Victernus - Chapter 12
A few hours after they began their journey, the dark clouds rolled overhead and replaced the usual white. Thunder and lightning crashed through Namara's senses as he bounded forward, causing him to mind the metal sections of the tube so as...
Victernus - Chapter 8
Able to walk on his paws again, Namara stepped through the entrance to his group's backup lab with Mahalia trailing behind. They had dragged Lynn into the middle of a forest and left him there on his own just a few minutes earlier. Inside...
Victernus - Chapter 7
Lynn took a step away from the transporter when it rematerialized him. There were few sounds in the forest at that time of the night and the air felt a bit moist, like it was going to rain soon. But, the quiet ceased when Mahalia stepped...
Victernus - Chapter 6
For the next few hours, Namara laid on a soft bed of white feathers in one of the rooms below the platforms, or control stations, as they had come to call them. A black wooden dresser stood on either side and a waterfall came down just...
Victernus - Chapter 5
It was only a couple of hours before they reached Colorado and were on the road again. The "Sanctuary," as Namara's friends had called it, was built far into the Rocky Mountains, away from most cities and inaccessible unless the way in was...
Victernus - Chapter 4
Namara felt Hector's hands trying to shake him awake. Sitting up, he yawned and saw that they had stopped. It was midday, and they were sitting in the truck outside of a train station. One of the pressure trains was docked, waiting to...
Victernus - Chapter 3
Namara woke up to the sound of heavy knocking. Someone was at the front door, demanding to come inside. There was a dim light still on in the kitchen doing little to brighten things up. He glanced over at the microwave on one of the racks...
Victernus - Chapter 2
When Namara could no longer feel his body, an immense rush of light and sound filled his mind and then his heart stopped. But, to his success, he was still conscious. He opened his eyes and heard guns firing and bullets whizzing past him....
Victernus - Chapter 1
Namara drew the hot cell phone slowly away from his face, shifting his attention to the television across his spotless living room. On a live news channel, a fresh feed streamed in. Soldiers under the new Administration broke down the doors to his lab...