Shadows: part 3

As they arrived at the building, one unlocked the door, opened it and stated “After you”. The other very politely thanked her and entered the house, followed by the first. Once the door had been locked again, one picked up the mail, handing half to the other and starting to walk down the hallway. As it did every night when they returned, the bubble of darkness surrounded the house, hiding it from the outside. Suddenly all of the lights came on, illuminating the house. When they arrived at the lounge, they both dropped their mail and began de-gearing. All of their weapons and armour were dropped onto two trays, one each, both encrypted. Fully de-geared, they turned and headed for two doors. Each door was engraved – one said Opal and the other Tear. The girl with dark short hair opened the door engraved Opal, and the girl with the dazzling red hair opened the door entitled Tear. They looked at each other, curtsied slightly, said goodnight as if it had been a normal day and entered the doors into their own solitudes.

Shadows; part 2

As the wind blew through the graveyard of trees, the tiniest voice could be heard over the clanging of swords. The stubborn pair were being watched. But by who? The girls both simultaneously stopped and were immediately back to back. Slowly they started to turn, swords at the ready, observing all of their surroundings. Minute orbs of light started to dart from the main glowing sphere, and once the small light balls had made a large circle around them the main light was absorbed by darkness. Still seeing nobody, the girls faced each other. They gave each other a slight nod and faster than light they began to run. The light circle travelled with them as they ran. The voice was getting louder and louder but they ignored it. They knew exactly where they were going.

Eventually the dead trees petered into nothing and they were surrounded by openness. The lights vanished, and only the emptiness of the night remained, but they could both see perfectly well. Slowly they started walking, straight ahead, leaving the hollow voice of mystery behind.

Three miles later, the girls were still walking in silence. The outline of a large house could be seen. The girls walked on. Calmly one turned to the other and said “I guess we’ll have to finish this tomorrow.”
“I guess we will.”
“Hopefully we won’t be so rudely interrupted again. By the way, who do you think it was?” she asked slightly accusingly.
“I don’t know, I thought it might have been to do with you”.