Enemy of my Enemy, Chapter 6
"Wow." Jack sat at the corner table in Groom Lake's mess hall, grinning at the food piled on his tray. "That's the biggest omelette I've ever seen." Arcee sat her human-size doppelgänger down across from him and smiled. "Guess it's about time you had...
Newer World Order, Chapter 1
**_Blast From the Past_** "Here we go," Miko said under her breath as she stared at something behind Jack. He turned to find her host parents approaching. Just what we need, another argument. Jack glanced at Arcee, standing at the edge of the...
Newer World Order, Chapter 7
_ **Big Badda-Boom** _ "It's a shame we can't use any of this footage in our documentary series," the camera guy said, leaning forward and staring at the monitors as the battle raged on. "Some of it might be declassified eventually. We'll just...
Rematch, Chapter 4
_"Try to relax,"_ Arcee had said moments before arriving at the set of fifteen warehouses and the huge gravel lot surrounding them. _"Once they have me, they'll let your mom and the team go."_ _"No, they won't."_ There was a time when he might've...
Rematch, Chapter 3
..._the hell? How am I still alive?_ Jack almost sat up, but forced himself to remain where he'd fallen as the MECH soldier entered the tent and stomped up to him. _The armor,_ he realized. It could survive several hits from the average...
Newer World Order, Chapter 5
_ **Target Acquired** _ "Hello. I hope I'm not disturbing you." Sierra glanced over her shoulder and found Tenesha Hargrove and one of her camera guys stepping into the room. Khalilah and Strika had left to prep for the rescue mission, leaving...
Rematch, Chapter 6
"He's awake," Dr. Madsen said, and June turned to scowl at Silas. "About time." She strode toward him. "Now you can answer a few questions." "We've been over this before." Silas grimaced ever so slightly, but other than that, he didn't...
Newer World Order, Chapter 2
**_Two Quarts Low_** Two whole weeks without a crisis, and now look what's happened. Arcee piloted her human-size body into the briefing room and stepped aside so Jack and June could follow her. She glanced around at Ashanti and her whole team, even...
Newer World Order, Chapter 3
**_Going All-in_** What the hell am I doing? June kept scowling at the door and trying not to look as terrified as she really was. Seriously, how the hell was this my idea? "Almost there," Jensen said, raising the pitch of his voice to sound much...
And a Star to Steer her by
"Wow. Get a load of that." General Sanchez stood in front of the huge monitor and pointed at the image of Terwilliger jogging toward a car. Terwilliger had added short pink fur to his armor and big bunny ears to his helmet. Then he noticed the gamer...
Harbinger, Chapter 4
"i'm jack darby." "hello." they reached the storeroom and walked over to a stack of glowing blue cubes. ratchet entered the room behind them, carrying another set of tools.
Newer World Order, Chapter 15
_ **Keep Moving Forward** _ "Good morning, June. I hope you're feeling better today." Arcee sat across from her at the picnic table and Jack took the empty spot beside his mom. June stared off into the distance with bleary eyes. "Hey." Jack...