” The male stated.Ephus eye brows rose at these words. “I’m not sure that we would have met giving your allegiances and all.” Ephus replied.�...“Godling, sir.” The female started almost refusing to look at Ephus. “Unfortunately, much of why and what we do are not under our command or choice.”Ephus looked at both of the beings before him. His arms crossed he smirked a bit ‘til an idea came to him.“Say I believe you, even a little, I have no way to ascertain if you are truthful or not. You both are. Around the corner came a group of boys, I recognized a couple from the year above me."Holy shit, who do we have here?" call Billy Moffit whom I recognised.I didn't move but I could feel my heart pounding in my chest."Shit it's Clare from my history class," said a face I knew but couldn't put a name to.Now the whole crowd of boys had come back and were staring at me through the changing room door."You're late," said a voice, "didn't you now that the whole school is deserted." What? No, I'm just. Just the thought of falling, embracing that grinning corpse for even a moment shocked her to some semblance of sense. She continued to climb down, suppressing her quivers, one level at a time. ____________________ Zeke blinked. The metal here was familiar to him, even though the end had been snapped, and the wires running along inside were frayed and rusted. This was an old-tech satellite dish, a design that had changed very little over the centuries, save to shrink in size. Even this change in. There was a truck parked on the grass with 'Artie's Landscaping' stenciled on its side. Just as the girls were dismounting from their bicycles, three men appeared from behind the house wearing dirty work clothes and boots. Two looked like university students on summer break and the third was older, probably in his forties. All three looked very fit, with powerful arms and shoulders.The men were laughing and the two student types were giving each other a high five. When he spotted the girls the.