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DOGE Supernatural Division (episode 4)
High Wizard Elron and his four assistants entered the witch coven’s command post in Laredo, Texas. He wasn’t sure what he’d expected, but it hadn’t been this. Over a dozen women and men of varying ethnic backgrounds bustled around the open, cavernous room. They wore plain clothes that ranged from jeans and T-shirts to skirts and blouses.
In the center was a round space about twenty feet in diameter with black tile and a perfectly drawn white chalk circle. The ceiling above it had a frosted glass dome that allowed soft sunlight to filter down and brighten the room. At the area’s perimeter were desks with laptops and a few random doors leading to other rooms. Only one was open, leading to a small break area.
Magic tinged the air, crawling across his skin like ants on the march. It was different than his wizard powers and highly uncomfortable. Some would say his energies were darker and witches purer, but Elron didn’t subscribe to those beliefs.
“Attention, everyone,” he bellowed. Only a few people glanced up before returning to their work. “I’m here from the Department of Government Efficiency- Supernatural Division.”
A middle-aged man with short, dark hair lifted a leg from his chair and let out a long and loud fart that sounded absolutely disgusting. How rude! Everyone else studiously ignored him as if he ranked even less than a homeless person walking in from the streets. They were not taking him seriously. He’d visited many facilities that didn’t exactly welcome him with open arms, but none had pretended he and his team didn’t exist.
“Cover your ears and close your eyes,” he murmured to his assistants. As they obeyed his command, he erected a protection spell around himself.
Still, none of the witches paid any attention to him. Fine, so be it.
Elron lifted his arms and twisted his hands, sending a flash bomb to strike the middle of the chalk circle. It exploded in a bright flash of light, cracking with a boom that rocked the building. He hadn’t pushed too much magic into it, so there was only a small fissure on the tile floor, singed black at the edges. It was more for show than damage.
Hazy smoke filled the air, but through it, Elron could see he finally had everyone’s stunned attention. The door on the opposite end of the room opened. A woman who appeared to be in her mid-to-late twenties, wearing black leather pants and a halter top with silver buckles at the front, strode toward him. She had light blonde hair pulled tightly back in a bun and dark makeup that gave her a fierce appearance. If not for the power pulsing from her as she strode toward him, he wouldn’t have guessed her for a witch. He half expected her to pull a sword from thin air and start slashing at anything that got in her way.
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