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IMAGINATION'S PLACE
FICTION

THE SIXTH NIGHT OUT
By; Gerald A. Polley

The Ancient One gathered his temporary companions. "Quiet night!" he remarked. "Haven't got a lead on anything! The battle hasn't even started yet. Let's go out and join the others, and wait for things to get interesting."
"You mean," Esther asked, "there's such a thing as a quiet night around you?"
"Believe it or not," The Ancient One answered, "there have been times that we have had absolutely nothing to do, when the whole world has been quiet!"
"You've told me some unbelievable things," Esther remarked, "but I'll never believe that one!"
They joined the others and joined in every day conversation. Finally the demons appeared and the fighting started. It had gone on for some time when everything seemed to slow down. The demons backed off, looking at each other strangely.
Jesus looked at The Ancient One and remarked "Demetrius, do you feel that?"
The Ancient One's eyes suddenly widened. He muttered his favorite curse word and shot off. Durga and Esther had also stopped fighting. Suddenly Esther began to moan. In an instant The Ancient One appeared over her and began to glow brighter and brighter until the intensity drove the creatures of Darkness back.
Suddenly the brilliance shot away from The Ancient One and he fell to the ground, moaning. One of the creatures of Darkness approached and remarked "Excuse me!" Durga and Esther stepped aside. The demon went up to The Ancient One and held out his hand. Darkness seemed to ooze out of The Ancient One and enter the demon. After a few moments the demon held out his hand to his companions and the Darkness oozed out of him towards them. Finally it stopped and the demon remarked "There! That belongs to us, not to you!" He walked off and rejoined his companions.
The Ancient One gave an angry cry and shot skyward. "Come, my brothers!" the demon sighed. "Someone among the living has done a very foolish thing. The fighting is over for tonight. For us the fighting here may be over forever." Jesus and David joined Esther. A few moments later Mary Magdalene appeared. "What's going on?" she asked. "We felt that in The Kigdom Of God!"
"Not sure," Jesus answered. "I've got a feeling, I hope I'm wrong!" He put out His hand and touched Esther. She immediately seemed stronger.
"Thank you!" she remarked.
The Ancient One returned. "Found them!" he cried. "They're just across the river. Come! I want witnesses!"
The others rose and followed him. They went to a large complex of buildings, down through hallways into a deep underground structure. The Ancient One led them into a circular room. "Here's where the senders were," he snapped, "six of them! They had implants and were connected to the machinery with these cables. Look in here! They've got animals, dogs, cats, even a couple of birds and a fish, monkeys, a donkey! It's worse," he continued. He led them into another room. "In here they had twenty children, ten boys and ten girls. They had implants in their brains too. They were taking them out when I arrived. They were strapped down on these bunks. Ladies, they're in a playroom right down there. Go check them over, make sure they're all right and keep an eye on the attendants. If they start to do anything improper deal with them!"
"Our pleasure!" Esther snapped.
"I heard their leader saying to call the boss, to get him down here. Let's hang around and observe things. The senders are in the medical facility down here."
Everybody entered the medical facility. The occupant of one unit was already covered with a sheet. By the time a heavy set man with two escorts entered two more had been covered with sheets. "What in the hell happened?" the heavy set man snapped.
"The experts were idiots, senator!" the apparent leader of the group answered. "It's true the machine greatly increased our power, but it only drew a more severe response. Our instruments couldn't even record the intensity! The computers are fried! Mary, Helen, and Jeff are dead! Alice, Peter, and James are dying. There's nothing we can do. They fried their nervous system. But the animals and the children are completely unharmed. It's obvious they're learning to control their counterstrikes. It was incredible! They unplugged the children, took them out of their units, they went to the playroom and started singing 'Joy To The World' as they played."

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