The Deliverance Pt. 2
\*Last Chapter\* After hearing Koji's plan, both Akeela and Anpu were convinced it would work. It was simple enough, but Anpu didn't approve of the way the plan put Akeela in more danger. "Why can't I be the one to go for Keket?" Anpu asked, looking...
The Deliverance Pt. 1
Opening her eyes, Katrina sat up in bed, pushing her purple comforter away from her body and flinging it to the opposite side of the bed. Within an instant, her feet landed on the floor, and she started to hurry out of her room, stopping only to grab...
Public Spaces
It had been a long day, a very long day actually, and as Sarah gripped the steering wheel of her dodge charger, she glanced in the mirror, checking to make sure her eye makeup had not started to run. Within a glance, she could see that her make-up was...
Mother May I?
As the sound of a blaring alarm filled the room, Adam reached out from under his covers, and he smacked the small box, turning the annoying sound off. Looking over at the clock, he almost groaned at the time. It was seven in the morning, and although...
Clear Skies
As he helped the other men unload the helicopter, Nate knew he was lucky that the scent of his musk and sweat masked the stench of blood coming from his arm. In his mind, he kept imagining that his arm would smell like rotten meat because of the...
Possibilities
Sophie stood, frozen in front of the young boy. The machine in her paw indicated that he was infected, but he was not showing any signs of aggression or change. The only thing different about him were his eyes-- sharp gold mixed with blood spots in the...
Infection
"Eyes forward Stripes." Nate looked over to see one of his best friends standing beside him, David. David was a good man, but the rough times had shortened the fuse for his temper quite a bit. Of course, David still loved to joke around, because he...
When Parents Go On Vacation
It was May when it all started. School had just ended a week before, and my parents had already made plans to leave on a vacation of their own. Since my brother and I were older now, they didn't like spending as much time with us as they did when we...
Gray Skies
It was almost noon when she heard the front door creak open and the sound of heavy boots echoed through the hallway and drifted into the kitchen. Her husband, Nate, was beating the snow off of his boots at the front door, and Sophie continued dipping...
The Cabin in the Woods
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A City Boy and A Country Girl (7)
7 Sarah could feel her eyes slowly opening and starting to blink, but everything was black. She could feel a black bag over her head, and she remembered what had happened. Bret was in the woods, and he had drugged her, but why? Bret had always been...
A City Boy and A Country Girl (6)
In the last few weeks of school, the police had placed curfews for young adults to be home and indoors by 10 p.m. If a person was camping, they had to call the police and let them know what campground they were using, how long they were going to be...