Firefight

Sparks! It came from a room just ahead of me. I’d almost crept right past, oblivious of the open doorway. I ignored the fruit, sneaking up and listening. “Three of them. Steelslayer left early. I followed, but lost him.”

Was that Newton talking?

“You lost him?” That deep voice was familiar. Obliteration. “I thought you didn’t do that.”

“I don’t.” Frustration in her tone. “It’s like he vanished.”

Sparks. I felt a chill run up my arms and wash across my body. Newton had been following me?

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Though I caught myself quickly, my booted foot scraped across some bark. Obliteration spun, and Newton stood up straight, raising the katana in a firm grip.

Obliteration looked right at me.

But he didn’t seem to see me.

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“What sense would that make?” I asked. “After you saved me from drowning the other day, and then saved me again tonight when Newton was tailing me? Thanks for both, by the way.”

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