Do you see what I don't see? (Hidden in plain sight)
Heinus the head Monitor, swiped vigorously across the great mirror’s surface. And waited for the cornucopia of bustling images, to collate. He never really heard the soft whirring sound, that emanated from the screen. As pictures and scenes, collided with one another. Surging through a cryptic pipeline of information, from the dark underworld. The specific clips he sought, suddenly emerged with a forceful and blurry zoom. Finally settling into clear and timely sequences. Events that converged and linked, somewhat consecutively.
The invisible sensors ascribed to the girl, by the ‘fly-lord’ himself. Was reporting a location to the sinister vault, from somewhere in the woods. Their base antennas, had her in the same location for a while. Yet now that the head Monitor was scanning the feedback, it appeared that she might have already left that particular spot. Or vacated the whole place entirely. There was just no evidence of the rascal! Someone, an enemy of course. Must have frozen, their 'spying apparatus'. There was hardly any doubt, as to Who that could be. His Omni-Potency allowed an interruption, as to when and how it pleased Him. He was convenanted Faithful, to those that committed to Him. Heinus shook his head in annoyance and sputtering fury. He would obviously, have to go through the whole process. Of trying to connect their pit receptor, to her confusing sensors again.
Why the little horror would move around constantly, had become a perpetual vexation to him. It had taken all the trickery they could muster, to lay those invisible sensors in the first place. But now that they had it where they wanted. Getting the most use out of the apparatus, was proving to be a greater challenge than they had envisaged. This incessant moving form, was fast becoming the outrage of them all within these incinerating walls. He looked back at the mirror again. It was visibly processing a scene. Arranging a current and possibly recent input. He waited, to see what was coming through. This was certainly a response, to his desperate search for the girl earlier.
A scene spurn out, in front of the monitor’s watchful eyes. It swirled for a short while, before settling into a picture. Something that Heinus, could make some sense of. It showed three kids in a semi-circle. A boy, a girl and a second boy sitting on the ground. They were talking to each other, it seemed initially. But a closer look, showed the monitor. That the kids were not looking at themselves. But rather, they were looking at a small bonfire in front of them. It burned strangely, emitting a certain glow. Hardly spitting or spurting any sparks or flames. Yet the three kids, were evidently content to watch it burn. Moving their lips occasionally, as they looked on. What did they possibly need a burning heap for, at this time of their day? The head monitor grimaced. These foolish humans and their equally witless off-springs. Never ceased to confirm their gullibility and stupidity to him and the likes of him.
Culled from 'THE MONITORS' by Chioma Onwudiwe/2015
"For I.... will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.’