LAST SUNDAY, EARLY MORNING I lean against the kitchen counter, my biceps flexing as I grip the edge. The sleek, modern cabinets and appliances gleam under the dim lighting, bathing us in a sensual glow. The forty-two-inch countertop is the perfect height, allowing me to effortlessly support Allison's hips. My ears pick out the song …
Paragon Center, Alliance Memorial Park, November 5th 2033 8:21 EST The nano-transmitter burst into activity, the robotic text to speech even programmed in a stilted version of Nano’s voice to indicate the message’s origin. “Artemis and Alphus Secret Service B squad inbound. Orders to watch and intervene if necessary. Unknown parameters of ‘if necessary.’ No …
Foster Industries Residential Tower, Crosswook, November 5th, 2033 7:45 EST “Thank you for coming so quickly, Commander.” “Of course, Madam President,” replied the JAG officer on duty, Commander Andrea Vandergriff. “What’s the protocol for these allegations? Against the former president I mean?" “I can’t really speak to definite legalities, Ma’am, we’ll need to get the …
Paragon Center, Alliance Memorial Park, November 5th, 2033 7:10 EST Red Widow eyea smiled, “My apologies Casey, I guess I’m a little invested in the final peace everyone has worked so hard to achieve, invested in the knowledge that all of the truths will finally come out so all the victims can hope for closure.” A pause, …
Port Hedland, Australia, Approximately Sixteen Years Ago It had been six months since she'd said yes, but he was leaving for Timor the next day. He'd wanted to get married before he left, but she'd argued that she wanted to be out of the army first, so, one last celebration before he left, a short …
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Earth – Universe 999, December 2, 2157 Her breath pounded in her ears, seeming to echo in the helmet like the roar of a tornado. Watch for shadows that move! Hah. Jesus, she felt out of shape, and then she saw it out of the corner of her eye, twisting to her left, she fired …
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Earth – Universe 999, December 2, 2157 The fucking armored suit just stood there. She'd barely remembered how to get out of the damn thing, and she'd started to wonder how they had one that seemed a little too large for her, but seemed snug and fitted when she put it on. Until she …
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Earth – Universe 999, December 1, 2157 The smells of the canteen wiped away her train of thought, and she forgot all the questions for a moment, and her stomach growled again. The colonel smiled, and led her to a table with an odd collection of chairs, mismatched, but all comfortable, surrounding a small table. …
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EARTH - Universe 231 - May 19, 2020 The explosion shook the platform on the old base, the loudest of the indicators that the perimeter had been breached. "Go, now, or it's all been wasted. All lost. Now!" He stood at the control station, watching as the Alliance stepped into the portal. She stood by …
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He blinked. Pain radiated out from the light recepters, a pain so constant, so low, that it no longer registered consciously, the blink a habit as minute fluctuations from a crewmember's screen registered out of the corner of his left eye. He breathed in, and out, the rhythym the constant focus of years of training, …
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She leaned back into him, standing comfortably with his arms wrapped around her, his head resting on her shoulder, the brunette hair still occasionally strange to him, but the scents wafting from her head and shoulders eased his troubled mind. He still could never find the words to describe scents the way his reptilian organs …
"Hey, ya two 'roos, we need ta talk." I ignored their whiny expressions. "Fine, not about.... Shawna, ya fuckin' probates." "Well, what then, Grandpa?" joked my youngest brother, Bryce as Brant chuckled. "Least I don't look like some worn out ball a skin......" Brant's chuckled turned into a guffaw and Bryce and I looked at …
I walked silently into the new bedroom at Tempest Point. She had no idea I was here, not with the music blaring on the punk albums I'd got from the vintage record store. I'd given them to her earlier when the team celebrated Christmas. They seemed to be acceptable as she danced around, trying to …
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February One street over, the chaos of leave reigned as the amphibious group based on the USS Bonhomme Richard had returned to port yesterday. Several thousand sailors and marines, especially the unmarried ones, were on the rampage. In some ways it felt like coming home, in others, he thought as he glanced at the …
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