Decadence: Chapter Ten: Weapons Training
Koruak nodded and said; "that was an empty shell. not the bullet. the bullet is still inside." quickly, and almost imperceptibly, koruak flipped the safety on and then returned to the same position.
Trip during full moon
Too late he realized that his gun only held two empty shells and the trigger only produced a faint click, barely heard over the creature's loud growl.
Dook in Ying's Clothing
Wiggling his little grabby fingers, he reached out for another clam, setting the empty shell down on a plastic plate. crack, his shelltooth opened that one as well. slurp, gulp, quiver, sigh...
The Dreadnought Pt. 3
After a moment, though, she opted to open the shotgun as they ran, the empty shell popping out, and her pulling out the other special with her thumb and forefinger. she put in her special blue dissolver, and a lime green shell instead.
No Light to be Seen: Chapter 17
**that little speck contains all the feeling you hold for your rat, darkness can't swallow that without making you into an empty shell; it knows this and so it leaves it alone.
"Neither Border, nor Breed, nor Birth"
That's why we must leave our dead in the open, so that the souls can escape and the empty shell can be destroyed..." of course. in the dry scrubland, there would be no miasma, no disease; the bodies would dry out or be consumed by the desert animals.
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 6
She didn't feel right underneath his hands, as if her spirit had fled in horror, and left only the empty shell of her body behind. "sarah?"
Runaway Experiment: Part 2 - Beachside Beast
While looking at a pair of hermit crabs jostling with each other over an empty shell, elexis realized she might have spent much more time than she thought she would. she got up and headed back to the beach.
Werewulf part 23
He returned an empty shell, and then became violent and erratic. but with some therapy was back on his feet. duke had always wondered what the man had done or seen, but he had never dared to ask.
Behind the Curtain: Chapter X
He's done it to you already, and no matter how guilty he feels, no matter how many gifts, or servants, or rooms he gives you, he'll still do it to you until you wind up like those women in the bower--broken empty shells too lifeless to save themselves.
Nightwalkers Part 2
The first target's empty shell casing tumbles to quicksilver's feet. a tendril of smoke drifts out of the brass cylinder. etched in the side, are the letters, shadow. microseconds tick by, as she watches the next round slide into place.
BWS: Pt.2
He falls down the stairs, and an empty shell bounces after him. all of the men are looking at you in fear, you're the only one with a gun ready and aimed. the silence is piercing, but you can fix that.