Elements of a Shattered Past, Chapter 14: Decision
**May 17, 2001** **Harrison High School** **Colorado Springs, Colorado** **11:46AM** ** ** Despite my relatively light classload, my head was swimming with the sheer amount of information I had to process with final exams happening tomorrow....
Elements of a Shattered Past, Chapter 7: Toast of the Kitsune
**Sunday, April 22, 2001** **7:39PM** **United Kitsune of Rhy'Din Clubhouse** The clubhouse was in a relatively quiet and out of the way part of the city, styled like a traditional Japanese inn; while I was technically a kitsune I hadn't...
Destination: Sauria Chapter 4: Dissonant Reservations *Taken Down*
** Note: Taken down for the time being, owing to some personal situations. I'll either rewrite this or scrap it in lieu for another story. Sorry, guys.**
Zero Point: Chapter 21- Picking Up the Pieces
Chapter 21: Picking Up the Pieces _"I've been told dreaming's free; Think I'll go back to sleep..." -Jerry Cantrell_ Brian paused for a moment to wipe the errant film of sweat from his brow, the large workbench in the shuttle's small machine shop...
Zero Point: Second Arc 3- Cerinia
**28 December, 3048 LDC** **74,762km outside Lower Orbit, Planet Cerinia** **Cornerian Navy Registered Privateer Vessel _Great Fox_** **10:36 Local Time** "Careful with that, Ivan! We don't need this damaged!" Yuri's voice growled from the other...
Zero Point: Chapter 20- In Dulce Decorum
Chapter 20: In Dulce Decorum. A blinding afterimage just about seared Brian's retinas, competing with the flames still rising from the burning platform the mercs had been standing on a split second ago. The Marine's mind was still trying to process...
Zero Point: Chapter 19- Desperate Measures
Chapter 19: Desperate Measures. Despite the temperatures approaching 35C, Violetta Dragen was quite comfortable within the air-conditioned confines of her armor. The nearly ten year old Venomian Eradicator-class power armor was still some of the most...
Zero Point: Chapter 18- Going Down the Fast Way
Chapter 18: Going Down the Fast Way. The area would be safe enough. Tucked behind the impromptu shelter of a boulder and with the storm raging around them, Brian could finally give his stricken friend the attention she needed. Krystal's still form was...
Zero Point: Second Arc 04- Complications
Second Arc 4: Complications. **29 December 3048 LDC** **CDI Orbital Platform ZX-1032** **22:17 Local Station Time** The atmosphere within the CDI facility was muted. Despite security measures being taken the presence of Star Fox as...
Man Vs. Planet Chapter 8
Chapter 8: Collective Bargaining. "Okay, let me down." Krystal complied with my wish, setting me down gently at the base of the tree I had pointed her toward. As my hearing was still literally shot her telepathy was the only way she could...
Man Vs. Planet Chapter 7
Chapter 7: Blood on the Ice, Pt. 2 "Give me a minute." I hopefully said that before we made it a few yards down the frozen pathway. Normally you can hear yourself talk, even if you are wearing earplugs. The total lack of sound made it harder...
Man Vs. Planet Chapter 6
Chapter 6: Blood on the Ice, Part 1. To say it was cold out would have been a massive understatement. It was bone-chilling; the kind of weather I made sure to avoid like the plague. My best guess as a thirteen year veteran of Colorado winters...