Game-Changer, Chapter Six
"What's this base for, anyway?" Arcee said, keeping one of her huge shotguns jammed against the back of the human-size Decepticon's head. "Stockpiling resources and weapons, upgrading some of the Vehicons, studying human wetware. Stuff like that....
Game-Changer, Chapter Five
_I'm coming for you, Jack._ Arcee sat in the trailer, her legs pulled up to her chest and her arms around her knees, staring at the wall, barely noticing the vibration from the ground zipping under the tires. _Just hang on._ A motion in the corner...
Game-Changer, Chapter Four
"What the--" Jack's mom turned, frowning at the sudden eruption of rapid popping sounds in the distance. "Is that gunfire?" Jack yanked his phone out of his pocket and ran to the door. His left leg jerked and almost buckled, and he braced his free...
Game-Changer, Chapter Three
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen," General Sanchez said as he entered the hangar. "Again, I wish the circumstances were better, but..." "As do we," Prime said, lowering himself to one knee and leaning forward so the general and his aides wouldn't...
Game-Changer, Chapter Two
"Still no sign of Decepticon activity?" "No, Arcee," Prime said, frowning. "And that has us worried." Jack sat in his wheelchair and watched the 'Bots standing just inside the hangar door. General Sanchez had allowed them to use the hanger...
Game-Changer, Chapter One
_Author's note: So, here's something I wrote just for the hell of it. Well, that plus it was an idea that lodged in my head and just wouldn't let go. Things really started clicking together after I watched episode 112, "Predatory." And at that point, I...
Freelancers, Chapter Seven
"It's tumbling," Chula muttered as her fingers nudged the controls, moving the _Sulaco_ as close to the geth ship's central airlock as she dared. "Matching rotation." Lia sat, silent and unmoving, letting Chula concentrate on her docking maneuvers...
Freelancers, Chapter Six
"Cover me!" Lia rushed over to the nearest shuttle, firing up her Omni-Tool and hacking away at the lock. Her heads-up display showed a half-dozen blips representing the mercs who'd had their helmets on before the hangar decompressed, but she ignored...
Freelancers, Chapter Five
"Coming up on an hour without someone picking a fight with us." Quint chuckled. "Think that might be a record." "I'm actually okay with that," Lia said as she looked around, taking in various details now that she had a bit of uninterrupted time to...
Freelancers, Chapter Four
"Authoritatively: Hand over your weapons." The elcor at the end of the long table stared at Scarface and waited for him to put his rifle and pistol down. Scarface complied and, with a sneer, forked over a half-dozen knives. An asari with a...
Freelancers, Chapter Three
"You sure you're feeling up to this, Lia?" "Yeah. Getting a full night's sleep made a huge difference." Lia joined Chula, Quint, Dakka, and Yutani outside the airlock. "Though I really didn't intend to sleep twelve hours." "Guess those...
Freelancers, Chapter Two
"How're you feeling?" Chula said, keeping her voice low as she leaned against the wall beside the door to the clean room. "Better," Lia said, still sounding a bit run-down, but far stronger than she'd been when she came aboard. "Much better,...