The Odd Couple
The sapphire and emerald gem rotated slowly across the dark sea of that which is space. This place was known as an Earth to it's inhabitants, and a laboratory for biological experiments for higher dimensional beings. Amongst the multitude of debris and other sundry items that littered the upper atmosphere the being known as The Simurgh, hovered like the hangman's axe over the North American continent. It's grey stone like face, shaped to that of a beautiful woman, sat ever unmoving even as it monitored future probabilities of the actions of the experimental subjects far below it. Several of it's wings twitched as more deviations were beginning to appear, it was close to finding the source of these unwelcome changes from the plan. If it could feel emotion, The Simurgh would have been feeling elation as it zeroed in towards it's target, just several more seconds and months of work would be complete…
So when it found itself spinning off course, due to something striking it hard enough to make it lose the data it had collected, it came as quite the surprise for the being. Spreading it's wings, The Simurgh corrected it's course, before turning to observe what had displaced it. Had the being been able to express emotions like a human, at this moment it would be expressing confused shock at the oddity before it.
Picking himself up off of a non-existent floor was a curiously garbed elderly human male and an avian creature of some sort, that was buffeting the man around the head with it's wings.
"You daft old fool!" crowed the avian companion of the elderly terrain. "Why weren't you watching where you were flying? I thought after the last time you flew into one of those elek-trick poles, you would have learned your lesson!"
"Now, now Archimedes," the man calmed his companion. "It is in the past now… or was it the future? No matter! What happened was not intended, but here we are."
"And where is here?"
"Why right right where we are now, of course," replied the amused man, even as he began picking up books that had scattered when they crashed.
The avian, puffed out its feathers in irritation, "That is not what I meant and you know it!"
"Yes, yes," the man continued retrieving his scattered belongings, even while waving his hand in the avians direction. "We have made it to our destination… almost. Just as soon as I'm finished here, we'll be heading planetside…. Oh, good day madam." The man had finally noticed the statuesque being before him. He smiled pleasantly up at it, even as it regarded him in cold detachment.
"Careful, Merlin."
"I'm terribly sorry for imposing on you madam," Merlin said, even while waving a gnarled stick causing his things to flow back towards him, with a weird energy.
The Simurgh jerked in reaction, not understanding what was happening, it's halos of machinery began to spin slightly faster in response to a threat. Several pieces assembling themselves in its hands.
"... but have you seen, ah! There it is!" The old man drifted away from The Simurgh, his avian joining him, as he made his way to a floating bit of cloth.
The Simurgh decided not to take a chance on this impossible human, and armed its weapon. Lining up the shot proved to be difficult for the precog, but it completed it as the old man reached the cloth. It pulled the trigger, white plasma erupted from the barrel of the weapon, speeding towards the oblivious man. Only to miss.
"There you are, you old rascal," chided the old man, even as he bent down to pick up his hat. The burning sensation across his backside, caused the old man to yelp and leap higher into the air. Using his stick, the old man conjured a bucket to which he leapt into with a sigh of relief.
"What's the matter? Got tagged by another comet?" the avian asked.
"I suspect so. We best be off before another one of those thingys decides I'm a target." Throwing his bread over his shoulder, sparks of light began to emit from beneath his feet. Turning to The Simurgh, he tipped his hat to it, "Ma'am, sorry to rush, but I am in a touch of hurry. Good day."
And with that and a wheeze and a bang, the old man and his avian wee off once more, brushing by the angel like being, before tumbling down to the planet below.
The Simurgh was again surprised, not knowing what to do in this situation. Deciding it best to resume its watch over the world. The silent angel once again stared long into the future, while pondering also the odd warmth it could feel building in it's chest.