Assignment

Israel

3 BC

Gabriel dropped into the earth’s atmosphere at neck-breaking speed. The small blue and white bead in his view was growing larger by the second. The closer Michael approached, did more distinct colours of the planet Earth emerge- fields of blue ocean, patches of brown and green and scattered white. Today’s cloud cover was heavy. Despite it, landing would not be challenging for him; he had the room. He wasn’t too sure about the rest of the 72,000 Guardians in flight behind him. The...