Unwind
One by one, the group began to depart from the pub. The last to leave was Vinge, shaking hands with Volcan one more time before they were to part ways. "I owe you much, Volcan," he said. "You don't owe me anything, Vinge," Volcan assured him. "But I...
North and South Chapter 2: Seeking
Luke shouldered open the front door of the house as he carried in the armload of groceries. At the back of the house, he could hear the sound of light hammering coming from the bedroom. As he entered the kitchen, he heard the hammering stop, and two...
North and South Chapter 1: Special Ops
Hadleigh... It seemed to Kage as though Team Valiant kept finding itself coming here. Even though he had not been present for the first time, he was for the second outing - when Luke had served as a temporary Guild Councillor. During that, Kage had...
Pokemon Team Valiant: Family... (Arc 6.5 Final chapter)
_Port Azure, three days later._ "Target is fleeing the crime scene. Pursuing from above." Kage spoke quickly, leaping across the gap to the next tree without even needing to look where he landed, so great was his familiarity with the woodlands around...
Pokemon Team Valiant: Mentors
"Lucky number... seven?" Lashanne asked wearily as they approached the next of their stops. With their fifth day in the West Islands drawing to a close, they had so far turned up nothing of Victor's location. All of the islands had been uninhabited -...
Pokemon Team Valiant: Closure
On the morning of Minato's departure from Azure, Katsu roused himself from his sleep at the crack of dawn as he usually did. He took a double take as he felt the body sleeping next to him, taking note of the Vaporeon curled up in an almost catlike...
Pokemon Team Valiant: Personal Quest
It was not to be a pleasant morning for Luke as he left his mother's house that morning, making tracks to his former home outside Azure. He hoped to salvage whatever he could from his home, to see what could still be saved from under the...
Pokemon Team Valiant: Return to Azure
"Bring forth the accused." Romulus bade as he and the council finished taking their seats. In preparation for Team Kopis' trial and being the first to be undertaken by the new council, some remodeling had been done to the interior of the Council Hall....
Sentinels Youth Part 2
Tsumé let out a sigh after reading the email, lowering her phone and looking up to the sky in exasperation as she walked. "Okay... Well that was a bust. Didn't even give me an interview," she said. "Why is it so hard to get an after-school job? I...
The Temple of Tikal
It had not been easy to convince Lighris to let him go back out, but hiding at the house out on the acreage was even getting to an introvert like Volcan. Eventually his brother caved and allowed Volcan to go back to street performance without a fuss -...
Toronto City Wars: Warp vs. Bantam Beaver
"_How long has it been?"_ Asked the Japanese-accented voice on the other end of the phone that Phyllis held to her ear. "_Three years, wasn't it?"_ "Four, actually," the brown beaver replied, lounging against the brick wall behind her. "Though, this...
Depths of Athenia
_Post Unity Year: 237_ _Ocean World of Athenia II, AKA Redwater, Athenia System_ _Day 21_ "_Red Snapper to Diver team, comm check,"_a deep voice sounded through the speakers of the three diver's helmets. Arno Engelburg had his eyes on a crustacean...