Battle for Hadleigh Chapter 4: Clearing the Roads (Pt 2)
_(Note: If this part seems to start a little abruptly, it's because this was originally supposed to be part of Chapter 4, but with the size the story was reaching over the editing process, I decided to separate it into two parts to make it a little...
The Odd One Out Chapter 2: School Worries
_The boy stared out of the apartment window. He wasn't allowed outside for reasons unknown to him. Whenever he asked his grandmother why he wasn't allowed outside, she always gave an answer he didn't understand. The boy saw two children, a fox...
Sentinels: Youth
High School is never easy for anyone, regardless of birth. At least, this is the usual argument teachers and parents tell their children, to try and help them cope with the stress. Even in her youth, Tsumé understood how false this really was; not...
Errands
The sound of gravel crunched under the tires on the gravel road, slowly fading into a quiet hum as tarmac took over. The black range rover stopped at the junction in the woods and Avory looked both ways to see if anything was oncoming before pulling...
Team Valiant Arc 9 Chapter 3: Gathering
It felt like it had been years since anyone on Team Valiant or Team Phalanx had looked upon the island home of Team Warmachine. It was not a large island - certainly not as large as Arc Island or Kia He, but the impressive sights of the colosseum and...
Howls in the North
Try as he might, Korban could not get it out of his mind… Sash… His half-brother, the first son of Kleetra, here in Unity Falls. The chill that gripped Korban's spine spread like ice through his veins. He should have seen this coming—should have...
Disruptors Part 2
The Rocky Mountains of Canada weren't the longest mountain range in the world - that title belonged to the Andes mountains of South America - but they were a close contender, stretching farther than the eye could see across the continent. Snow-capped...
Team Valiant Arc 9 Chapter 8: Snatch & Grab
Following the surprise attack by Eberon, the corrupted Swords of Justice, and the attempted assassinations of Romulus and Seji alike, Gladiator City was on high alert... The city's law enforcement patrols had doubled, and workers were acting quickly to...
The Ghost of Toronto: Part 1
_Lou & Lin Healthcare, Toronto ON,_ _Present Day, 2013_ It was well past the closing hours of the firm that Feng Lou and Cai Lin sat quietly in their office, their employees having already left for the day leaving the two alone with a compilation of...
North and South Chapter 8: Southbound
The silence between Luke and Romulus had long carried into the zone of uncomfortable as they stared each other down, separated only by the table between them. Luke was still breathing hard, trying to hold himself back, while Romulus remained stoic and...
Aftermath
“Where do we go, sir?" the cat asked, already inside the black SUV and driving through the large debris-filled garage, “I was not made aware of any sort of contingency plan if the operation was ever compromised." “That is because my father never...
Confrontation
The team spent the night in Yellowknife, parked at the local shopping center in the parking lot. Not everyone slept, but a few managed to catch some rest, especially Buniq who - in all likelihood for the first time in months, slept soundly on the bed...