Escape
The moon shone high in the starry sky through the branches of the trees, yet to grow out their leaves for the spring, illuminating the land with the kind of glow only the night of a full moon could bring. The air was chilled as a breeze flowed through...
Escape
Life was hard in a slaver house, and not just for the slaves. The young tiger sighed and readjusted his postion in his seat, leaning his elbows agaisnt the hardwood table. Only three other seats were taken on the six seater table. Through the window...
Escape
"That's all I am going to tell you." Chomper said simply, smiling devilishly. "You don't need to know anything else." As Chomper finished his story, Littlefoot, Ali, Petrie, and Rex were in shock. They had listened carefully to the sharptooth's every...
The Escape
I woke up disoriented, sitting uncomfortably in a rigid chair. I groggily tried to move, but realized with a start that I was bound. A dull ache throbbed at the base of my head, which I could not move at all, and the pressure of a tight muzzle bit into...
Escape
We fled down the hallway. The lifeless white light shining down on the blue and gray corridor that extended in front of us. We turned right, then left, then right again, waltzing through the maze that was the Renraku tower. Red dots appeared on the...
Escape
I laid curled up near the entrance. After awhile, the keepers would drop some food for me as they came in. It took some time to make them think I was harmless. I had to deal with the prodding that gave an uncomfortable sensation not like electricity....
Escape
Rocket and the Imp Chapter Eight -- Escape * * * There was darkness. Nothing. But gradually, his mind came back to him. In the incoherent static of his scattered memories, there always remained one constant throughout the...
All of this for a damn backpack
I was walking back to school to get my backpack back since I forgot it on my way home, I was feeling pretty annoyed but... I couldn't get my grades falling in the void. The school was 30 minutes close to close, but I managed to get there a soon as...
Captain's Report
We apprehended the man in the middle of the street after having received numerous reports and complaints of a hunched-over traveler, staggering about and raving loudly at the populace. His appearance was unkempt, swaddled in a large, tattered, blue...
29 (DSV Nautica) Three days
Three days later...Lieutenant Chrys sat at his station, bored out of his mind. A tiny stellar outpost on the edge of the wild lands didn't get that much action, despite the way the media portrayed this place. It you couldn't get more bored with a...
Out of Time, Out of Space Chapter 5
**CHAPTER 5** **DARK SAR-CHASMS** ** ** "No, don't do that. You can't die. YOU CAN'T!" I jerk myself awake with this last shout, whatever dream I had slowly dissipating. Slightly disoriented, I blink and look around, trying to get my bearings....
Chapter Ten Operation Evacuation: Robert's Finest Hour
CHAPTER TEN OPERATION EVACUATION: ROBERT'S FINEST HOUR The rescue team woke to discover their captors gone leaving behind a trail. Robert quickly pulled out his tracker to see if Darin had moved during the night. Robert did a double take as the...