Reborn: Chapter 12: Finale
**Chapter Twelve** Admiral Garter arrived that very evening. The _Europa_ arced down from the orange-streaked sky and neatly landed in the Mount Cotton port. Rhys watched this all from the perimeter fence, knowing that he was going to be...
Lights In The Sky
**Lights In The Sky** **By J.F.R. Coates** The Asteroid Belt was a cold, dark place. But more than that, it was isolated. Each small chunk of rock slowly orbited Sol on its own. Only very rarely was a rock close enough to another that they were...
Reborn: Chapter 10: Rebellion
**Chapter Ten** Leandro’s plan couldn’t come into effect immediately. As Rhys was soon to learn there would be at least a couple of weeks of preparation and planning before they could even begin. Despite his assurances that he would be...
Traitor: Chapter 3: Assault
# Chapter Three The twin stars were almost directly overhead. The faint double shadows they cast were almost in direct opposition to each other. The alpha team was in position just beyond the edge of the clearing, bunkered down in a small...
Coffee and Kisses
The walls of James’ bedroom were dappled in the morning light that crept through his window, where the blinds were slightly askew. Little of the wall’s white paint could be seen beneath the many posters plastered to almost every square inch of space....
Traitor: Chapter 6: Rescue
# Chapter Six “Captain, I’ve picked up the _Terrestrial Dawn_ on the sensors,” Sarah Pool said. They were the words Rhys had been waiting to hear for three hours. He had given up on trying to sleep and returned to the bridge, resolved to fight...
Reborn: Chapter 11: For Leandro
# Chapter Eleven No mustelid had slept all night. Many had been rejoicing the return of their lost companions, but to a few it had been a night of fear, hard work, and quiet brooding. David had been cooped up in one of the old cells,...
Traitor: Chapter 2: Preparations
# Chapter Two Rhys heard nothing from Admiral Garter over the next four months. His nerves about the case back on Terra gradually dropped as he further realised how little he could do to affect the outcome. He began to learn to just trust the...
Traitor: Chapter 4: Judgement
# Chapter Four Rhys screamed. It was partly a delayed reaction to the explosion, and partly due to the extreme pain he felt as he opened his eyes. David was the first thing he saw, looking down at him with a very concerned look on his face. He...
Traitor: Chapter 5: Defection
# Chapter Five Rhys couldn’t stop pacing around the front room of the Avon house as he waited for Scott to return. The other mustelids had been stunned at the news of Rhys’ sudden demotion, but thrilled about the prospect of leaving for Alpha...
Dirus' Gift
It was not a night of mystical portents. Lightning didn’t arc across the sky, and no prophecies had ever been told of this day. It wasn’t even a full moon. No great deeds were to be done, but a meeting was about to take place that would change the fate...