Lethal Takeout by Ehsani Vered

Author:Ehsani, Vered [Ehsani, Vered]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Vered Ehsani
Published: 2015-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Deathmarks

This time, we didn’t fly back. It turned out Bob, in addition to having a gentleman’s command of the English language, also had an unconquerable terror of heights. So we floated along a safe hand’s width above the slick pavement. The rain had returned, drifting down in a drizzle, coating everything with a silver sheen.

Above us, the flying ghosts lit up the sky as they popped in and out of view, dancing over buildings, zipping down occasionally before darting away.

“What are they?” I whispered. They didn’t seem like us, earthbound and dim.

Shadow scowled. “Free spirits. Those who went through the tunnel.”

“So that’s what we’re missing out on,” I mused.

Shadow shrugged, Timmy grunted and Bob… well, he just shuffled on, as did the conversation. For the first time since my death, I started to enjoy myself. I was hanging out with a group of guys (even if they were ghosts) who didn’t want to sue me, kill me or make me clean their toilets. It reminded me of another time, another place, when I walked through the streets with a circle of comrades, unafraid of the night.

We were about half way back when Faye zoomed up, interrupting Bob’s story about meeting a sheik who had a thing for ice sculptures.

“What’re you doing here?” I demanded.

“I missed you too,” Faye cooed. “DD asked me to make sure you didn’t get lost this time, sugar.”

“Meaning you were driving her crazy and she kicked you out.”

Faye winked and giggled. “Same thing. I’m here to guide you home.”

“Lucky us,” Shadow murmured in a snarky tone.

“I like your new friends, Axe,” Faye gushed, fluttering her eyelashes at Shadow, who ignored her. “Who’s Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome?”

“WHO?” Timmy boomed, glancing around expectantly.

“Faye Random, Shadow, Bob Esquire, Timmy,” I said, gesturing to each in turn with an unenthusiastic wave.

“Shadow,” Faye gushed. “What a lovely name. Where’d you pick up that one?”

Shadow responded with a dagger-filled look that would’ve shut up pretty much anyone else, living or dead. Being a poltergeist and paparazzi, Faye was oblivious to glares, rude finger gestures and other means by which people communicate irritation or deep dislike.

“Oh, dear,” she pouted. “You’re behaving just like Axe. He won’t tell me about his name either. How terribly impolite of you two, keeping secrets from me. But I will find out eventually,” she warned with a wag of her finger.

We ignored her and kept moving. The streets were fairly empty, apart from a few drug addicts shooting upon the sidewalk. In this part of the city, that’s normal. Actually, I’d think it strange if I didn’t see it.

“My word,” Bob suddenly interrupted Faye’s monologue about façades and shape shifting. “In the name of all that is holy, what, pray tell, is that?”

Given Bob’s rather blob-like physique, he couldn’t actually point a finger at what he was referring to. So for a few seconds, everyone looked off in different directions and answered accordingly.

“LIGHT. BULB,” Timmy said in awe as he waved to the lamppost looming above them, its light scattered by the misty rain.

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