Copyright Nora Quick 2012. As always, I welcome comments and feedback! _____________________________________ It would not happen again, Tanaka thought to himself. He was one of now five champions left fighting to save the world. One by one they would challenge each other and fight to the death. The last one standing would open a portal between dimensions...
Training began in earnest. There were no more mysterious little games. Tanya and Sterling faced a huge pile of academic work plus days filled with practical exercises as they became familiar with all aspects of the mission. At least they got to work on it all together. Teamwork was emphasized at every opportunity. They were joined by new members of the team...
Author's Note: I'm not really a writer of any kind, i wanted to pass time so any feedback positive or negative will be appreciated, there will be more occasions in the story where sexual interaction is present but in the first chapter, expect little to nothing, and not 100% scientifically accurate. ***** Earth Orbit- 2491 January 5th 08:10 Earth Time. As...
Inside Kyle could see several rows of what must have served the function of seats for the builders of the shuttle and each of them was still occupied by a body of an alien. He could easily see the occupants of the shuttle were nothing like humans and he could also see that they were all dead. The occupants of the shuttle were all dead and they appeared to ha...
The Sahara Desert - 3723 C.E. The hazy spectre of a camel caravan could be glimpsed far in the distance through the haze that shimmered in the intense heat. The sparse vegetation on the gravel and sand was scrubby and succulent. There were few places on Earth as remote as this. And that, of course, was what attracted Vikram, Rao, Sandhya and Dorothy to th...
Dear Taryn, here is one for your "Interesting Tape Recordings" series from my wife's old college buddy, and my Dominant Mistress. Hope you enjoy! "So, Marseille--" "My parents were pretentious assholes. Just call me Mars." "Um, okay. I came here to see Georgene and Nivens, and I probably shouldn't have just dropped in, but this is weird. Who's the guy in...
Memoirs of Kitty Siam - Central Command Rejection. After I assured Lieutenant Jarro that I was ok, healthy, and fully functional after the Epsilon particle assault, we made our way back to Romanov station, and just as we were lining up for our landing in the main hangar bay we received a transmission from Mars. Major Sima ordered us to return to Mars at onc...
Immersion Playground Book #3: Flight to Paradise Chapter 17 "You ready Professor?" Mac asks. "I don't know," Everett says looking at Mac. "You're sure this flying antique will make it all the way?" Mac chuckles. "Yes, Professor. You of all people should know that just because you're old doesn't mean you can't get the job done." "Touché," Everett chuckl...
RUFUS- First the tragedy It was quiet at first, inside the 2nd class section of the E.S.S.D T.T.S type-12 shuttle. The twelve was how many shuttle crashes there were in order to perfect the model we were all in. One hundred twenty men and women, all had been in space for almost a year, some even longer (longest was three years out in the cramp trenches on t...
Chapter Twenty-One It was just five in the morning, but he'd already been studying for an hour when he heard Xia's voice from the bounce program. "It is time." He closed his overlay and bounced. The princess was in her statue mode, and there were two others in the room. It was really hard to tell the shapeshifters apart, impossible really. If there was a...