Rematch, Chapter 8
_"Hey, Arcee. Welcome home."_ _That voice...she hadn't heard it in many centuries. At least a thousand years._ _Bright light surrounded her, but so did a thick fog. Or maybe the fog was all in her head. It was hard to think straight. Figuring...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City, Book 3), Chapter Five
_[Jack, Corona, Taura, it's Hoshi. We have a situation here at HQ. Come straight here, and come heavily armed.]_ "Well, that's just fuckin' great." Jack glanced into the rearview mirror at Corrie and Taura in the rear compartment. They were only a...
Rematch, Chapter 7
"Well, here we are." Lucas Conrad stopped at the door leading to the lab where several Pretender bodies awaited analysis. Beside him, the Pretender using the name Rosalina Mendoza placed a hand on the door and hesitated. Ashanti stood behind them,...
Rematch, Chapter 6
"He's awake," Dr. Madsen said, and June turned to scowl at Silas. "About time." She strode toward him. "Now you can answer a few questions." "We've been over this before." Silas grimaced ever so slightly, but other than that, he didn't...
Rematch, Chapter 5
June let out a scream that made everyone almost jump out of their skins--everyone except Silas. He glanced calmly up at her, looked over his shoulder at the monitors in time to catch a glimpse of Airachnid clamping a hand around Jack's torso and...
Rematch, Chapter 4
_"Try to relax,"_ Arcee had said moments before arriving at the set of fifteen warehouses and the huge gravel lot surrounding them. _"Once they have me, they'll let your mom and the team go."_ _"No, they won't."_ There was a time when he might've...
Rematch, Chapter 3
..._the hell? How am I still alive?_ Jack almost sat up, but forced himself to remain where he'd fallen as the MECH soldier entered the tent and stomped up to him. _The armor,_ he realized. It could survive several hits from the average...
Rematch, Chapter 2
"How's our guest today?" General Sanchez said after entering the security hub. Ashanti nodded at one of the monitors on the bank in front of her and the two airmen stationed there. "I don't think I've ever seen a more pathetic-looking son of a...
Rematch, Chapter 1
"You okay, Arcee?" Jack paused, leaning around her shoulder to aim a concerned look at her face. Usually, their wash-wax-polish sessions on the helipad atop the Autobot base ended with her completely relaxed, her eyes closed, an ecstatic smile on her...
Elsewhere, Chapter 9: Long Gone
"We have dropped out of hyperspace and are approaching the inner star system," Astra's disembodied voice said. "Okay, what have we got?" Asuka turned to face the holographic display above the central console and rubbed her hands together. "Scanning....
Harbinger, Chapter 1
"We're almost there," Arcee said through her human-size doppelgänger. Jack nodded and reached up to put his hand over the back of hers, hoping she couldn't detect his elevated heart rate through her palm as it rested on his chest. As soon as they had...
Freelancers, Chapter Sixteen
"Lock the door," Valeria said over her shoulder as she stepped into the interrogation room. Elias Kelham, secured in the chair in the center of the room, stared wide-eyed at her, then glanced at the door when it closed. The holographic panel floating...