Celestial by Hannah Mae

Author:Hannah Mae [Mae, Hannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Spiritual Warfare, Angels, Demons, Frank Peretti, Christian Sci-Fi
Publisher: Hannah Mae
Published: 2022-05-12T06:00:00+00:00

Jediah hovered over Nechum, who hunched over the buttoned device he had called a computer. The screen blared in the dark library, and Jediah hoped the bookshelf walls hid the brightness from the building’s security cameras that Nechum had pointed out earlier.

Glued to the display, Nechum pecked the keys in rapid clicks. It impressed Jediah how easily he manipulated the fragile, squared letters while in angelic form without breaking them. Even Laszio and Akela stood enraptured as his nimble fingers danced.

“I still don’t quite understand why travel visas are required for Image Bearers to cross borders,” Laszio remarked.

“It is difficult for beings like us to understand, Laszio,” Nechum replied. “But right now, I need to concentrate. This isn’t as easy as it looks.” Garish pictures crowded the screen. Nechum grunted, grabbed the oval device called a ‘mouse’ that sat next to the lettered grid, and clicked them away.

Readjusting his blue hood, Eran turned to Jediah. “Do you really think it’s a good idea to remain as humans during our Beijing operation?”

“I don’t see there being much choice,” Jediah said. “Word has spread about us, so now everyone’s on the lookout for soldiers in ministry clothes. Besides, Nechum informed me that less than two percent of China’s people are Marked Christians. I’m expecting we’re going to be vastly outnumbered there.”

Eran nodded, but stared ahead with eyebrows furrowed. “Sir? Do you think Elazar will track us there?”

Jediah drew an agitated breath, crossed his arms, and kept his eyes glued on Nechum. “He may. Let’s pray that he doesn’t.” This was the third time Eran inquired about Elazar, and he wished he’d drop the subject.

“And what about the others?” Eran asked. “Shouldn’t the others know the name of our whistleblower?”

Jediah looked Eran square in the eye. “If we go completely underground for the rest of this operation, Elazar should be a non-issue.”

Eran looked away, dissatisfied but compliant.

Nechum clicked the plastic ‘mouse’ device again. A tiny arrow darted across the screen in sync with his hand. Then he sat still, waiting for the computer’s response.

Laszio tapped the display. “How long do these things usually take?” After a minute of nothing, he leaned in and tapped harder. “Did it die?”

Nechum sighed. “No. It’s just thinking.”

“Pfft. Thinking. Like junk can think. They’d have chips for brains if they did,” Laszio said, rolling his eyes.

“Well, you’re not too far off there,” Nechum chortled. The display cleared, and his fingers set to racing once more.

Laszio nodded. “Oh good. It’s alive.”

“Technically it’s not, but I get your figure of speech,” Akela said with a wink and a nudge Laszio seemed to tolerate.

Jediah checked the empty aisle behind him. He pulled his hood down to his eyebrows, half expecting a creeping shadow or a red eye, but there was no one. No Elazar. He then watched Akela, who was investing his interest into everything. Jediah’s wheels turned. His letter was finished. This night would be his last to help Chloe before he vanished into obscurity, and flaky Akela was his linch pin.

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