SPECTRE

CHAPTER X

I was reluctant to post this chapter because I made a cringe worthy sex joke. Then I realized that I don't give a fuck and decided to post this chapter anyways. First drafts are always the cringiest. 

AJ lied in bed, listening to the sound of music on the radio. It was an smooth sung song from the 1950’s, a hundred years ago. He stared up at the ceiling fan that rotated at a slow place. Natural light came in through the open window and lit half of the dark room. Yesterday he suggested that stayed the night before heading out for their mission. This way they were able to get situated, but really he needed time to get his mentality in order. He wondered if what he did was right. Should he have left the kid in flash step? He was able to handle it so why should the kid? He also wondered how he could have gone about dealing with the domestic violence. The only thing that came across his mind was kill the man. That wasn’t the right idea, he knew.

There was a knock at the door and he looked over and saw Harlot walk into the room. She wore her combat gear and had her assault rifle strapped over her back and her helmet under her right arm.

“Sorry did I disturb you?” she asked.

“No, I’m just thinking about stuff that’s all,” he said.

“Oh and what are you thinking about?” she asked.

There was a brief pause between his next sentence. Then he smirked. “I’m thinking about sex that’s all.”

“...Um, that’s cool I guess.” She wasn’t too sure about his answer and noticed the brief pause before it. She looked to her right and saw AJ’s sword sitting in the corner under the shadows. She kneeled down in front of it and rubbed her hand against the smooth blade. The metal was dull and stained with red blood.

“Where did you get this sword from?” she asked.

“Standard issue given to all spectres,” he answered.

“Why don’t you use guns?”

“Gun’s don’t work well in flash step”

Throughout war countries have developed weapons designed to be used by, and to kill, spectres. They were made from highly dense microscopic artificial metal called, Alvoy. Most weapons came in shape of blades but others were gun designed. These weapons allowed spectres to condense and fire their hitek energy in a controlled manner.

After the war, the technology was lost and recreating it became impossible. These weapons soon became as valuable as oil, clean water and vegetation.

“So what did you come here for?” AJ asked.

Harlot looked back over her shoulder. “Just came to see if you were ready.” She turned back to look at the sword.

“I will in a second,” he said. “I just want to think about some stuff real quick.”

“Can’t you just flash step and speed it up?”

“That reminds me of something.”

“What?”

“There is this joke among spectres I know of. It talks about how this guy and girl would always have sex during combat. Spend hours doing it. But since they’d flash step, it would have only been a second.” AJ rolled out of bed and placed his feet on the floor. He smiled and looked at Harlot. “Eventually other spectres actually started doing this and even been so bold as to have sex with people. They’d never know it because it happened so fast.”

“That’s fuck up,” Harlot muttered.

He walked over to the door and glanced back at Harlot. “You have white stuff around your mouth.” He then left.