Chapter 4
Rika sighed and set her PDA down, glancing at the troubleshooting tree on the display one last time. She did NOT like where this gripe was going. Grabbing a tool from her box she set about unlatching the grip pad from the floor the crew quarters. It...
Prologue
"Hey ell tee... Ell tee, wake up." The room, though dimly lit, let enough light in to bathe the six sleeping occupants in an ambient orange glow. Rubbing the bridge of her nose and propping herself up on her elbow, she winced as the butt of her...
Chapter 3
\*\*\*\*\*\* She was flying, high and very, very fast. Below her she could see the curve of the earth as it appeared to twirl backwards, the swirling clouds bursting into brilliance as the sun rose in the west. She was in a cockpit, and even though...
Chapter 2
There was a bright light in the clearing they had hiked to. It was rectangular, as if someone had opened a door to a brightly lit room in the night. It caused her to squint if she looked at it, but it illuminated the rest of the clearing enough for...
Chapter 1
A cold, dead smile grinned up at Rika with a stone-like complexion. It was a frightful sight: somewhere between undead and mentally disturbed. The bland, grey concrete had been perfectly smooth when she had started hours before. Now at least this...
Chapter 5
The locker room door clanged open loudly, startling the lone pilot already there, as Lt Commander Sadok entered. Her helmet bag and flight plan in hand she waved hello to her student. Snapping to attention, the blond stood to her full height, towering...
Chapter 10
Rika blinked a few times, staring at her hands while she tried to remember the way they used to look like. Were they hard and calloused, or tender and soft? Or were they like Eve's: slightly calloused yet retaining their femininity? What were her...
Chapter 9
1940 Hours - Artillery and Air Interdiction Range Bravo Lieutenant Commander Sadok glanced up in awe as the black outline of an Air Force B-52 lumbered by. Black rivulets of smoke poured out of the four engines on each wing, leaving long darkened...
Chapter 8
Rika and Gamun jogged down the hallway, panting slightly as their rakkan lope quickly ate up the distance, -much like it had eaten the distance across the base. Both of them were late, and Rika hoped that they had a good enough excuse not to catch...
Chapter 7
"#Rooster, Knock it off#" "Ledger, knock it off," said Echo. He snapped his mask loose and wiped the sweat off his face. He could hear Drone panting in the back seat. "Well that went as expected." Said Barf, who was formed up on his left. Cypher's...
Chapter 6
Gravel crunched under his boots; the scorching heat of the sun-baked rocks radiating through the soles to his feet. Had this been fifteen years ago he would have been sure his feet were slowly suffering burns, and been wondering how close his boot...