Scene Fifteen: House of fire
Grun is now awake and knows that the S.A.S are going to storm his house at 4.30 in the morning. It is now 3.30 and everything is quiet. The house is illuminated by a series of searchlights. Marksmen are in place and Grun has to be careful of not going near the windows, not because he might be hit, but because he knows that whoever shoots at the house it will be killed, as the bullet will rebound back. Grun wishes he could tell the authorities about the dragon, but knows that he can not. The responsibility is not his; it was his father who brought the dragon here and not Grun. All he can do is let karma take effect. Grun decides to meditate for a while but as he is starting to get deeper into it, he is brought back with a jolt, as he hears a scream at the rear of the house, he doesn’t need to look out, as he knows what has happened, a reporter had taken it upon himself to try and get into the house, the dragon had hit him with fire; he is rolling about on the floor and the police are now on the spot, the reporter is inside the invisible line, and the police are deciding whether to risk pulling him back, they decide to risk it, and the dragon strikes again. Two policemen are blown clear of the garden and are on fire. The reporter is now dead and the other policeman runs for his life. Grun feels sick and weary.
The S.A.S are now at the local airfield, and getting ready to board the large helicopter which will bring them to their fate. They will have done all the usual preparations, and scanned the house and grounds, but in vain. The photos and night sights will show nothing of consequence, and the news of the reporter would have baffled them. Grun knows that the house is not only protected from the floor but all around the structure, including the roof.
The initiation which Grun had accepted in the dream state has also given him this same protection; he has placed the dragon coin in a special holder and it is now around his neck. Anyone trying to assault him will be quickly dealt with.
It is now nearly 4.30. Grun has decided to sit tight and let them do as they may, he can hear the helicopter nearing the area.
S.A.S team member one:
What do you think killed the reporter?
S.A.S. team member two:
It must be some sort of bomb.
S.A.S team member one:
But they didn’t find any pieces of shrapnel.
S.A.S team leader:
Just do as we arranged, the special device we installed on the chopper will smash a bloody big hole in the roof, and all we have to do is throw in half a dozen grenades, the rest will be a piece of cake.
S.A.S. team member two:
I hope they photograph it; I want my girlfriend to see it.
S.A.S team leader:
Of course they’ll photograph it; the press is all around the place. OK get ready.
The helicopter approaches the house; it has a big metal ram hanging underneath, when it is released it will smash through the roof allowing the team to abseil down and enter the roof to throw in the grenades.
The ram is released it reaches within a yard of the roof and then explodes in fire sending it back up and into the underside of the helicopter which lurches to the right. The blades of the helicopter hit a tree and two of the team members are thrown out; one is killed and one is badly injured. The helicopter crashes down besides the house and is partly within the invisible line. Members of the team and the crew are trying to exit before it explodes but the dragon strikes again. A ball of flame engulfs the helicopter which then explodes in an almighty blast as the fuel ignites, no one survives.
Grun is sat with his head in his hands, and is praying.
Scene sixteen: Police Headquarters
Chief Constable:
What the hell happened over there?
Chief Superintendent Barton:
We don’t know, sir, it should have been an easy job.
Chief Constable:
What about the photos? What do they show?
Chief Superintendent Barton:
It is unbelievable, sir, they didn’t come out.
Chief Constable:
What? How many people were photographing it?
Chief Superintendent Barton:
Perhaps inspector Jackson can explain it better, sir.
Inspector Jackson;
There were six official people recording the event for us, sir, not one of them has any trace of photos or recordings. We can’t understand it.
Chief Constable:
This is ridiculous!
(An officer appears at the door and says, the home secretary’s on the phone, sir)
Chief Constable:
Oh, no. OK, I want some answers; I am not satisfied with this. Chief Superintendent Barton, lock the area down. I will be back later.
(The chief Constable leaves the room)
Chief Superintendent Barton:
What do you make of this, inspector?
Inspector Jackson:
Everyone who saw the event says that the metal ram rebounded upwards as it was about to hit the roof.
Chief Superintendent Barton:
But that’s impossible; it defies the law of gravity.
Inspector Jackson:
Nevertheless, that is what happened. I saw it with my own eyes.
Chief Superintendent Barton:
The press is having a field day. They say we can’t even get into one house.
Scene seventeen: Army H.Q
Lieutenant Colonel Roberts: (Airborne Assault Group)
We have been asked to help with the perplexing problem that the police and Special Forces have been having lately. The house in question is for some reason able to withstand being forcible entered. I want some suggestions.
Captain Bridge:
Could we not try an anti-tank weapon, sir?
Lieutenant Colonel Roberts:
Yes, that seems to be the first option. It would be quick and easy to use. Another option would be to tunnel underneath and plant an explosive device there. I’ll get in touch with the engineers later.
Major Elliot:
The news says that the house has always been prone to some sort of witchcraft, sir.
Lieutenant Colonel Roberts:
The press, as you know, will print anything. All I want is down to earth ideas. The S.A.S was unlucky, that’s all. We will avenge them, and bring out that Magnusson person, if he is there.
Major Elliot:
That’s another thing, sir. Magnusson was spotted in a newspaper shop and locked himself in the restroom but when they broke open the door he was gone.
Lieutenant Colonel Roberts:
Nonsense! He must have got out some way. I don’t want us to be influenced by any of the presses rubbish. This is a straightforward job. We must keep away from any spiritual hocus-pocus, nonsense.
Scene eighteen: Home
Grun is now unable to rest or meditate. The events of the last few days have started to affect him. There are fourteen people dead and several others severely injured. He decides to leave the house and meet up with Kyle in the morning. But how will he spend the night? he wasn’t too bothered about that, but he had to get away. He presses the coin to make himself invisible, then he opens the back door a little, suddenly, there is a shot from a silenced weapon. Grun would have been dead on the spot but for the protection of his coin and the house. He knows there is a man lying dead in the hedge with a rifle with silencer and night sight at his side; this man is an off duty S.A.S man who wanted to get even over the helicopter crash. The bullet had rebounded back to him, as the dragons prophesy said it would. Grun moves back into the house and decides to wait till morning to exit.
Grun: (thinking to himself)
How many more people are going to be killed? When will this madness end?
Scene Nineteen: Daily Record Newspaper Office
Editor Ellis:
What did you find out about the chap who was killed in the Magnusson garden?
Reporter Winfield:
Not much, they won’t release any info. Johnson was there and says the guy was shot!
Editor Ellis:
That means this Magnusson person has a gun!
Reporter Winfield:
But how could he see the guy in the hedge, he would need a rifle with night sight and everything that goes with it.
Editor Ellis:
He must have them. The word is they are bringing in the Army!
Reporter Winfield:
The whole thing is utterly fantastic. Newspaper people from all over the world are coming here. It’s going to be bigger than the Iranian Embassy siege.
Editor Ellis:
Much bigger, at least they got into that place. Tim, I want you to take Aston, Scott, Henry and Jacobs. Set up a shift system, get as near to the house as you can.
Reporter Winfield:
What about the danger from Magnusson?
Editor Ellis:
If he can hit a person behind a hedge in full darkness then he can distinguish between soldiers and reporters. We can’t rely on the cameras so all we can do is actually see what is happening. Ashton and Scott are artists, yes, so they can draw the scenes.
Reporter Winfield:
That’s another thing how in hell can a house affect our cameras?
A worker comes to the door and says, funny things are happening at the Magnusson house, Chief, a dog and two cats have been burned to a crisp and also birds are falling from the sky on fire when they fly over it, but no one has any photos.
Editor Ellis:
Tim, get over there with your team. Hurry!
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