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SpeckJohn KuhnSpeculative
“darkness is just a speck in the light”
-King’s X, faith hope love -2001 A.D.- Gaalen glared at the three imps atop the building at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. They huddled in some wicked conversation that he couldn’t quite make out. He was sure they knew he was there watching them. He could feel their fear. Fear was strange to him, as foreign as sadness, hatred, and jealousy. “That’s it,” he muttered. “I’m going over there.” Thaellus stood next to his friend and looked across the urban gulf. “I’ll go with you.” It took less than a second for the two of them to blaze across the expanse, swords drawn, to face their adversaries. The minor demons shrank back as soon as they saw the two statuesque warriors in front of them. “What do you want?” hissed one. The other two squirmed uncomfortably. “Why are you here?” asked Gaalen, the sheen of his sword falling right across the first demon’s narrow eyes. “We have our reasons,” the demon replied. A fierce wind whipped the tatters of his fibrous wings. “We have business in this city.” His puny arms hung uselessly at his sides. He tapped thick black claws against his hip. “Leave us, warriors,” said one of the other demons. “We’re causing no harm here.” Thaellus took a threatening step forward and all three of them recoiled. A wheezy gasp escaped the smoky throat of one. “You smell like sulfur,” complained Thaellus. “Why don’t you go to hell where you belong?” “We serve the prince of the power of the air, angel,” replied the first demon. His leathery lip curled contemptuously. “We belong here.” The third demon sneered. “I think the one out of place here is…you,” he said. “Get out of here, demons,” Gaalen ordered, fingering the handle of his blade impatiently. “Come back when you’ve grown a bit.” The three demons, half the size of their opponents, flapped their sooty wings and stepped off the side of the skyscraper. Hovering unsteadily, the most outspoken of them said, “We’ll let you go this time, angels. Next time we come here, you’d better hope we don’t find you.” 1Requires a PDF viewer such as Adobe's Free Acrobat Reader
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