Ball of Fire
Emerson stirred, pulled from a musical dream: drums, beating steadily. The sound was everywhere! And so was … giggling? The harvest mouse opened his groggy blue eyes. “Huh? Wha-?” His five-month-old daughter, Azalea, was kneeling by his shoulder,...
Driver Introductions
The rising roar of the engine as it purred ... made his ears shiver and shake. Even with his earplugs in. Field ALWAYS had to wear earplugs at the track. A mouse's ears were just too sensitive. But, even with the plugs in, he could pick up on the...
1.2 - Team Effort
"Anything interesting along our course?" Aria asked. "Aside from sensor echoes?" Elim glanced over his shoulder, casually. "The usual traffic." "Care to elaborate?" She moved up beside him. They were on Arctic's pristine bridge, toward the back....
2.2 - Hard Bargain
"They're hailing us," said Vesta, the lop-eared rabbit at the comm station, adjusting her earpiece. "Again. I haven't replied yet ... " Peregrine just nodded and looked the other direction, toward his first officer. "Can't ignore them." The red...
4.4 - Run Away With Me
"What if he calls on me?" Herkimer asked Barrow as the lift doors opened. They exited and walked down a curved, carpeted corridor. They were headed for the conference room. "What will I say?!" the blue-grey mouse squeaked. "Who? What?" Barrow asked,...
2.5 - Deep Breath
"Is he going to survive?" "I'm trying to stabilize his pulse. I'm ... " Yates exhaled, sharply. "I'm doing my best." Reverie's medical officer shook her head in disbelief. "He's lost so much blood." From the neck, especially. "He's lucky he's not...
For One Bite Only
Morris flashed her a wide, wicked smile. Licking his two long fangs. "You a deer?" he asked the doe. "A female deer," Sakona said, grinning back at him. Her slender form, her furry breasts ... indicated enough. "And you're ... " She squinted. They...
Golden Delicious
Sipping hot, mulled cider from a Styrofoam cup, the winter-dressed mouse (wearing a jacket, wooly hat, ear mittens ... and, yes, even a full-length tail-sock) stood beneath the red-painted porch of the country farm market. Work was done for the day....
3.2 - Catbird Seat
"You keep looking around. Expecting company?" Sheila teased, laying on her side atop a tangle of sheets and blankets. She stifled a yawn. Posed as lazily as she was, her curves stood out far more than normal. The strong, lithe hare had always had a...
Seven Days
DAY SEVEN "Sometimes, I can't tell if you're an angel or a siren," came an airy, passionate confession. It belonged to a male harvest mouse. His pelt was golden, butterscotch. Like ripened wheat. Attired only in navy-blue boxer-briefs, his...
Frozen Through
Annika blinked. "What?" "He has information," said the other snow rabbit. A commander. Talking to her in one of the corridors of the base. Snow-Fall Nine. "Have Oliver interrogate him." "That is not the ... problem. He cannot simply be...
2.6 - Fair Play
"Lieutenant Mirabelle, match course and speed." "Matching." Aria stepped forward, bobtail flickering tensely as she hovered behind the helm officer. "Draw us parallel the freighter." She crossed her arms. Arctic had penetrated into the UT and, at...