Chapter Ninety Nine
Once I shoved the note in my pocket, I immediately drove to the quarry. I wanted to get there before anyone else arrived if possible. It was imperative that I have an opportunity to scope out the terrain in order to find the best vantage point. Selecting my spot, I surveyed the area. When I arrived it was 2:33 and I was alone.
The quarry had been abandoned years ago and my extensive search of the grounds turned up evidence of bonfires and old, rusted beer cans. I assumed the local kids use this place to hang out and party.
The rock walls were riddled with various items of graffiti. Those painted walls reminded me of modern art for the mentally deranged through my still red colored and insanely sharp vision. My actual sight had morphed into something that resembled a sniper’s scope. I would have marveled at my newly discovered ability if the vengeful shadows weren’t overwhelming my thoughts.
Something dark and depraved had taken up residence inside my soul. Strangely though, I didn’t have any desire to remove it. I was years away from being that scared little kid standing in the driveway, watching the celestial war between the dark and the light. I was feeling almost inhuman as I performed my gypsy surveillance. I had transformed into something predatory in nature. I only lived to destroy whatever stood between me and my goal.
I felt the ripples of swelling darkness throughout my body…
Somewhere deep inside the shadows of my consumed thoughts I heard a tiny voice. It tried to convince me that I should push back against the growing tide of malevolence. Although it was far away, I still heard the warning clearly, but I couldn’t comply with it. I was stuck firmly in-between living and dying. So, the darkness was a welcomed thing…
I briefly considered punching and clawing my way right into the center of the earth’s core – I probably should release some of this wrath. In order to do that, I would need a reason to free myself from this overwhelming need for vengeance. I couldn’t think of a single one. So the voice of reason that begged me to step back into the light was silenced as the darkness devoured it. I crouched behind a large pine tree and felt the shadows close in around my heart, mind and soul. The sands of time agonizingly spilled, grain by grain, as I waited for 4 pm to arrive and for my destiny to unfold.
Tray’s shadow falls…
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