~~Damien~~ One of the hunters came out of the shadows. He recognized this one. A woman, short, thick with muscle, and with a shotgun in her hand. "... you're dead," Damien said. "You were one of the hunters killed in the chaos, in the—" "In Sándor's chamber, yeah." She came closer, tilted her head, and showed them her neck. There was a giant scar where an...
Chapter 11: Light There were whispers around her, closing in and pressing down. She felt smothered in absolute darkness, and she fought tooth and nail to scrape her way to the blessed surface of consciousness. The voices were soft and evil, tempting and damning; they mocked her as she struggled to wake. The closer she got, the more adversarial they became....
This surreal day of shopping continued. Up to this point in my life, it would turn out to be one of the most humiliating days in public for me. It was unlike anything I could have expected, or could have imagined happening to me. As young Alexis Barron continued her day of selfish shopping at Oaktown Mall, my feelings of humiliation continued to grow. Thes...
The sun was burning hot, causing sweat to run down my neck and collect unpleasantly in my collar. The heavy pack was pressed against my spine, causing me to stoop slightly, and furthering my heated discomfort. The knowledge that what we were doing was furthering the war effort didn't really help. My companions were relatively unburdened compared to me. Roge...
Author's Note: If you haven't read Chapter 1, you should. Otherwise the characters and scene won't make as much sense. Chapter 2: Monday June 3rd Elise stepped off the BART train at 8:30AM and began her walk to the address of Dr. Peters' laboratory. Since it was her first day, they had arranged to meet outside the lab's delivery door. Doctor Peters had ex...
Norm My breath fogged in the February chill as I watched the hulking yellow and black earthmover bite deeper into the ground. The shovel carved out a clod of moist earth and swung its arm up and to the left to drop into the waiting dump truck. I felt tense, coiled like a spring, waiting for one of a dozen different disasters to happen: the side of the pit t...
Warning: story contains non-consensual elements and moderate (nonsexual) violence. ***** Doctor Brenner jerked awake when the alarms began blaring. For a moment, her world was nothing but a total confusion of flashing red lights and screeching noise. She stumbled to her feet, knocking over the chair she was sitting in and spilling documents and folders ont...
"Is that Hillton?" Matt wondered aloud. Nick shrugged and shook his head. "I couldn't tell you." They continued up the path until it stopped at a precipice. Matt walked ahead of Nick and looked down to see another pathway headed downwards. He looked over to Nick. "We can jump down," he said assuredly. Nick looked over and leaped down. He landed hard on his...
This bartender was hot, and now he was off-shift and talking to me. I'd actually been waiting for this moment for awhile, hoping he'd stop keeping me on the hook. He's laughing at something I said when I feel someone sit at the stool on my left. "You look like you need saving." A beautiful girl with blonde, curly hair was smiling at me and I was immediatel...
Darkness descended like a blanket covering the fields and silent streets like a shroud. Time at last to free myself from my secluded hiding-place. Occasion with which to flit among the living once more with my own flavour of death. I had a hunger within. A hunger that needed satisfying. A grotesque hunger that only the death of a mortal could satisfy. Some...