Project: Phoenix (Neon City, Book 3), Chapter Four
"I don't think we'll be conspicuous enough." Jack secured the latches on his new armor and scowled at his reflection in the mirror. "Says the guy who drives around in a hearse with a lift kit and huge tires." Corona winked and leaned over to give...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City, Book 3), Chapter Three
"Rise and shine, Jack. I know how much you hate oversleeping." Corona reached the top of the stairs and found the door to their bedroom open. A guy with a camera mounted on his shoulder--a new guy, since Eddie had today off--stood in the hallway,...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City, Book 3), Chapter Two
"That stupid little _shit_!" Jack snarled again, squeezing between Corona and Taura to get to the mop closet's door. Corona had pushed him and Taura into the closet as soon as the stairwell door at the end of the hall had opened--and now the three...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City, Book 3), Chapter One
"Damn it." Jack turned the engine off and scowled at the cluster of patrol cars and two armored police tanks blocking the street ahead. He shook his head and sighed. "Oh, yeah, this is gonna end well." "Cheer up, honey." Corona gave his shoulder a...
Elsewhere, Chapter 6: Hard Landing
"What do you think?" Tank muttered to no one in particular, staring out the main viewport as the shuttle approached the ship Marissa had detected a few minutes ago. Marissa brushed her fingertips across the flat console, sweeping several windows...
Elsewhere, Chapter 5: Reunion
Kamala pulled herself through the opening and collapsed with a groan. Roger dropped to his hands and knees beside her, struggling for breath. "Hey." She reached out to him, frowning. "You okay?" "Air," he gasped. "Almost gone." A cold surge...
Elsewhere, Chapter 4: Lab Rats
"What's wrong?" Roger placed his hand on Kamala's upper-left shoulder and leaned closer. "You look hurt." "Think I pulled a muscle when I did that boa-constrictor thing a while ago." She pointed at a spot on her right side, roughly halfway down...
Elsewhere, Chapter 3: Dead Rising
"Oh, there you guys are." Tank walked into the room and took a quick look around, her well-muscled frame taking up most of the doorway. "Asuka asked me to head for Engineering to keep an eye on things, but when I got there, everybody was gone." She...
Elsewhere, Chapter 2: Future Shock
"Okay, here goes nothing." Kamala pushed one last button and held her breath for a few seconds. The lights in the engineering command section faded on gradually, some of them flickering before steadying, and the control panels and...
Elsewhere, Chapter 1: Displaced
Screams pierced the darkness that had suddenly enveloped the repair bay. Roger grunted and rubbed his forehead, wondering if the darkness was caused by a power outage or the impact of his head against his workbench a few seconds...
Game-Changer, Chapter Eight
"So, how do I look?" Jack turned slowly, giving Arcee a long look at his new suit of black armor. "Sexy." She grinned, sitting with her legs crossed in the parking lot in front of one of Groom Lake's armory buildings. "How well can it hold up...
Game-Changer, Chapter Seven
"Well, here we go again," Arcee muttered as her sensors detected another group of Decepticons ahead. "Didn't take 'em long to regroup." Ashanti nudged Jack's shoulder, pushing him into a side-corridor, and tugged on June's arm, pulling her into...