Cold War, Colder Blood
Cold War, Colder Blood A Tale from the Agent's Lounge During the Cold War some of the prospective agents had been engaged in very aggressive activities; especially the undercover cops and Special Forces types. A few, like our Chief of Staff Silver,...
Suffer the Children
Suffer the Children A Tale from the Agent's Lounge I don't want to give you the impression that Silver was the only one that ever told stories in the Agent's Lounge, or that his were the only interesting stories, but by the time I took over behind...
Fear
Fear The prisoner came too to find himself naked and chained to a sturdy wooden chair which was bolted to the floor. The room he was in was small, about twelve by twelve he guessed. The floor was cement. The walls were black. A single bright light...
Diamonds in the Rough - Chapter 3: Ruddy Face in the Morning ...
Diamonds in the Rough Chapter Three: Ruddy Face in the Morning ... Zac woke up feeling groggy and numb, and with a strange feeling down in the groin area. He was aware that he had an erection and an urge to pee, that was not unusual, but there was...
Diamonds in the Rough - Chapter 2: Shared Destiny, Strange Destiny
Diamonds in the Rough Chapter Two: Shared Destiny, Strange Destiny Zac and Akira finished going through the files late in the afternoon. There was not much, just some vague suspicions about fake certificates and detailed backgrounders on the known...
Diamonds in the Rough - Chapter 1: Dumplings Before Flowers
Diamonds in the Rough Chapter One: Dumplings Before Flowers Silver, the Chief of Staff of the Foreign Operations eXecutive, arrived at FOX Headquarters late. He had stopped to see how the executive secretary Marie Chienne-Caniche, known to most as...
Dangerous Days at Sea
Dangerous Days at Sea The song playing in the main room of the Gda?sk strip club where Geno worked was coming to its climax, and so was her client. As the final notes died away he grunted and gasped and Geno felt hot spooge splash against the...
Crossroads
Crossroads Geno drifted around and around the brass pole in the centre of the stage to the tune of a song that had been popular on French radio in the sixties. As she spun the flashing coloured lights picked out faces in the audience. She kept her...
Diamonds in the Rough - Chapter 4: ...White Bones in the Evening
Diamonds in the Rough Chapter Four: ... White Bones in the Evening Zac and Akira spent much of the day working in his hotel room with the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door. Using their respective laptops and secure communications systems they...
Firestorm - Ch 9: Deployment
Firestorm Deployment "Stop laughing." "I can't help it, it's too funny." "I think it's sad." "That's because you are a hopeless romantic, always have been. It's what I like about you." Ophelia, who had been listening into Kain's video conference...
Firestorm - Ch 8: Defiance
Firestorm Defiance Kain thought of a way to get into the F.O.X. servers and exercise command over its assets while he was driving to the family mansion in Kanata. When he was still a hacker he had created a number of backdoors into various...
Firestorm - Ch 7: Deception
Firestorm Deception Before going back downstairs Runs With Stick took a quick shower and changed her clothes. She choose jeans and a warm loose top with sneakers because it would look less threatening to the kit when he woke up and found himself tied...