Calara stepped out of the armour-equipping frame in the Dojo's armoury and hurried into the corridor, breaking into a jog as she headed for the grav-tube. She'd heard a brief summary of the disastrous confrontation with John's guide from Alyssa, but after discovering that her girlfriend had been injured, all she wanted to do was rush to her side. She leapt o...
Chloe was tired: tired and lonely. She had been ten weeks away from home, and driven over ten thousand solo miles, every inch of it on the wrong side of the road. It was just when you thought you were used to it, to driving on the right for god's sake, that your guard dropped and you made some idiotic mistake that could kill you. She hadn't let her guard dow...
Saturday, January 14, 2012 Batcave, Wayne Manor, Gotham City Bruce is again at the Batcomputer reviewing his notes as he sees the message from Wonder Woman, aka Diana Prince with the Subject, 'Big Barda.' Curious Bruce clicks the message and see... Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Free's Residence, Calvin City, Connecticut It had been a couple hours since...
[This story follows "Trini Plays a Trick" and "Trick or Trini," but can probably be read pretty easily on its own. I hope you enjoy it, and Merry Christmas to all!] * So, flying doesn't normally give me wobbly stomach. And opening up that I'm a t-girl doesn't normally make me weak in the knees. I'm even the coolest of cucumbers about what to say when my oc...
Happy hour never began until 8 PM. Leaving your desk earlier was a sign of weakness. Un-seriousness. An interest in staying in your current position forever. But when it got going, it got silly quickly. Now ice was tinkling in the glasses and everyone was decompressing fast. I was standing with my co-workers. Shelly was a slim, athletic brunette with a hug...
This story plays fast and loose with Ancient History and Linguistics; be warned. There are two distinct phases of falsehood. In the first, you realize you can lie to those closest to you. In the second, you realize you shouldn't. Editing magic performed by KJ24 and Shyqash, plus contributions by the regular gang of brigands and neer-do-wells. There is a b...
Chapter 6: Peter's story Peter Neilson was tending to his garden. Now the very long days had arrived he enjoyed putting in a couple of hours hard work during the early morning, when the air was still crisp and cool, before he was due at school for the morning staff meeting. The storm the previous day had battered some of his plants, and Peter was busy re-st...
Riley Jones shifted position, testing the bonds around her wrists. They held. She glanced up at her captor. Alex was shifting from one foot to the other in the bedroom doorway, looking extremely uncomfortable in his leather pants and eyepatch. He wasn't even trying to get into the spirit of things. Riley felt a twitch of annoyance and shoved it down. He ju...
Chapter 1 I felt an incredible pain all over my body as I awoke, thinking to myself that this was the hangover from Hell. I didn't know just how accurate that statement was, however, until I noticed the heat all around me and smelled the Sulphur smell ... and then heard the screams of agony from everywhere, in every direction. I looked around and saw people...
©2011 Drake Collins All Rights Reserved. CHAPTER ONE Cam Zyzerbachus, born 23 years ago on a planet called Arceus Echelon, had a fairly ordinary childhood. His parents opted for a natural, non-engineered birth. Most people in his parents' financial bracket could afford to genetically manufacture their kids, from their future height and hair color to artist...