Night Owls

Jerry glanced down at the photograph in his hand, then back up again at the woman sitting alone at the back of the cafe.

He knew she was the spy he was looking for. She was the agent working for the spy agency down the street, by the oceanfront.

All at once a blinding light coursed through the space. Jerry and the woman froze. And then a creature appeared, seemingly from the air itself.

A rat fell from the roof of the building onto the woman's neck. She leaped and ran out the door. Jerry followed her outside and saw she was running in the direction of the spy agency.