It had been a long night but weirdly I didn’t really feel tired, instead I felt strangely energized. Allison had gone over to her room to hang her stuff up and hop in the shower, which I’d been mildly disappointed she didn’t want to join me in the one off my room even if she …
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Surprise-Guilt-Fear-Frustration-Grief-Rage-Life-Guilt. A Cycle
I'd been down this path before. In my dreams, usually in my nightmares. So when it hit, recognition flared, but it didn’t stop so it was a nightmare but not the right kind. When we’d walked in, I’d been chatting with Felix about the scoring and options from the session today. I just didn’t understand …
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A Break in the Action
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 …
Alliance Day: Chapter IV
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 …
Alliance Day, Chapter II
Paragon Alliance Memorial Park, Crosswook, November 5th, 2033 6:30 PM EST She walked down the short ramp and turned towards the broadcast area. Whether it counted as irony or luck, maybe both, the abundant crowds swarmed the park during the warmth of the day, previous pattern analytics provided confident projections that the memorial had become just …
Alliance Day, Chapter I
New Ranger Base, Canadian Rockies, November 5th, 2033 Explosions rock the craft, shrill screams piercing the sound muting qualities of her helmet, she hits the quick release straps, climbing out of the cockpit, as the door slides open she sees it…..chaos, screaming, blood splatter everywhere, fights through the panicked students, bellowing…….”MUM!!!!!!” The scream echoes through the …
Anomalies, Part I
"I'm going to stay with her during the tests." For a few moments as Mick's eyes bored into me, I was sure he was going to refuse, yet again, as he had every other time I claimed it was my responsibility to know what my team was suffering from so I could help, or adapt, …
Date Night
He'd been waiting for a night like tonight for what seemed like forever, an actual night out. Not a day where they hung out with everyone else somewhere, but a night to themselves, away from the Academy. He hadn't been this nervous about something since . . . he didn't really know when. Things just …
Introspection – Scene III
Last Year, November 30th He heard the teapot's cry inside but continued to watch the darkened skies, or at least as dark as they could be in a city of a couple million people. Besides, he'd offered to help countless times, and the answer was always the same, "No." It had become his ritual, arising …
Introspection – Scene II
The flash of the storm startled him. Groggily, he tried to move, but he groaned, his body convulsing. He'd never felt so much pain. The lightning pounded the ground near him? He grunted. Had it hit him? Cold, so cold. In space they can't hear you scream, but they were on this dry planet, right? …
Introspection – Scene I
He settled into the couch in Downs's office, facing the doctor's desk as he walked back from the door to his desk chair. This was his fifth session since they'd gotten back from space nine days ago, and while he didn't mind the extra time since it got him away from the others during house …
Surviving One Mistake at a Time
The food smelled so good but he couldn’t eat with all this shit on him, pus and blood and literal sewage. “Shower first? Then food?” Her exhausted smile and small nod were all he needed, and they turned and walked towards the hall, the the sounds of Barbe talking with a chicken leg in her …
Protected: Emotional Survival
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Defeated
Lukas leaned heavily on her, barely able to stand. Even under all the pain and exhaustion, a small smile formed. She had to be just as exhausted, she'd used her abilities to suppress his pain all night, all day, and still had more power to pump through the rest of the team for the fights. …
Compulsion
"It's goi' ta be mistake. Ya shou'd wait, cher'." "I told ya cher'. Now we down our leader for doin' sometin' stupid." He groaned as his body stirred in the dream. "I didn't want to say something in front of everyone but.....you should have waited Lukas." Shock shuddered through him. SHE thought he'd made a …
Last Dreams 