Kharon Part 59

Kharon Chapter 59

        Back in the reception area Emma is fidgeting as she sits next to Jacob.  “Something about this feels off”, says Emma.  

       “You’re just not used to being around people with power and wealth.  They’re into eccentricities and mind games like this.”

        “How do you know what I’m used to?”

        “I read you the moment I met you.  You're not like Luke and me.  You're just a survivor who caught some bad breaks.”  Emma averts her eyes down and looks at her folded hands.  “It’s a compliment.  You don’t want to be like us.”

        Just then the hidden panel opens and the samurai walks out and announces, “7440.”

        “That’s us”, says Jacob as he stands and walks towards the samurai standing in a cloud of mist.  Emma and Sparky follow him.

        As they walk through the darkness on the other side of the wall Emma tries waving her hands to get the mist out of her face.  “I can’t see a thing.”  Just then the mist in the air all around them begins to swirl in the darkness.  Their seems to be a light coming from somewhere but they can’t make out from where.  In the flickers of white light they see before them the mist twisting and swirling into various shapes.  

        A scream of “Silence!”, comes from all around them.  “Why have you sought out The Mist?”

        Sparky begins to growl and electricity shoots out of him from all directions.  It doesn’t harm Jacob or Emma as they clutch each other but it travels through the mist and electrocutes the samurai standing with them.  It also causes the shapes in the mist to contort and eventually dissipate.  Out of the clearing mist appears a woman whose eyes are so sunken they look like she is wearing large goggles and she sports wild hair that seems to float in the air.  She looks menacingly  at the three visitors who are trying to piece together what happened.

        “Cute trick”, says the woman who is The Mist.  “But it’s not enough to save you.”