Reaper by Wesley Brown

Author:Wesley Brown
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-04-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight:

Enter Vanguard

Reaper finally stepped foot on the southern shores of Great Britain. As it turned out, not many people were very willing to help ship him there—let’s just say Matthew Webb was not the first to swim across the English Channel. On the other side, Reaper felt legitimately weak. He plopped himself down on the sand and rocks face-first, taking in a few deep breaths.

Reaper stood to his feet and stared out at the water. He did not realize that Blink was standing behind him by only a few inches, until he heard an obnoxious crunching and crackling. Reaper looked over his shoulder with his eyebrow raised. Blink smiled at Reaper, his mouth full of popcorn.

“Why am I not surprised to see you there?” Reaper asked rhetorically.

“Do you want me to answer that?”

“Why not go into the future to see how this conversation will end for you if you keep that up?” Reaper said.

“Dude. Did you just threaten me?” Blink asked, surprised.

“I did,” Reaper said. “I have lived for a long time and seen many strange things. I just swam across a sea to be here, and I am unclear as to why I am here.”

“Alright, I can see how that might bother you,” Blink said. “Technically, it’s called the English Channel, not a sea. Popcorn?” He held his small bag forward.

“As good as it smells, no. Tell me why I am here. If you feel there are things I do not need to know, you are wrong. Tell me everything,” Reaper said sternly.

“Okay, so there’s this guy. He is actually a king.” Blink paused. “He and pretty much everyone else believes he is the king by divine right for pulling a sword out of a stone.”

“That is stupid,” Reaper said.

“I know, right?” Blink said with a big grin. Reaper’s expression had not changed, so Blink returned to his briefing. “This guy’s name is King Arthur Pendragon of Camelot. He holds a very powerful and dangerous weapon.”

“You want me to kill him and get the weapon from him?” Reaper asked.

“Yes,” Blink stated.

“Of course, you want him dead.”

“I’m picking up on an uncomfortable level of sass there,” Blink said. “The only reason he needs to die is because the sword is bound to him, and as long as he can possibly get to it, the future is in jeopardy. Here’s the thing: no one else needs to die.”

“What does that mean?” Reaper asked.

“That means he might have around twelve or more guys with him that will all be more than willing to die for him. Those guys do not need to die, so you do not need to kill them,” Blink said.

“How badly can I injure them?” Reaper asked.

“You can’t leave them catatonic,” Blink said, and Reaper frowned at him questioningly. “They need to be able to walk again.”

“I see.” Reaper thought for a moment. “This will not be simple.”

“No, it won’t.” Blink shook his head. “I gotta toss this, give me a sec.” He disappeared for about one second, then returned in the same place.

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