Chapter 25 - End of Divergent Paths
**Chapter 25 - End of Divergent Paths** It was Rut who suggested that we split up. After all, we still had many floors to examine, and while we were certain the thirty-seventh floor was the one we needed to go to, ignoring the possibility of the...
Chapter 20 - High-Up Eavesdrop
**Chapter 20 - High-Up Eavesdrop** "What the hell do you mean _these are explosives_?" I said loudly, probably too loudly. I picked up a bottle and turned it around in my hand as if that would suddenly make sense. Rut's gaze was fixed on the...
Chapter 14 - Alea Iacta Est
**Chapter 14 - Alea Iacta Est** I am a man who loves his sleep. I am also a man who hates it when his sleep is interrupted. I hated it as a boy and I hate it as a man, so you can guess how thrilled I was when I was woken up to the muffled...
Halloween-Inspired Story: Ghost Unlaid Forbear Thee
**Halloween-Inspired Story - Ghost Unlaid Forbear Thee** A ferret, seemingly in her sixties, had just turned around the corner when she encountered it. She needed a second to register what it was, but as she did, her mouth opened in a shrill...
Chapter 8 - Baby It's Cold Out There
**Chapter 8 - Baby It's Cold Out There** "This is California, right?" "Yes, Simon," Ethan lazily responded as he put a mug of hot coffee in front of me. I was sitting in the back room of the new Arc with the three cat brothers--Ethan, Ciel,...
Chapter 19 - From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell
**Chapter 19 - From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell** What was it with this insipid town and hills? How had the original settlers thought this place, of all places, was a good spot to settle? I had been all over the world, and while each...
Chapter 13 - Blood in the Streets
**Chapter 13 - Blood in the Streets** Ciel got better the next day. I tried to talk to him again, but every time I got close he always found something to be busy with. Bas told me not to worry--Ciel was difficult but a good person. ...
Chapter 22 - From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell - American Division (part 4)
Chapter 22: From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell - American Division (part 4) Anger is not an emotion I experience often. I can vividly remember the few times I have been angered to the point of irrationality, and each time I was left disgusted...
The Half Moon Tribe -- Journey
"Shove off in fifteen minutes! Last call for passengers!" I looked up from the bench I had been sitting on, gripping the edges tightly in my hands. This would be the beginning of my trip, my mission, my journey. I had knwon about this for a month...
Bravery Part II
Bravery Part II Days turned to weeks. Weeks into months. Please, Cen thought, if there is anybody out there, please don't let it turn months into years. The boy tied down the heavy tarps to the Secret Base and...
Chapter 18 - What to Believe
**Chapter 18 - What to Believe** “You look like you’ve seen a ghost,” said the tiger sitting next to me, his rich, deep voice much like smooth liquor. He put his arm around me and slid a mug of warm coffee into my waiting hands. I was sitting...
Chapter 24 - It's All in the Cards
**Chapter 24 - It's All in the Cards** Waiting is the name of the game that I don't cherish playing. It feels like I'm wasting time and I've always been a man who likes to be moving forward, or at least tries to, but this time I didn't have...