Unnamed Planet, Sector 98-A, Neutral Space The Milky Way Galaxy 2398 "Uh oh." Tiffany Winters did not want to hear 'uh oh.' She didn't want to hear 'oh dear' or 'fuck' or 'shit' or anything like that but she most definitely did not want to hear 'uh oh.' In fact, she didn't want to hear anything at the moment. At the moment, her head felt as if it was be...
Josephine Al-Mansur stepped out of the shower inside her lovely suburb in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa, province of Ontario. The young Lebanese woman wore a bright smile and nothing else as she read a text message from a male co-worker. She was having the most exciting day ever. And it didn't even have anything to do with her exciting job as a computer tec...
Raynolt ignored the guards guarding the double doors and strode swiftly past the threshold. He stopped. Damn him! I arrive late on purpose and that bastard isn't even here! The council chamber in the palace was full with all ten Masters of the Emporium. With Raynolt's arrival, everyone was accounted for. Everyone, that is, except King Reynar. Raynolt had pu...
This story takes place after the events of Avatar: The Last Airbender. All characters depicted are 18+. ------------- Boiling Rock. The Fire Nation's most secure and advanced prison. During the reign of Firelord Ozai Boiling Rock held mostly political prisoners who were too important to execute outright. Now it mostly stood empty. In fact, it remained...
"Commander Ivan Xavier Pestilence, I presume?" The beautiful, radiant woman suddenly appeared from the stairway and stared frivolously at the tall, stocky, full moustached fellow who had carefully stepped into her lair only moments before. Immaculately dressed in his prestigious dark uniform he seemed so alien, so uncomfortable in this softly lit, lushly de...
Drake got no real sleep that night. Every time he slipped into slumber his body would relax, and he'd put weight on his sore arms, waking him up again. He ended up watching the sun rise though the massive windows that faced out over the valley. He watched the silver dragon swoop and spiral over the land, then fly off into the distance. The doors to the PR...
Rolling over in the bed, Noboru gave a mild start when he saw Angela lying on her side, propped up on an elbow, watching him expectantly. As he didn't usually startle easily, the brief halt of his breath from the shock was quite a reaction for him. "Have you been awake long?" Not changing her position, she nodded and said nothing. "Is something the matter?"...
Yvonne finished up with her last client at six in the evening, and then stayed behind and wrote her progress notes concerning the counseling session. When she was done twenty minutes later, she left the clinic and biked to her apartment near Lake Merritt. After taking a shower, she wrote some more client notes for the people she saw during the past week. E...
Jim Gordon flipped the switch. The batsignal suddenly shone brightly in the sky. He waited. 'Where the Hell is he," Jim thought. 'He's usually here in 5 minutes, tops.' Jim continued to wait. Finally, he heard a familiar noise: the sound of a grappling hook whizzing through the air. Any minute now, Batman would appear seemingly out of nowhere and coolly and...
The plane reached cruising altitude, and the engine noise reduced. Sally opened her eyes. "Thanks, Amy." Tim looked across at us. "Maybe sometime you'll tell me what's going on." A stewardess approached us. "Can I get you something to drink?" "Just apple juice for me, please," requested Sally. "I'd love a glass of red wine," I said. Tim thought for a mo...