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 had information on who took his sister a week ago, and now he needed to find some answers. Taking one last sip of his coffee, he stuffed the photograph back in his pocket and walked toward the woman.

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.

Jerry’s body shook as he stared into the creatures eyes. It was his sister. He thought he had more time before she transformed, but they must’ve done something to release her true self. There was nothing else that could be done. The earth was no more.