Seven Days
DAY SEVEN "Sometimes, I can't tell if you're an angel or a siren," came an airy, passionate confession. It belonged to a male harvest mouse. His pelt was golden, butterscotch. Like ripened wheat. Attired only in navy-blue boxer-briefs, his...
Federation Aside - Initiation
"He's not talking. The drugs are having no effect." A swish of ringtail. "I don't know what else to do." The lieutenant commander nodded, crossing her arms. "Everything has a weakness." He was a shape-shifter. Caught last night in a restricted...
1.8 - A Few Little Repairs
"What happened?" "We were hit by something." "Damage?" "Small hull breach." Seldovia's black-furred paws flew over the controls. The shudder hadn't been too violent, but she'd definitely felt it. "A few decks down, near the central core." A...
4.3 - Gone Rogue
"Guess they found our escape pod on the second moon, just outside an Arctic fox refugee camp," Ketchy explained, repeating what she'd overheard through the comm channels. "A few miles from a downed wasp cruiser. The High Command dispatched a rescue...
4.2 - Head Rush
"Did we win?" Wren asked, sinking into the captain's chair. He closed his eyes and stretched his limbs, making frustrated chitter-noises. "Well." An uncertain pause. "There's no easy answer to that ... " "Didn't think so," he sighed, quietly....
4.1 - Havoc
"Are you sure you're up to it?" Field whispered, nuzzling his nose against Adelaide's bare, pink-furred shoulder. They were sprawled together in bed, in the dark, a ruby-red glow pulsing rhythmically in the background. Red alert lights. The alarm...
1.1 - Fancy Meeting You
The comm channel chirruped, gently piercing the darkness. No response. It sounded again. And again. Followed, finally, by an impatient voice. "Aria to Sheila. Are you there?" Sheila stirred, grumbling weakly. The sheets strewn. Clothes on the...
4.5 - Such Good Luck
"We have a new mission." "You mean besides saving everyone's tails?" Rella asked, taking a seat on the couch. They were in Wren's ready room. He'd just gotten done speaking with Admiral Flint and had called her in to discuss it. "Besides that,"...
4.4 - Mixed Signals
"...and you should be glad that you're getting only a commendation for your excellent tactics in the battle, Captain Wren. I've heard talk of there being a statue in Luminous' honor." Wren could see the eye-smile from the aged snow rabbit....
2.2 - Hard Bargain
"They're hailing us," said Vesta, the lop-eared rabbit at the comm station, adjusting her earpiece. "Again. I haven't replied yet ... " Peregrine just nodded and looked the other direction, toward his first officer. "Can't ignore them." The red...
2.1 - Queen For a Day
"More," Seward panted, nose tingling, lungs filling with a familiar, spicy warmth. He looked up from the large white-furred breast he'd been suckling. "Please?" It was 0800, an hour before their duty shifts. They'd only been awake for fifteen, twenty...
1.10 - Exposure
The reading did not make any sense. Seward had to check the scanner again, even going so far as to hit it to make sure that it was working.Damn thing. He looked up at the sealed door, then back down at the scanner. Unless he was deeply mistaken and/or...