unfortunately, this is not our universe, so we have made no profit from it-just tons of fun! All persons, places and institutions in this tale-except those that are clearly part of the public domain-are fictitious, and the mention of characters, which are copyrighted by the HL franchise such as Connor, Duncan, Amanda, Methos, Cassandra, Grace Chandler, Ceirdwyn, Nakano, Ramirez, Silas, Caspian, Kronos & Darius-is not a challenge to the trademarks concerned. Vi Moreau copyrights the original characters of Elena Duran, Roderigo Rubio, Miyu, Sensei Hosokawa Hiroshi, and the fictional version of the historical characters Livia Drusilla, Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, Tomas de Torquemada and Gaius Caesar Germanicus-Caligula. Julio Cesar copyrights Corazon Negro, Lilitu, Zarach Bal-Tagh, Aylon, Heru-sa-aset, Myrddin, Naema, Holy Bhaktivedanta, Cardinal Felucca, Abd al-Malik, Franciscan friar Devaney, Rabbi Benjamin bar-Joaquin and the fictional version of the historical characters Quetzalcohuatl, Vlad Tepes, and Josephus Cartiphilus Longinus. This story follows Ha-Satan in our saga. To find out more about Elena Duran and Corazon Negro, you can read other stories, available in Ann Fountain's archive: www.seventh-dimension.org. Ann Fountain has our permission to archive this story at the Website. Or in the following Websites: www.erols.com/darkpanther/moreau.html or www.prodigyweb.net.mx/divad72/default.htm Any work the length of our saga requires the help, involvement and good will of many people. So, we would like to thank the following whose help proved invaluable in this literary endeavor: Robert Sacchi, first beta-reader of this story, an unconditional friend always ready to provide great tactical ideas and notions about futuristic weapons, who went far beyond the call of friendship, as usually. Lori Wright, an excellent writer, great partner and devoted mother, always willing to help. Ann Tirnanog, Darius' greatest fan, very good friend, reader and teacher, who even without knowing, helped us believe that all writing should sing the silent music of the soul. Pat Flores, Linda Bennett & Rick Evans, whose relentless faith in our stories has brought us to still writing them. Janeen K. Grohsmeyer, with our eternal gratitude for introducing Vi and me to each other. Ann Ford, whose suggestions and personal notes about the Myrddin character were right on the mark, giving us constant love and great dreams. Claudia 'Kimosabi', second beta-reader of this tale, mate-soul of Corazon Negro, pillar on the very first draft of this narrative, and especially for her assistance and support through this voyage. Thanks to you, our friends, for providing us with excellent, ever-timely support-we just hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as we did writing it! And of course, to anyone we might have accidentally left out, we extend an apology and would like offer our heartfelt thanks as well. Vi would like to thank Bridget Testa, Janeen Grohsmeyer, MacNair and the rest of the members of the ConnorList for their help in the battle against the Berserkers. I always get a lot of strategic-tactical help from my husband, Ken Moreau, thanks very much Ken. My greatest gratitude is to my co-conspirator, Julio Cesar, who has brought his vision of this wonderful Aztec Immortal to life-and mated him with my Immortal, Elena Duran. She's happy with him, as I am. I'd like to thank God for His strength and inspiration. But this particular story I'd like to dedicate to my daughter Michelle Moreau-welcome back, cookie! Julio Cesar would like to dedicate this tale to Mom and Dad, my wife Laura, my brother Jorge David, my comrades Salvador (JADW) Garcia & Erick Fritsche and to my dearest friend, confessor, sister and co-writer Vi Moreau. My gratitude to all of you for your love, support and encouragement in my undertakings, and especially in the creation of these series, which I could very well dub my fictional masterpiece. It is here where my Immortal creations have traveled through the pages of never-ending sagas with powerful swords and tools of destruction toward adventure, prominence, perpetuity and death. With undying affection, this one is for all of you. And finally, of course, our special thanks to Mr. Gregory Widen, creator of Highlander, for starting this whole wonderful adventure. The journey that began with THE BLACK FLOWER, and continued through nineteen other tales over the last year, will finish here-almost-and its ending will determine the fate of every Immortal in the world. This tale stands on its own, but reading the previous ones will make this one much clearer and easier to understand. This narrative uses the supernatural for its settings, characters and themes. All mystical and paranormal elements are fictional and intended for entertainment purposes only. And please remember: this story is set in a world disturbingly like our own, yet harsher and darker. In here, our fears are more real. Our governments are more degenerate. Our ecosystem dies a bit more each day. And Immortals are real. That's why reading discretion is advised. Enjoy! ========