Pass Gas

HEAT

Chapter 8 - Part 2

The wind has swung to the north ans was gusting 10 - 20 mph across Matlacha Pass. It was a clear night and the moon even though in it's waning phase still lit up the pass and the house and mangroves adjacent to it.

Tonight the waters of Matlacha Pass contain more than dolphins, rays, mullet and crab - they contain Lou in atomic form and he is once again gathering himself together and in water this will take a bit longer than if he had been gathering 'itself' in air. The water was cold and cold was Lou's enemy.

Lou realized he could not get very close to his 'soul' but it wasn't close enough - he needed to get close enough to touch the entity that 'it's was inhabiting - though Lou knew nothing of 'it'.

He would have to inhabit an animal suddenly - one that was close enough to Fill that he night even be holding it or touching it.

Not too far away, at the dock's edge behind a peach cottage Fill walked, carrying his dog Four Door, who for some reason had to have a 4 AM leak. Fill caught a sudden chill and shivered - Four Door started to growl and then just whimpered. Fill picked him and carried him back inside.

Out in the Pass the waters seemed to boil in several different seemingly unrelated small areas - fish exploded in these areas and crabs were immediately cooked. It almost seemed the waters of the pass were laughing - laughing with a newly acquired knowledge.

Fill and Four Door slept uneasily - Lou gathered himself together - knowing exactly what his next move would be ...