He moved around the greenhouse, mixing some fresh fertilizer for some of the vegetable plants he had planted a few weeks ago. It was never going to be massive treasure trove of fresh food, but, a couple of meals worth of each vegetable, maybe enough corn to last several days when it got here, and …
Tag: Paragon Rangers
Non-Standard Notification
The fifth floor of the newly built apartment complex was not high enough to drown out the sirens of the passing ambulance, likely on its way to the slightly older emergency clinic down the street. The curtains of the balcony drifted lightly on the breeze, the coolness of the evening wafting occasionally towards the bed. …
Evolution
“Ok, then, Lukas, you stay here by the door, help the hostages, and if anyone gets hurt, then you zap 'em. Right, ok? On the count of three.” All that ran through my mind was that I hate violence, this was stupid, we were going to die, damn Barbe is bossy, this is stupid...I should …
Banishment
Somewhere, sirens blare in the night, red and white neon flashing………pain, “Hold on, son, hold on, the medics are on their way……..” Flashes of memory, lyrics waver along the air, “The love we share seems to go nowhere…” then darkness again. The darkness recedes momentarily, but the pain is…..everywhere. “Mommy…..help…..it hurts….” “Hush, Lukas, hush….it’s going …