The Pole Shift

Janet

Janet raced up to the scene, John reluctantly following her, trying to tell her again and again the Mr. Knowles was terrible. She hoisted Sean's axe on her shoulder. She knew how to handle it, she had cut wood in her brother's back yard since she was nine.

                 For a moment the scene confused her, the drunk dude was about to get smashed whilst the old fart, Mr Knowles she presumed, urged on the attacker. Mnem looked on like a baby.  Then Sean rose and it was if his arms were growing black and huge, his hands were distorting, becoming like dinner plates with hot dog fingers.  Janet spoke rapidly addressing the crystal in her ear.

                "Google or whatever the fuck you are, what's happening!"  The androgynous reply came quickly as if Prophet was watching too.

                "Interference, ancient technology has been enabled." Janet realized that two entities spoke through the crystal, this sexless voice and then the deep voice of some bloke. Her sharp mind was forming an opaque scenario, understanding that the world was not as she had been taught. Janet watched on, amazed to see the drunk grow into something that seemed very intimidating. She felt his awareness of her, of everything around them and it took her breath away. There came a  clang as his hand met the descending metal cudgel, his hand- was it stone?-  rose to strike. Then Mnem said:

                "Shouldn't we all try at being friends? At least try!" The drunk turned to her and the menace fled, his arms collapsed back to their shaking selves and sand and chips of stone fell to his knees. The cowering attacker looked up with intense fear, shaken out of his aggression, wanting nothing but to take up Mnem's advice.

                "Now, witchcraft! This is evil. Civilization has held back this sort of thing but it has been set free by the catastrophe! Mr. Jobling, continue your job!"  Mr. Jobling wanted none of it, muttering that he was going back to the pod, he'd find somewhere else to live. The old man grew very old for a moment as he watched his muscle walk away. Then he hoisted his cudgel and made for Sean saying:

                 "If you want a job done do it yourself." Janet strode up behind Mr.Knowles and buried the axe in the center of his spine. She felt good doing it, and she looked at the shocked faces as if they were all useless. She said:

                "Not another hen in the coop you old rooster!"