Page 6 of Immortal Sun

Alex

She’s pretty. She hates my plant though, so she’s tied one to one.

Me

What plant?

Alex

The one from Home Depot, it was so small and cute and really wanted to be taken home I couldn’t just say no. It’s just a child, Cyrus! A child!

Me

A plant. It’s as plant.

I could see his hesitation in typing and then suddenly.

Alex

I named it.

Me

Gods save us all.

Alex

Apparently, that’s the plan right or at least your plan, then again, from what I’ve seen in the last few thousand years they merely sit on the mountain and stare at each other admiring themselves for leaving humanity. They don’t do shit.

Me

Text me when you’re close.

Alex

Oh we’re here I told her I was texting my wife because she was worried. Watch out, when she was up from her nap I may have told her an ancient story about elves. Damn it I miss the old costumes.

I slam my phone onto the counter and look around the busy bar. It looks normal, well, as normal as a bar full of immortals can look. Then again mine has one purpose and one purpose only; one last night of humanity before you’re escorted downstairs to Styx. How conveniently lovely that Seattle has such an interesting history of it’s underground. They’re too drunk to care, take their coins and dump them into the small river leading down the cave and before they know it.

Anubis shows up.

It never used to be that way. Anubis used to measure before escorting them to the underworld, but now, now we’re aligned with the Greeks, the Romans, Aztecs, Incas, name it and we’re all on the same team, mainly because there aren’t a lot of us left and over half have failed.

I won’t be one of them.

I prepare myself to see her. All of them are attractive, they can’t help it any more than I can help breathing, it’s all part of Chaos’s plan, darkness is rarely ugly. I grab a glass of whiskey and lift it to my lips just as the door opens. I’m immediately irritated that Alex is blocking the view and then even more irritated when I smell the mixture of the woods, ash, flowers, and the sky behind me.

“Leave.” I hiss while Alex is still standing there.

“Not on your life, hey, aren’t you supposed to be happier?” Anubis grins and takes a seat while Ethan, a vampire with way too much time on his hands, joins him. My brother Horus along with Enki all pull out seats. If they’re taking bets, I wouldn’t so much as blink.

Enki’s just like Anubis he doesn’t know when to shut up, it truly confuses him that people don’t want to hear him fill the air with his honeyed words.

“Suit yourselves. I won’t be here long anyways.” I muttered under my breath.

Horus laughs, I’d recognize it anywhere. “Oh, you poor soul.”

“I’m leaving.” I snap.

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