「ザキさん、こんなクソ寒い夜中になんの用ですか」 空気も凍るような寒さの夜、理由も告げずに俺を稽古場へ呼び出した小劇団の先輩、崎山に不満を隠さず声を掛けた。そこは、稽古場というより廃倉庫といったほうがしっくりくるボロ屋で、風が吹かないだけ外よりマシという状況だった。貧乏劇団ゆえ暖房器具など置いてすらない。 「おう、すまねぇな、森田。ちょっと見せたいもんがあってな」 「金貸してくれってのは無しですよ」 「そんなんじゃねぇよ。芝居の話だ、芝居の」 崎山はもう四十も半ば、芽の出ない役者だ。売れない理由は、今時となっては珍しい「飲む」「打つ」「買う」と三拍子を見事に揃えた素行の悪さが、業界中に知れ渡っているせいだった。どこぞの脚本家の奥さんに横恋慕して旦那に殺されかけただの、賭場で負けて裸で電車に乗って留置所に入れられ...
Sam was still smirking when a huge multitude of beings came into view. The first thing he noticed was an almost overwhelming feeling of fear, pain, and anger. What in the hell had those IP creeps done to these beings to elicit such emotions? Shaking his head Sam slowly lifted off the ground a few feet, looking at the huge throng of gray people. Suddenly he...
Drivas had almost withdrawn feeling the strength of Sam. She was at the highest level that could be obtained and he was still far ahead of her. Best not anger him she thought. [Anger?] She heard Sam's thought interject. [No, it's more like piss me off to the extreme. You really don't want to do that, not now.] [All I want is to end hostilities with you Sam...
Triot was screaming at the techs as more and more systems went offline. "Get the redundant systems up! If she gets loose we are all dead!" Several men were running around trying to bring dead systems back up. "We've the entire system that holds it isolated, containment is holding steady." Several techs told Triot. "Make sure, we need as much power as we ca...
Mellos shook her head to clear it when she awoke a few minutes later. Flexing her hands she could feel her slightly increased power. It was starting to feel damn good. Rubbing her face where he'd backhanded her, she smiled. Not as hard as she had wanted though anything was better than she'd had before. Not paying attention she hadn't noticed that she had st...
Sam accelerated away from the station, gaining as much speed as he could. Finally, feeling he was far enough away he opened a wormhole. 'Damnit, I hope that I gave her enough for her to survive this trip,' Sam thought, placing his head closer to her chest. He was relieved to still feel her heart beating. Even as the wormhole started to close behind him; he...
Sam was still smiling when he felt Queen Triada's thoughts. {Are you well? We felt a great evil advancing upon the planet. Though, it seems that you reacted far faster than any of the triad could. Surprised Sam replied, {I'd have thought you faster with as many of the minds that you have making up the triad.} Sam replied still wondering what in the hell Tri...
The first councilor was laughing at the Cliverstone. He was a fake, a real Cliverstone could have stopped all the executions with its mind. This... "Enjoy the small victory. I will kill you. You can't hide from me, know that right now. Nothing you can do will stop me. Know that I hereby declare war on the IP. For each you kill I will take a hundred of the IP...
Sam picked himself off the ground staring at Mellos. Rubbing the side of his face he thought, 'Damn I actually felt that.' "What in the hell is your problem?" He asked. "You are, you miserable piece of garbage." Mellos spit out venom at him. Sam could only shake his head in confusion. Walking up to Sam, Mellos started, "I thought when I started to heal t...
Sam looked at the huge collection of IP troops that he already had tied up. This was nothing compared to how many he'd seen on the planet when he was in space. He also had a huge pile of weapons stacked neatly not far from the troops. Waiting he knew that more would appear soon. These guys were nothing if not predictable. A moment later he heard what appear...