01-25-2018, 04:46 AM
Michael frowned. The thought of one of those creatures targeting him specifically was unnerving. He had thought a great deal about how to kill them, but it did not include ramming a sword into its heart.
Perhaps he should expand on his first efforts. "I have some thoughts,"
he said, "but we need to know more about these things."
It was all going well, until Nikolai wanted to control one. Usually, Michael would have risen in anger against the sheer foolishness of trying it, but Nikolai had been more amicable than usual, and in truth, he knew so little about the Ijiraq, capturing one alive might be able to help determine the best way to end it, if Nikolai's plan did not go as he wanted.
As for this Regus, if Nikolai said he was dangerous, he was likely doubly so. "I will do what I can to find this...tablet. It is a powerful weapon and cannot be left in the enemy's hands,"
he agreed.
Michael frowned again as Nikolai changed the subject. "Africa? No. I have not been there. I hear that Jacques Danjou and his men are making progress, but it is in chaos. Do you believe this tablet to be there? Or is this something else?"
Perhaps he should expand on his first efforts. "I have some thoughts,"
he said, "but we need to know more about these things."
It was all going well, until Nikolai wanted to control one. Usually, Michael would have risen in anger against the sheer foolishness of trying it, but Nikolai had been more amicable than usual, and in truth, he knew so little about the Ijiraq, capturing one alive might be able to help determine the best way to end it, if Nikolai's plan did not go as he wanted.
As for this Regus, if Nikolai said he was dangerous, he was likely doubly so. "I will do what I can to find this...tablet. It is a powerful weapon and cannot be left in the enemy's hands,"
he agreed.
Michael frowned again as Nikolai changed the subject. "Africa? No. I have not been there. I hear that Jacques Danjou and his men are making progress, but it is in chaos. Do you believe this tablet to be there? Or is this something else?"
"She saw a flaring halo around his head, radiant in gold and blue. It shouted of glory and power to come"
"No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."