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.

The woman quietly sipped her tea and her eyes glazed over as she let her thoughts wander. This next job was the same as usual; make notes upon the suspect at hand, although it was quite different at the same time as I had met this woman once before.

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.

It seems as though I had been too preoccupied watching the woman's movements that I forgot about the minions I brought my laser sword out and struck the creature's back then with a flying kick to it's head and one final blow at the neck it was all over. The woman had disappeared