Chapter 58The quiet junkyard was in near darkness. The minimal ethereal light within its borders slowly faded. The encroaching gloom swallowed the stockpiles of junk like a fast-moving cloud blotting out the sun.
A massive tunnel of light exploded from the obelisk in the desert and burst through the junkyard gate. The ring of illumination expanded and poured over every surface. The desert valley filled with radiance. A powerful lightning bolt of green and orange ruptured through the beam and struck the ground in the center of the junkyard.
The cataclysmic light show ended. Everything was bright again, yet silent. The junkyard sat in stillness, intact and undisturbed.
The shack in the center of the junkyard stood quietly. The blank-faced Junkman rose from his seated position on the porch
