Red Glow
Gabriel felt he was hallucinating when the door opened and a fine-looking woman stood before him. There was a brilliant glow surrounding the woman which attracted Gabriel and made him feel at ease. The glow was not natural. It was new and mystical to Gabriel’s eyes.
The woman wore tight hip hugging jeans, with a dual wielding pistol holster that sat above her waist on her right hand side and sunk to the level of her jeans pocket on the left. Her heeled boots encouraged her stature; she stood close to Gabriel’s height. Her tank top was black and worn tight to her body. She wore slight signs of makeup, but it was clear to Gabriel that wasn’t necessary. She was exceptionally fit and appeared to be trained as a soldier.
The woman smirked quietly at Gabriel and placed her hand over his hand that cradled his weapon. She spoke with composure “You won’t want to use this against me. I assure you are safe.”
She stepped into the room around Gabriel and eyed him as she passed. “It’s as the librarian said, you are ready.”
Gabriel stood staring at the woman, not out of lust, but with confusion and intent on getting more information about her, about the librarian, about what it was they wanted of him. He felt at ease with the woman, more so than his previous encounter with the librarian. He had many questions and he was expecting to get answers from the woman.
“My name is Aleksandra, call me Alek.” She paused as if waiting for a reply. There was none. “Come to the window.” She said as she tucked herself to the side of the living room window, peeking out over the street.
Gabriel moved to the other side of the window to look over the street below. About a dozen people were in the street. The people were brave as they traveled in the day light. They moved quickly and did not look around. From around the street corner another person appeared, different from the rest. It was a man in his twenties. He wore cargo shorts, a black t-shirt with a silver emblem on the front, and black sun glasses. He carried a messenger bag under his right arm. It was not his clothing that made him stick out. In fact, none of the other patrons were alarmed of him. He stuck out to Gabriel as he illuminated the same way Alek did, however, this man glowed in a shade of red.
“Gabriel, you now have the ability to see. The red glow is dangerous. Anything glowing red is a product of our enemies. He is a natural.” Alek spoke without taking her eyes off the glowing man. “They do not know you have the ability to see them. This is only one product of the librarian. We are hoping it will turn the tide of the war, and set our country and other countries free from harm.”
When Alek opened the window everything slowed to Gabriel. He saw the man in the street look up at the window being opened. Gabriel’s heart stopped, and his stomach tightened. He looked up at Alek just in time to see a shell flying at him from the flash of Alek’s pistol. An extremely loud bang rang in his ear and all noises became blurred. He looked to the street and saw the young man now sprawled on the ground with a steaming hole between the dead stare of his two eyes, splitting the black sunglasses in half.
The woman wore tight hip hugging jeans, with a dual wielding pistol holster that sat above her waist on her right hand side and sunk to the level of her jeans pocket on the left. Her heeled boots encouraged her stature; she stood close to Gabriel’s height. Her tank top was black and worn tight to her body. She wore slight signs of makeup, but it was clear to Gabriel that wasn’t necessary. She was exceptionally fit and appeared to be trained as a soldier.
The woman smirked quietly at Gabriel and placed her hand over his hand that cradled his weapon. She spoke with composure “You won’t want to use this against me. I assure you are safe.”
She stepped into the room around Gabriel and eyed him as she passed. “It’s as the librarian said, you are ready.”
Gabriel stood staring at the woman, not out of lust, but with confusion and intent on getting more information about her, about the librarian, about what it was they wanted of him. He felt at ease with the woman, more so than his previous encounter with the librarian. He had many questions and he was expecting to get answers from the woman.
“My name is Aleksandra, call me Alek.” She paused as if waiting for a reply. There was none. “Come to the window.” She said as she tucked herself to the side of the living room window, peeking out over the street.
Gabriel moved to the other side of the window to look over the street below. About a dozen people were in the street. The people were brave as they traveled in the day light. They moved quickly and did not look around. From around the street corner another person appeared, different from the rest. It was a man in his twenties. He wore cargo shorts, a black t-shirt with a silver emblem on the front, and black sun glasses. He carried a messenger bag under his right arm. It was not his clothing that made him stick out. In fact, none of the other patrons were alarmed of him. He stuck out to Gabriel as he illuminated the same way Alek did, however, this man glowed in a shade of red.
“Gabriel, you now have the ability to see. The red glow is dangerous. Anything glowing red is a product of our enemies. He is a natural.” Alek spoke without taking her eyes off the glowing man. “They do not know you have the ability to see them. This is only one product of the librarian. We are hoping it will turn the tide of the war, and set our country and other countries free from harm.”
When Alek opened the window everything slowed to Gabriel. He saw the man in the street look up at the window being opened. Gabriel’s heart stopped, and his stomach tightened. He looked up at Alek just in time to see a shell flying at him from the flash of Alek’s pistol. An extremely loud bang rang in his ear and all noises became blurred. He looked to the street and saw the young man now sprawled on the ground with a steaming hole between the dead stare of his two eyes, splitting the black sunglasses in half.
