I could feel
his presence crackling in the air around me. There was so much of him that for
a moment I almost faltered. He had sent out his energy all over the bridge and
I traced its intentions with my own. I was like an animal circling a larger
predator trying to gauge its strength, its next move. I cautiously let my
darkness brush up against the tendrils that were creeping up the underbelly of
the bridge and the force of the contact hit me like a sledge hammer.
I was
prepared for the huge surge of power this time—it was an echo of what happened
to me on the roof of my building. I was like a copper conductor I let it wash
over me and sink deep into the earth, bringing it up again, slowly, to
supplement my own darkness.
We were
connected now. It was an uncanny feeling of shared physical strength and a
partial mental merging. I knew instantly that he was destroying the bridge for
the same purpose that I had destroyed my building. I also knew that he had come
here to find me.
My eyes
locked onto movement on the bridge and I could see him as he moved to the edge
of the railing. The barrier crumbled under his touch and he jumped up onto the
edge of the bridge with the agility of a cat. His silhouette was framed by the
setting sun and even though he stood in the shadow of the huge orb I could see
him as if he were bathed in the clearest light.