Kharon Part 61

Kharon Chapter 61

        The Mist stares intently at Jacob and Emma for several moments.  “So you’ve come to overthrow me and this is the best you can come up with?”, asks The Mist.

        “Look lady, I don’t know who you think we are but we aren’t interested in overthrowing anybody.  We’ve come to make a deal that’s lucrative for both of us”, says Jacob.

        “My friend Johnny warned me all about you two and your tricks.  Said you work for a pirate queen who double-crossed him cycles ago.”

        “Who Simone?  She’s barely an acquaintance”, says Jacob.  “Now let’s calm down and talk business.”

        “Wait a minute!”, says Emma.  “If Johnny is someone angry at Simone that could mean the others are in danger.”

        “They’ll be fine”, whispers Jacob out of the corner of his mouth.  He then smiles and turns back to The Mist.  “She spends too much time around the A.I., causes delirium.  Doesn’t know what she’s saying half the time.”

         “Jacob!  They’re our friends.  I know you try your best to hide it but I can tell you care about Luke deep down.”

        Jacob laughs and turns to Emma.  “Him?  I don’t give a swamp rat’s ass what happens to him.”

        “You don’t have to pretend for me.  I already know.”

        Jacob ponders looking back and forth between the two women.  He then lets out a long sigh and rolls his eyes.  “Let’s go find them.”  

       Jacob, Emma and Sparky head towards where they came from to look for the panel that brings them back to the reception area.  But a ball of energy blasts intbetween them knocking everyone to the ground.  The Mist stands with her hands glowing and says, “I didn’t say we were finished here.”  The Mist then extends her hands and snakes of smoke come out of them and attack Jacob, Emma and Sparky.  Sparky snaps and zaps at them.  They coil around Jacob before he can reach his gun though.  Emma takes out a concealed knife she has on her and uses it to slice through Jacob’s coils as she fires her crossbow at The Mist.  The arrows go right through The Mist having no affect.

        Jacob now free takes out his gun and shoots a mighty wind tunnel at The Mist which disperses her.  “Your gun works better than mine”, says Emma.

        “Get the door.  I’ll try to hold her off.”  

        Emma searches for a way to open the panel but finds none.  "Oh the hell with this."  She then fires her crossbow at the wall and it blows open a hole.  She runs out through it along with Sparky and Jacob follows.