April 12, 201X Dr. Megan Davis ran her fingers through her long red hair. Usually, it was kept in a tight bun at the back of head, but it was after midnight now as she poured over the latest reports coming out of Afghanistan. She adjusted her reading glasses on the end of her nose as exhaustion made it even more difficult to focus on the words. She realiz...
Destiny watched the monitor screen as the robots inside the super-clean room assembled the tiny parts. Jonlee stood behind her, impatient with her presence. As Technology Director of this super-secure electronics factory, he didn't like prying visitors, even ones admittedly as good-looking as Destiny. He had protested vigorously against the visit, citing the...
It could have been worse. Much much worse. The news had described the disease as being completely incurable, unbelievably infective, and unstoppably lethal. The plague seemed to mutate every day, giving experts no time to formulate a treatment. Even hazmat suits and respiratory masks became pointless as even workers in sealed underground labs were taken ill....
The late afternoon sun was slanting through the bedroom windows, casting their bodies in a golden glow when the grumbling of an empty stomach and the insistent pressure of an over full bladder roused Hunter from his contented slumber. He awoke to find Miranda wrapped around him like a boa constrictor, and though he was loath to awaken her, he knew he needed...
A private yacht was moored at a private dock on a private beach at the westward end of a very private estate. Nearby an expensive car reached the end of the private road and pulled into a lot facing the dock. A rear door opened, and one of the world's most recognizable women stepped out to have a look. Della Tiara swept back her perfect curls, revealing smo...
Adam listened carefully as Highmother explained all she knew about Helga's origin. Toward the end of her story, however, he glanced around the room and noticed the other women were paying more attention to him than to the woman speaking. They must already know the story, he assumed. But even more strangely, when he made eye contact with any woman at the t...
I hated how it had come down to this. The WestCrest Mall was in an upscale neighborhood, the building barely two years old, and was genuinely a beautiful and comfortable place to shop for ridiculously overpriced luxuries. However, unfortunately I wasn't there to buy. I found the entrance I was looking for and parked my little coupe and steeled myself for the...
Author's note: Thanks to everyone who read the previous parts! After a bit of a hiatus from writing I'm glad to see people still enjoy my stories. This chapter has less action compared to the previous two but will serve as a build-up for the upcoming events. ---------------------------- The girl in front of Thomas was standing with her arms crossed. She w...
A woman with a Death Wish, she's a female Equalizer. Continued from Chapter 2: Indeed, Laura Lion is a fighter. Indeed, she's a phenomenal woman. Taking her retribution out on them, it's true that she hunts bad men, criminals, and men who use, abuse, and hurt women. Only, instead of turning them over to the police for arrest, to the district attorney for...
S.H.E.I.L.A. - synthetic, humanoid, enlightened, inquisitive, living, android -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheila had stopped at the edge of the city I was staring at her with a questioning look. [Is everything alright?] I asked through my thoughts. Shaking my head I knew tha...