As they shuffled me out of the office, all Hell broke loose – or at least the small part of it that was hanging around that bank. Two of my captors crumpled at the first onslaught but the rest closed ranks and counter-attacked. Black fire and white light ricocheted off steel and glass, the air suddenly full of beating wings and flailing tails as the spirits took on their war-shapes.
I don’t think the humans noticed a thing. It was just another grey morning to them, perhaps with the hangover a little worse than usual. As I was eased past the water cooler on the landing, there was a group of them just standing there chatting. A battalion burst out of the lift shaft only to be blasted back again, the bolt of fire passing straight through the man who was speaking. I noticed him frown and reach for an aspirin.
As for me I went quietly. I wanted nothing to do with the battle – it was all just a pointless distraction. If she was involved, if she knew about the mission, then I had to find out why. It had been a century or so since we’d last crossed paths.
Comments
lenchenelf | March 25, 2011 - 07:18
Hi Rob, just caught up on this set. Action packed :-), looking forward to more as per usual atb Lena x
fatboy74 | March 25, 2011 - 11:31
Brilliant opening sentence and and action packed section, really good. :-)
Silver Spun Sand | March 25, 2011 - 12:46
Smashing, Rob...as ever, as always;-)
skinner_jennifer | March 25, 2011 - 13:08
Hi rjnewlyn,
billiant piece I shall be reading more of this.
Jenny.
insertponceyfre... | March 25, 2011 - 14:11
I like the way it's all happening this time - with people around not noticing. Love the bit about the aspirin
rjnewlyn | March 27, 2011 - 00:13
Thanks very much indeed Lena and Fatboy and Tina and Jennifer and Insert. And thanks very much for the cherries. I think I'm getting a vague idea of where this is going now ...
Rob
MistakenMagic | March 27, 2011 - 17:14
Just caught up with this series, Rob. Another great piece with a perfect cliffhanger ending ;)
Magic xxx
rjnewlyn | March 27, 2011 - 21:51
Thanks very much Magic. It's not very poetic but I suppose it is quite metaphysical. Or at least Milton bounces around my head from time to time ...
Rob
hilary west | April 2, 2011 - 19:11
Brilliant stuff !
rjnewlyn | April 4, 2011 - 22:50
Thanks very much Hilary - I'm glad you liked it. More of the same very soon (a bit of a gap I'm afraid on account of far-off travels and bad jet lag throughout).
Sooz006 | May 14, 2012 - 21:32
No comment from me earlier so I must have got this far last time. Going well, reminds me of the Amiga game Gods. Writing as sublime as usual.
rjnewlyn | May 17, 2012 - 22:13
Thanks Sooz! I don't know that game but quite possibly that sort of thing was in the back of my mind.
Rob