What Lurks in the Shadows (short story)

 was the tenth short story in the anthology Out of the Shadows, published by Arcbeatle Press.

Summary
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Characters

 * Tasha Williams
 * Azacca Dixon
 * Maxie Masters
 * Agamya Akhtar
 * Giles
 * Gavin
 * Sir Andrew Williams
 * Agent Cochrane
 * Frank
 * George
 * Vorshagg
 * Alinquos
 * Sir Bedevere
 * Voltron
 * Drofen

Worldbuilding

 * Tasha keeps a Glock in her bedside drawer.
 * Gavin makes Tasha bacon sandwich.
 * Tasha's TV shows a news headline which reads "Sir Andrew Williams responds to recent threats made towards government ministers".
 * Tasha wears a leather jacket and jeans.
 * Agent Cochrane drives a white Range Rover. He works for Sir Andrew.
 * Tasha listens to Alanis Morissette.
 * PROBE find a corpse near Hammersmith Bridge.
 * Tasha refers to Hannibal Lecter, telling Maxie he's a cannibal from a film.
 * Giles has had another budget meeting.
 * Tasha says that if they didn't do jobs for the police, their Commissioner would "still be getting probed on some faraway planet."
 * Az has been with PROBE for almost three months. Tasha takes him to The Nocturne, an underground bar that caters for aliens, monsters and misfits.
 * George is a Draxi.
 * The presence of most aliens in the Nocturne is in violation of Galactic Heritage law.
 * In the Nocturne, a Vorshagg, despite the presence of its de-aggrifier, carries a heavy weapon. The Gonzie beside it wears clothes coated in blood.
 * Alinquos is a Ferrux. He has a Tauran bodyguard.
 * The token Tasha finds on the body is of a worm curling around a globe. It's related to perihelion.
 * Bedevere once watched Dragonheart. The sight of the friendly dragon in it infuriated him, as he knew them as trecherous creatures.
 * Bedevere assures Tasha that a Knight of the Round Table tells nothing but the truth.
 * Bedevere has had takeaways from Camelot Pizzas.
 * Az tells Tasha that George got the all clear from Dr Dionus on Gulliver's Rest.
 * George used the Ryugu Network to get to Earth.
 * MI5 have intercepted some chatter suggesting that an attack on London was imminent.
 * Taurans are "bull-like fellas; grey fur, big muscles".
 * A Drofen killed the human in Hammersmith.
 * The hooded figures summon a Voltron, though their incantation should only work on living beings.
 * Maxie tracks the van that kidnapped Tasha using CCTV.
 * Gavin is drained of all his blood.

Story notes
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Continuity

 * Tasha thinks that, after what happened with Archie MacTavish in Manchester, more and more aspects of the job seem to affect him. (AUDIO: What Happened in Manchester) She hopes he can handle the pressure of the threat posed by perihelion. (WC: Shadows of Doubt)
 * Tasha got a tip off in the Nocturne which led her to the case at Hanson Solicitors. (PROSE: Preternatural Days)
 * Dionus and Gulliver's Rest are mentioned. They first appeared in AUDIO: Eternal Escape.
 * Tasha says that her father would have her tucked away in a windowless office in Whitehall if he had his way. Before joining PROBE Tasha worked in an office. (AUDIO: 9 to 5)
 * Drofen first appeared in PROSE: The Beast of Stalingrad.