Chapter V

"So Near, Yet So Far"

"God! I swear that was a creepy old man!" Aziraphale was starting to breathe normally as he said this, but had to harden his grip as Crowley did a dangerous u-turn at dangerous speed.

"I good as hell don't care about the guy, it was Freddy Mercury singing, the guy from Queen, the one who worships the lord of Below, the one who connects demons in the this world with those in the world below." He was very pale, and slightly shaking because he knew that his excuse of the innefable plan wouldn't keep the down below and the high above in peace for much time.

They spend the next 3 minutes focusing on the road, until they got back to Aziraphale's book shop and to the upstairs private room.

"Do you think...? No, it's absurd, they wouldn't. Would they?" Said Aziraphale, they had begun relaxing a little, with was logical, after 2 bottles of red whine, they were starting to feel the alcohol running in their blood.

"I don't know. I hope they don't. And if they do... Hell, we've got the Antichrist on our side." Crowley rose his cup as he said the Antichrist.

"True... true." Said Aziraphale as he rose his cup too. "But taking on count that they are God and Lucifer, maybe Adam's powers won't be enough."

"Newp." The alcohol was now really affecting Crowley. "They wouldn't join to get us, we're just two guys and they could call you up there, if they thought you a rebell, you would have fallen."

"unless... that is a part of the ineffable plan," Aziraphale had drank just a half of a bottle while Crowley had drank the other one and a half, so of course Aziraphale could still think clearly.

"The what? Look, not to worry angel, if they mean harm to you, I will tear them apart." Immediatly after this Crowley poured some more whine to his glass and drank it with one gulp. His face was so red that Aziraphale couldn't tell if he had blushed or if it was because of the whine, but what he was sure of was that his' redness was because he had blushed.

"You know... if they were looking for us or something like that we would certainly notice. So let's enjoy the day and not waste the whine." Said Aziraphale as he refilled his glass.

"That's what I'm talking about."

And the third bottle was soon over.

Outside the bookshop, a man dressed in formal clothing, curiously all his clothing was black, a black long sleeved shirt, black pants, black shining shoes and a black tie wich you could only difference from the shirt if he walked near a lamp post or looking very closely at him. He only muttered and left. But no one was there to here what he said.

And he said this:

"You don't know how close you are to the truth and eternal extinction. Both sides want you down and I don't mean Below." He grinned and walk to a hotel that was exactly in front of the bookshop, just crossing the street. After all he had strict orthers to 'Keep an eye on them'.

Once he had a room, wich he hadn't payed and had just appeared himself in it, he couldn't help but thinking, Why couldn't He send one of His'? Isn't he all mighty? He could just make disappear them from earth, but noooo, here we are evil demons to do the evil deeds of the all merciful God. I don't think he has even told my Lord that damned ineffable plan.

I wish I had a telescope and a stereo. I've found those things to be grand entertainment and disturbing to neighbors.