Retina Blue Chapter 9

CHAPTER 9
The angry message belted from the phone. Olivia struggled not to react; his anger was increasing in regularity. Whatever she did was never good enough. She could not win. And now she certainly could not explain the situation she was in.
The intruder watched her response curiously but said nothing.
Olivia frowned. Why did the intruder appear satisfied by the onslaught?
“That’s it, my timing’s done,” it said calmly.
“No! What? You held me at gun-point so my bloody arsehole of an agent could have a go at me? What kind of weirdo are you?” demanded Olivia.
The intruder turned its back on her and shook the hour glass. “Yep the timing is perfect. Time to go. We did well.”
Olivia flushed red. “Wait! What on earth are you and who are you working for? Why did you do this?”
With its back to her the intruder removed the barrier guarding its face. For a moment it paused, then turned to Olivia and blinked a couple of times.
Olivia recoiled, “what the...?” She dug her fingers into the carpet and jammed her feet into the floor. Her instinct was to escape but the wall prevented her. All she could do was shake her head.
“I work for someone higher. I am known as the Connector and the timing is falling out,” it said casually. “It’s all got a bit out of hand for me to take such a measure…”
“You’re mad!”
The Connector’s small mouth curled. “Believe what you wish.”
Olivia’s breath was rapid as she scanned the being. “Why show me your face? What on earth are you?” asked Olivia, tears trickling down her cheeks.
The Connector waited expecting the inevitable.
Olivia grabbed her stomach and suppressed a wave of nausea while her head swam. Goose bumps prickled all over her body. What stood before her was like nothing she had ever seen before. There was something weird about its eyes.
The Connector glanced back at the hour glass, “I’m not showing you my face, you are recognising my face and you are witnessing my eyes. It will help you in the future - we will meet again.”
“But I don’t want to meet again!”
“The choice is not yours to make and it will be a much nicer experience next time. I won’t bring the weapon.”
Olivia shivered; still she was transfixed and cautiously scanned the Connector’s features. Huge clear eyes, almost white skin and pale thin lips- just not real. There was something about the eyes. They were so beautiful, so turquoise - like the clear waters of Polynesia. Yet there was something missing.
The Connector gestured, “by seeing my eyes you will know what you are looking for, what is extra in you, and what I am missing. You are now on a search for Retina Blue: it will be the genius behind your work. Think of it as a divine gift.”
It paused and gazed into her eyes, “you are very lucky- if luck exists,” it smirked.
“Retina Blue? What on earth does that mean?” she asked in a dazed tone.
“I said our time is up! The rest is up to you.” The Connector turned towards the window, paused for a second, glanced back. “Olivia consider the people you have in your life. A lot of them are arseholes. Time to clear them out!” It smiled, waved, ran and then jumped.
Olivia scrambled urgently to standing and sprinted towards the window. She paused and gazed out onto the street. Her glance navigated one hundred and eighty degrees. Nothing. It had disappeared... How was that possible?
The space between the ground and the window was empty. There was no evidence and no where for it to go. What’s more there wasn’t a body on the ground. Nothing. The only other visible living entity was a squawking raven perched on a chimney of the apartment block across the street.
“I must be having a flash back or something… It must be the stress. There was nothing here… This is all in my mind…Go to routine- it’s safe. Move on. It means nothing. It was just an extended dream.”



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