Chapter 13

Chapter 13

The sound of a telephone's ring echoed through the walls of a small house."Hello?" A thick man's voice answered the phone. "Hold on." Out from the house he emerged glancing at the homes next to his. The neighborhood he lived in was fairly quiet. After a few steps he joined a woman standing at the end of the slightly winding driveway…she was still and stared into the night. The moon was coated with a thick haze. "For you." She stretched her hand out w/out a single glance towards the husky man. He placed it in her grip obediently.

"Well?" She asked, her voice rich and commanding. "She is still alive." The woman sighed heavily. "You disappoint me greatly…" The man at the other end offered up several excuses, but she cut him off. "You assured me you could handle her…."

"We can…it's just.."

"Obviously you are not a soldier…you have not focused on your objective. That is all that matters…you accomplish it and move on. If you don't complete the assignment within the week you will not be paid…nor breathing." She hung up and threw the phone. A cat hissed and ran across the lawn. "Fool." Her eyes burned with anger..

"Rashne…" the man placed his hands soothingly upon her shoulders but she moved forward out of his comforting touch…as she always did. The man looked at her with pity. Her moods changed rapidly…

"Look around…all the little lights in the windows…the silhouettes of people sitting down to dinner…people…"she paused…the air about her seemed ethereal. "We own them…you and I." A smile curved across her pallid face.

"You're crazy." The man shook his head…a fear burned in his stomach. This woman he loved he had never understood. It was as if she was somewhere else, always functioning on a different set of absolutes.

Rashne turned her gaze from the moon to her lover's face. Her stunned expression melted away quickly. " Far from it Jude…" she walked further down the driveway and placed her hand on the one tree left standing in the yard. "Humanity has often thought men of truth to be mad… look at Galileo, Columbus, Jesus.." She shook her head… "only in my case they can't crucify, torture, or frighten me." Her words were full of passion, her eyes stared through Jude.

"Look at us…" she hissed "we're stronger…more powerful…all that matters is survival of the fittest. Progression must continue…we are the future…not…them…"

"Rashne…" Jude began, his voice soothing as he moved closer.. "why don't we just go away…leave the Society."

"What!"

"Why don't we just live a normal life…have kids.."

Rashne's eyes burned with anger. "You want to live like a human? You forget what we are…they are human…pathetic." She pointed her finger to a nearby house… "We are not! No…it is our destiny. I won't give up my position….for anything…" She stared at him harder.. "the Society and its repercussions are all that matters."

She walk passed him towards their home.

"Rashne.." Jude's voice pleaded.

She turned upon reaching the brick steps..her composure was cool.. "They have been asking me about your….rumored disloyalty…I've lied for you once…I won't do it again." At that she left her callousness to wash over him. He watched her darkened figure enter the house…heartbroken by the truth he couldn't bring himself to accept.

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