I throw off the drug’s paralysis like an old skin. As I take out the two lieutenants, the office bursts into flames – white from my sword, black from the howling abyss into which they plummet. The Director roars in anger and falls on me with all the infernal powers of Hell and Death, but my blade withstands him.
At once the air around us is filled with the clamour of fighting spirits, an eternity’s war now centred on one small room in a hospital annex. The walls can’t hold it of course; they shatter as a shock wave courses through the building, flattening everything in its path. Amidst the falling masonry, sheets of driving rain quench the black fires.
And then with one last blow he is down, teetering on the edge of the chasm that gapes to receive him. I meet his eyes and we share a moment of understanding, both of us knowing that our parts have been played, that what was written long ago on dusty old parchments has now come to pass. He falls and I seal the grating that lies over the pit.
I slump exhausted to the office floor. Sirens wail in the distance.
Comments
rjnewlyn | September 8, 2010 - 22:15
Final chapter next week ...
celticman | September 8, 2010 - 22:19
oh no you've put him in a stank.
rjnewlyn | September 8, 2010 - 22:32
We'll see ...
Thanks very much for the cherry!
insertponceyfre... | September 9, 2010 - 05:42
what's a stank? I love this Rob - very graphic. I'm never quite sure how you manage to do what you do in so few words
Silver Spun Sand | September 9, 2010 - 07:47
'Stank' or not, as the case may be, you have come up trumps again;-) And like insert, I too marvel at how you achieve it in just a couple or so paragraphs.
Tina
lenchenelf | September 9, 2010 - 07:52
You are still holding the cards close, what will next week reveal :-) atb Lena xx
MistakenMagic | September 9, 2010 - 09:47
'like an old skin' - brilliant opening simile for another wonderful installment, Rob. I'll be sad when it's over :(
Magic xxx
maggyvaneijk | September 9, 2010 - 12:33
a brilliant chapter with some excellent and unique descriptions "sheets of driving rain quench the black fires."
celticman | September 9, 2010 - 20:34
This is the twitter story of the day.
Hit some google ads and make the site some money or make a donation.
rjnewlyn | September 9, 2010 - 22:40
Thanks very much indeed everyone - much appreciated.
I have to admit I'm not sure what a stank is either but am far too much in awe of celticman to ask! If it's a made-up word (as a noun) then it seems to work. I'm assuming it's something Caledonian ...
Incidentally I like the google ads that have appeared on this page as if by magic - Ninja sword, Antique sword, Kit Rae sword (whatever that is), Battle ready sword and, further down, latex/foam sword (genius!). I'm going to be spoilt for choice ... (and not forgetting the discount replica swords from LOTR and Highlander)
Rob