Good morning. The day is once again gray and looking ready to rain, all light artificially produced. It makes me want to crawl back into bed for another couple of hours, but that can’t be helped. Coffee is brewing and the rest of me is hoping that it will just rain and get it over with. While it rained all of Tuesday, yesterday the sky just glowered like it wanted to rain but had been told to wait. Today the waiting feels heavy, so hopefully it will just rain. While the weather is waiting for orders, lets go on and start with our morning prompt.
Not my favorite. I suppose it could go somewhere, I’m just not quite sure where or if I want to follow. Still, I do feel more awake, which was sort of the point.
Thursday, August 19th: While I watched, two people emerged from within.
While I watched, two people emerged from within. I fought the urge to grind my teeth. The place was supposed to be abandoned. No one should have been around. That was the deal. I supposed I shouldn’t be surprised that they lied.
In fact it would almost be more surprising if they told the entire truth. I lowered my binoculars and tried to decide if this affected the deal or not. Thus far everything had been on the square. I knew somewhere there would be a change. The corporation was never officially straight about anything. They always held something back. Thus far the supplies were exactly as stated, the vehicles were exactly as planned. I knew something somewhere would be pear shaped. It was, in its own way a relief to find the snag.
Just as I knew they always lied, the corporation knew I had rules.
While they could think that I would be willing to betray them, I wasn’t certain that it would be worth betraying this one. At least not this easily. It could set a a new standard I didn’t want to follow. I didn’t want to have this set up thrown back in my face the next time the corporation wanted to hire me.
‘Not good,’ I thought.
I looked over to my guide/driver. He was waiting. I knew he was a company man, but I wasn’t sure how deep into the company he was burrowed. I slid a short way down the hill allowing gravity to help me to my feet at the bottom of the incline. I walked over, binoculars still loose in my hand. I held them in my left hand. My right hand could easily still go for my gun if needed. Right now my guide wasn’t reaching for his so I left mine in my holster. I knew the possibility of walking away from this job was slim. It wasn’t so much the money as it wa the power. If it wanted, the corporation could wreak destruction over every aspect of my life. It was why I agreed in the first place. Outright refusal wasn’t an option. But I had standards, and I needed them to remember that.
“There are people here.” I said. I moved as though I was going to the passenger’s seat of the car.
“So?” My guide responded.
“So I don’t do this sort of thing with people involved.” I replied. I wanted to add his name in the sentence to make it more forceful, just one man talking to another, but he hadn’t given his name to me. I hadn’t given him my name either, and I planned to keep it that way so I never aked.
“You agreed to do the job.”
“I agreed to do the jb if there were no people.”
I moved to the passenger’s side door and opened it. He stared at me, but didn’t reach for a gun. He just stared. I waited for an argument but there was none. I slid into the vehicle and closed the door behind me. I used the mirrors to watch him. My hand edging towards my gun. He reached into his pocket and I tensed, my hand edging towards the holster. Instead of a weapon, he pulled out a cell phone.
Ten til Midnight 