Enemy, Chapter 7
Chapter 7 I was stunned, almost in shock. The Ursine had come, to our planet, probably lured by my distress signal. They had found and captured the Nuara, and it would not at all be difficult to realize that a wolf was here with it, using supplies and...
Enemy, Chapter 6
Chapter 6 29 December 2357 "It looks like there's a greenish patch of vegetation at seventy five degrees," I said into the microphone of the small transmitter clipped to my earlobe. There wasn't much my small spacial mapping computer could tell me...
Enemy, Chapter 5
Chapter 5 _Somewhere an alarm screamed. What it was saying, Nathaniel couldn't guess over the ringing in his ears. What he did know was that he was suffocating, choking on a black acrid smoke that tasted like burnt rubber on his tongue. He had to get...
Enemy, Chapter 4
Chapter 4 14 December 2357 "Do it," I said. "No." "I'm ordering you to do it, slave," I growled. "If you disobey me again you'll be punished." I held up a small silver-grey remote control to punctuate my threat. The fox eyed it knowingly with a...
Enemy, Chapter 3
Chapter 3 _"Commander!" came an urgent voice over the intercom. "The buffer's going critical! The energy is feeding back into the ship's systems and I can't redirect the reaction without causing an overload or a burnout."_ _Electronics were...
Enemy, Chapter 2
Chapter 2 Much of my early training on survival techniques--which I had so easily forgotten over the years--had begun to surface. Maybe it was my subconscious devotion to continuing my life that willed that knowledge to the forefront of my mind. Maybe...
Enemy, Chapter 1
Chapter 1 "To any ship in range of this message: My name is Ensign Nathanial Hopewell. I'm the executive officer of the ILS freighter Nuara. My ship was damaged during a jump-core overload and crashed on this planet on the 3rd of December, 2357. I am...