2628 (an Orr Family Story) CH 08
"You know," Cass said, "I don't think I've ever seen a food printer with such a selection before. What do you feel like? Goulash? Potstickers? There's something calls Hogs Tail, want to try that?" "No thanks. I'm going to stick to what I know. Eggs,...
2628 (an Orr Family Story) CH 07
Uncle He looked at his reflection. An antiquated term for something that no longer used reflected light to show him his face. The face of the body he inhabited. He smiled, and the lips moved accordingly. His studied his blue-gray eyes. The color...
2628 (an Orr Family Story) CH 06
Tucker Tucker liked to think that nothing could throw him off his game. What he'd just found out seemed to have done just that. His dad hadn't been making some sort of allegory, Theo was actually his brother. The DNA read and comparison had...
2628 (an Orr Family Story) CH 05
The water felt wonderful. Theo stood under the jet, letting it fall over his face, through his fur, and wash the stress away, along with the dead fur. Having to rely on a sink to was for almost two weeks was no way to wash. He wasn't out of...
2628 (an Orr Family Story) CH 04
Tucker He looked at the tiger stretched out on the couch. Theo had fallen asleep almost as soon as they'd detached from Paco's shuttle. "Don't." "Why not? He's all cute like that. And sleeping with someone snuggled against you is so much...
2628 (an Orr Family Story) CH 03
Theo Theo didn't move when he heard the soft 'ding' that let him know someone was about to open the door. The door hadn't actually made the sound, Cass had made it. The guard with his food had probably scraped against the door and Cass had picked it...
2628 (an Orr Family Story) CH 02
Tucker "Iginia, Are these the D54RJ capacitor that were supposed to be installed?" Tucker asked, even though the readout next to the capacitor in his sight said 'D54RJ.' He liked engaging people around him in conversation, even if he didn't always...
2628 (an Orr Family Story) CH 01
Theo The room was small. Five feet by five feet, with a bench along the back wall where the tiger was seated. The only way Theo could stretch out was if he lied down on the floor, at the diagonal, and only in one of them, since the toilet and sink...
2628 (an Orr Family Story) CH 31
"Cass?" Theo yelled as he stumbled and fell to a knee, feeling the weight of the armor for the first time. "Cass?" His partner had been having a ball smacking people around, talking about doing a more action oriented movie after this, then total...
2628 (an Orr Family Story) CH 30
"Can you infiltrate their network?" Tucker asked Cass. He didn't like operating blind, but it was one of those things that nearly always happened during a battle. The plans changed, and there were no ways to get updates. "I'm being slow and...
2628 (an Orr Family Story) CH 29
"Any idea what kind of sensors we're dealing with?" Theo asked, as the hover landed in a copse of trees. "I didn't see anything through the hover's passive sensors, but the range on this is only five hundred meters." I looked at Tucker, who...
2628 (an Orr Family Story) CH 28
"There's our ride," Tucker said, pointing to the sky. Theo searched the area until a section zoomed in, and he saw a small dot. "This is new," he said. "I'm using the armor's connection to the network to access the satellite," Cass replied,...