Undercover

C

Written 6th-8th December 2017

Silently deciding to wait behind the door frame, the two humans watch for movement. It took only ten minutes for the ghost start shuffling about and another five to wake up. As they watched the ghost - now identified as a he - stretched his arms above his head. The two strained their ears and eyes.

They leaned in closer as the ghost began to grumble, whist looking for something in a drawer. "Wear are those stupid bandages?! It's bad enough that I had to come back to the mortal world never mind having to protect everyone! I don't even know what I'm supposed to be looking for! Mysterious clockwork..." the rant trailed off as he found what he was looking for. "Yes!" From the draws he pulled out a set of bandages and put them on a table in the middle of the room. Then, he gently closed his eyes as if in concentration. A ripple spread over his body and he began to change. His feathers thinned and flattened against his wings as they drew closer to his body. A wave blew threw his hair, leaving it red. His aura dimmed. Then, he turned around as he grabbed the bandages once more, revealing dark green eyes that shone in the candle light. Olly Winterson.

Sam gasped and glanced at Tucker, who had a slight parting where his lips usually met. His transfixed state was startling to Sam, who'd only ever seen him that way when he was on his PDA. She turned back to Olly. He was tightly wrapping the bandages around his chest, trapping his wings. Now that she had noticed it, it was disturbing how he didn't breath and Sam found herself feeling claustrophobic just watching him. She closed her eyes for a moment to take a deep breath and when she looked back he was already dressed. Even as she watched he was strapping glimmering watches around his arms. Going back to the drawers he pulled out on draw that revealed carefully laid out weapons. Twin katanas, a handgun and what appeared to be rows of knives. He ran his hand along each weapon before grabbing several knives and hiding them in his boots, his sleeves and all sorts of places that they would've never even thought of. He shut the draw and began to walk towards them. Too shocked to react, they froze.

Their eyes met.