Apocalypse Cult (Gray Spear Society) by Alex Siegel

Author:Alex Siegel [Siegel, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780557657612
Published: 2011-04-14T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Aaron and Marina arrived back at headquarters an hour later. They went straight to Ethel's office. She had a tall stack of newspapers on her granite desk, and she was reading one as Aaron walked in.

"Catching up on the news, ma'am?" he asked.

Ethel put down her paper. "Just looking for stories that might interest us. How did it go?"

"Not great," Marina said. "We caught Hoskins off guard, so he was moderately cooperative this time. We interrogated one prisoner but only confirmed what we already knew. We did get this, though." She held up the green book entitled Sacred Writings of Simon. "The plan is to plant a transmitter inside and return it to the prisoner. Hoskins will let him go, and we'll follow."

"You're going to meet Hoskins again?"

"Tomorrow morning, ma'am."

Ethel frowned. "His ongoing involvement is getting dangerous for him and us."

"I agree," Marina said. "He's a good man. I hope we can avoid the usual outcome in these situations. He may attempt to arrest us tomorrow, so we'll need an escape plan."

"I'll work on it. Take the book to Edward, and have him plant the transmitter. Aaron, please stay here."

Marina nodded and left the office.

Aaron sat on an antique wooden chair which was upholstered with padded leather. The seat was a little narrower than he preferred, made for a generation of smaller people.

"I thought you might have more questions for me," she said. "About the history of the Spears? Our purpose?"

"Yes, ma'am. Simon was communicating with an 'angel' called Sraosha, the thing that killed him in the hanger. What was it, really?"

She took a deep breath. "Let me ask you a question. If God created the universe, then clearly He isn't part of the universe. He exists outside our reality, so where is He?"

"What do you mean?"

"He must be somewhere, right?"

"I guess so." Aaron shrugged.

"We have different names for the place where God lives. Kamal calls it the 'pre-physical potential field.' Victor calls it the 'Land of Boogie-men.'"

"Is it Heaven, ma'am?"

"There aren't angels walking on white fluffy clouds," she said, "if that's what you mean. The laws of physics don't apply there. There is no time or space. Existence is a poorly defined concept. It's impossible for our tiny human brains to imagine such a place."

"Sraosha is out there with God?"

"Apparently."

"But why would Sraosha want to kill humans?" he asked. "That's like an elephant stepping on plankton. In the big universe, we're just a tiny blip."

"God has a great interest in humans. We're extremely significant for reasons I can only guess at. His enemies have been trying to destroy us for a long, long time."

"How long have the Spears been around?"

"What we call the Gray Spear Society was founded during the last gasps of the Roman Empire," Ethel said, "but there were previous organizations. Since the dawn of human civilization, there have been special people with a divine mandate to protect the Earth. Any more questions?"

"Yes, ma'am. How did you become so fast?" He leaned forward with curiosity.

"It was a gift from God.

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