Dirty Mirror by R S Penney

Author:R S Penney [Penney, R S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Creativia
Published: 2018-06-30T22:00:00+00:00

After a brief lunch at the Student Centre – her courses were held on the campus of the University of Denabria – Melissa was ready to meet up with Jon Andalon. No doubt he would have spent the last two days putting together leads on these Sons of Savard, and he would want all the help he could get.

Double doors slid apart, allowing her to see a field of concrete where benches were positioned between tall, black lampposts. Beyond that, green grass stretched on to the Computer Sciences Lab, a square building with a cylindrical facade and windows lining all five stories.

She stepped out into the open.

Melissa closed her eyes, a cool breeze caressing her face. If only every day could be this beautiful, she thought, tilting her head back to feel the sun on her skin. But I suppose you need winter to appreciate spring.

“There's the girl of the hour.”

Melissa turned.

To her delight, Jack was leaning against the brick wall of the Student Centre in gray pants and a black t-shirt. His eyes were hidden behind the dark lenses of sunglasses, and his hair was in its usual messy state.

Grinning sheepishly, Melissa bowed her head to him. “Good to see you too,” she said, approaching him. “Don't tell me you came by just to tell me how good a job I did. Because I don't think I could handle it.”

Jack took hold of the frame of his sunglasses and pulled them down to expose his bright blue eyes. “Perish the thought,” he said. “Back in my day, we didn't slack off. No poorly armed terrorists for us; it was all Battle Drones and Death Spheres.”

“I'm pretty sure Anna took out the Battle Drones.”

“Quiet, you whippersnapper.”

Melissa slammed into him, squeezing him tight, and when Jack patted her on the back, she couldn't help but laugh. “So, why did you come all the way down here?” she asked, stepping out of his embrace.

He tossed his head back to stare up at the sky, sunlight glinting off of those dark lenses. “Oh, no reason…” he mumbled. “It might have had something to do with wanting to say that was a very brave thing you did.”

“I was just doing my job.”

“It was more than that.”

Melissa crossed her arms and shifted her weight from one foot to the other, refusing to look up at him. “It's no different than what you did,” she said. “If I keep getting praise, I think I'm going to explode.”

“There you go, stealing my bit again.”

“Well, I-”

A shriek from some nearby girl cut her off, and she focused on the awareness that came from her symbiont. The misty silhouettes of about a dozen students were backing away toward the lampposts at the edge of the grass.

“The roof,” she whispered.

Jack whirled around to stand beside her, and together they backed up until they were a good distance from the building. That was when she noticed it – a figure in black standing on the rooftop.

The woman wore simple black pants and a matching t-shirt under a dark cloak that billowed in the wind.

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