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.

She winked at him and he winked back at her. “Hi!”, she said. He was surprised at her levity in such a grim situation.

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.

And with a swift turn of his hands, he made the creature disappear, saving the world in one fell swoop.