[One Shot / Commission] A Long Commitment
Things were going well for Rick Morgan, that much was certain. At twenty-six he was already a success at work and had found the girl of his dreams, a wonderful woman named Hiiro Kumada. That was how things went for him though, he had always managed to...
[Cure] Survivor's Last Stand
Annie sat up suddenly in bed as what felt like a wave of fire enveloped her. She pressed her head to her forehead as feeling of having a wedge driven into her skull between her eyes hit her with full force. It was the third time in a week the headache...
[Cure] Leopard's the One
"June sixteen, it has been two week since first experiment. Found huge error in my methods. Vent through great pains to akquire a blank version of the virus. I plan to extract the necessary hormones und attempt a retest vith a purely animal strain on...
[Cure] Return to the Zone
It was a hot and muggy May afternoon in Atlanta and Annie King was sweating like crazy in her suit as she took the steps of the CDC two at a time. The last five months had been a roller coaster of fame and infamy for the plucky Asian reporter. As the...
[Cure] Silver Tongue
_Less than a mile from the ruins of downtown Goldston, nine months since the infection..._ A figure moves through the overgrown grass around the city. They're bundled up tight even though it's only September. A chain link fence, covered in a thin...
[Detective Thursdays] For Sale
I was packing for the trip, wandering around my apartment picking things up, putting them down. As my paws rested on a picture of my academy class I turned and sat down with it. My mind going back to my first night as a real police...
[Detective Thursdays] A Skeptic's Chance
It was the dark time of just after midnight on the morning of April Ninth and I was on my way to a sting. I'd been tipped off that the Russian mob was bringing in something big by ship down on the east side. There was a nagging in the back of my mind...
[Detective Thursdays] The Ship
"Where's Girun?" "I ain't seen Girun in two weeks." "So you're saying that he isn't here?" "No sir, I's jus' sayin' I ain't seen 'im." I could tell Jigun was lying but, with nothing aside from a hunch that the Hyena Brothers were responsible for...
[Detective Thursdays] Egg on Your Face
Nine A.M. that morning found me, still a bit damp around the edges thanks to the rain, at Camela's on Fifth and Bay. I gave Uki the day off. I sat at the dinner's counter, a cup of deep red tea steaming in front of me. The dinner still looks like the...
[Detective Thursdays] The Overnight Shift
"Round five, James." A boar called Tenchal remarked as he passed a jaguar on the midship decks. James simply growled back at him, the big cat's hand drifting down to his knife. Tenchal waved his hands as he apologized profusely. "Geez, I'm sorry, K?...
[Detective Thusrdays] Banned
The next morning found me at FRD airport with the Commissioner. We'd agreed that meeting the backup at the pass would probably head off any ill will with the show of good faith. The airport staff had set aside a room for us to meet in, as there was...
[Detective Thursdays] Silver Knife
Six hours from leaving for the trip I pull a file out of my cabinet. Folding the manilla back my eyes glance over the front page of a newspaper from a few months after I started on the force. The dat was May 21, the headline read "Bay City Detectives,...