nowhere near as big as Gabriel.
Without thinking, Kara stepped off the elevator and planted her feet on the grey concrete floor.
“Ahem.” The white primate stuck out a long skinny arm. He pointed the golden card at her. “Don’t forget your card, Miss.”
“Oh, right.” Kara stepped grabbed her card. She took a moment to examined the stars etched on it, then jammed it in her pocket.
“Thank you—”
The elevator doors shut in her face.
“Typical,” hissed Kara angrily. “You’d expect them to be a little friendlier…but no! Just a bunch of moronic monkeys—”
“Who are you speaking too?”
Kara flinched and turned around. A petite teenage girl with a pixie cut of purple hair stared at her. Black kohl and purple eye shadow outlined her big green eyes. She was pretty with sharp pointed features. She smiled at Kara. She was dressed exactly like the archangel Cassiel, except her top was purple. Her polished purple combat boots glimmered in the soft light coming from the neon lights above.
I guess the pixie likes purple.
Kara began to feel uncomfortable under the scrutinizing stare from the pixie girl. She turned her head towards the elevator. “Ah—no one. I was just…admiring the…craftsmanship on these doors,” she lied, avoiding her eyes.
“Really,” laughed the girl. She lifted her brows. “You’re a weird one. Well, then. So you’re the famous Kara.” Her smile widened. Pleased to see that her attention was making Kara uncomfortable, she stuck out her hand. Purple nail polish decorated her fingers. “I’m Jenny Harris.”
After a moment’s hesitation, Kara shook it. “Nice to meet you, Jenny.”
“Likewise.” Jenny lifted her hands in the air. “Welcome to CDD.”
“CDD?” Neither Gabriel or David had ever used the acronym CDD.
“CDD—Counter Demon Division,” informed Jenny proudly. “We track and eliminate demons.”
She turned and pointed to the holographic screens. “We monitor Earth from here. And search for demon activity.”
“Demon activity? What kind of demon activity? Like when they attack us, or when they try to eat a soul?” asked Kara. She remembered the new breed demon sucking Tom’s life source like a breakfast shake, and wondered why CDD didn’t show up with David and the others.
Jenny nodded. “Yes. But mostly we look for Rifts.”
“Rifts?”
“Black holes caused by changes in the Earth’s magnetic fields. You probably call them portals or gateways. Demons travel back and forth from their realm to Earth through Rifts—the more Rifts they open, the more demons roam the Earth. We track them and destroy them” Her face was serious.
The image of a higher demon flashed in Kara’s mind. She shivered. “So…what about the souls? We get to save them too, I guess?”
“We do if we have to,” said Jenny. Her pointy face tightened. “But here in CDD it’s all about the Rifts. We make Earth safe so that the guardians can do their jobs safely without getting attacked.”
Kara thought of her mother. “So it’s our job to keep mortals and angels safe. I like that.”
“Good. Come,” said Jenny, “I’m supposed to show you around.” She gestured with her arm for Kara to follow.
Jenny hopped and twirled through the mazes of desks, glass walls, and holographic screens while Kara walked beside her. She was very aware of eyes watching her, but she was thankful. They seemed careful not stare for long before looking away again.
She felt like she was walking on the bridge from the USS Enterprise. She realized that the GAs here were all dressed in uniforms for specific tasks—black, kaki-green, or navy blue. The guardians in kaki-green sat around desks and operated computers. The ones in blue had their own offices and some went up and down the stairs with files in their hands. Kara could see that all the GAs dressed in black sat around the great table. They all listened intently to whatever Cassiel was telling them.
Jenny took Kara around
Without thinking, Kara stepped off the elevator and planted her feet on the grey concrete floor.
“Ahem.” The white primate stuck out a long skinny arm. He pointed the golden card at her. “Don’t forget your card, Miss.”
“Oh, right.” Kara stepped grabbed her card. She took a moment to examined the stars etched on it, then jammed it in her pocket.
“Thank you—”
The elevator doors shut in her face.
“Typical,” hissed Kara angrily. “You’d expect them to be a little friendlier…but no! Just a bunch of moronic monkeys—”
“Who are you speaking too?”
Kara flinched and turned around. A petite teenage girl with a pixie cut of purple hair stared at her. Black kohl and purple eye shadow outlined her big green eyes. She was pretty with sharp pointed features. She smiled at Kara. She was dressed exactly like the archangel Cassiel, except her top was purple. Her polished purple combat boots glimmered in the soft light coming from the neon lights above.
I guess the pixie likes purple.
Kara began to feel uncomfortable under the scrutinizing stare from the pixie girl. She turned her head towards the elevator. “Ah—no one. I was just…admiring the…craftsmanship on these doors,” she lied, avoiding her eyes.
“Really,” laughed the girl. She lifted her brows. “You’re a weird one. Well, then. So you’re the famous Kara.” Her smile widened. Pleased to see that her attention was making Kara uncomfortable, she stuck out her hand. Purple nail polish decorated her fingers. “I’m Jenny Harris.”
After a moment’s hesitation, Kara shook it. “Nice to meet you, Jenny.”
“Likewise.” Jenny lifted her hands in the air. “Welcome to CDD.”
“CDD?” Neither Gabriel or David had ever used the acronym CDD.
“CDD—Counter Demon Division,” informed Jenny proudly. “We track and eliminate demons.”
She turned and pointed to the holographic screens. “We monitor Earth from here. And search for demon activity.”
“Demon activity? What kind of demon activity? Like when they attack us, or when they try to eat a soul?” asked Kara. She remembered the new breed demon sucking Tom’s life source like a breakfast shake, and wondered why CDD didn’t show up with David and the others.
Jenny nodded. “Yes. But mostly we look for Rifts.”
“Rifts?”
“Black holes caused by changes in the Earth’s magnetic fields. You probably call them portals or gateways. Demons travel back and forth from their realm to Earth through Rifts—the more Rifts they open, the more demons roam the Earth. We track them and destroy them” Her face was serious.
The image of a higher demon flashed in Kara’s mind. She shivered. “So…what about the souls? We get to save them too, I guess?”
“We do if we have to,” said Jenny. Her pointy face tightened. “But here in CDD it’s all about the Rifts. We make Earth safe so that the guardians can do their jobs safely without getting attacked.”
Kara thought of her mother. “So it’s our job to keep mortals and angels safe. I like that.”
“Good. Come,” said Jenny, “I’m supposed to show you around.” She gestured with her arm for Kara to follow.
Jenny hopped and twirled through the mazes of desks, glass walls, and holographic screens while Kara walked beside her. She was very aware of eyes watching her, but she was thankful. They seemed careful not stare for long before looking away again.
She felt like she was walking on the bridge from the USS Enterprise. She realized that the GAs here were all dressed in uniforms for specific tasks—black, kaki-green, or navy blue. The guardians in kaki-green sat around desks and operated computers. The ones in blue had their own offices and some went up and down the stairs with files in their hands. Kara could see that all the GAs dressed in black sat around the great table. They all listened intently to whatever Cassiel was telling them.
Jenny took Kara around
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