A Journey Begun - Chapter 20 - Knock Knock
I tapped on the door with my knuckles. It was the early evening and I knew that it was pretty much home time for many office workers, including Max. I was hoping he'd be home early, though judging from the lack of a response he clearly wasn't there....
A Journey Begun - Chapter 19 - Interlude 2
"Thanks for helping me with those books." "No problem, luv." "You going to stay?" "Yeah might as well. I don't have anything to do anyway." Brandon sat back with a cup of tea in his hands. His good friend Connie sat next to him, snuggled up...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 18 - Invisible Death Force
The base of the Saints was a bigger apartment complex down in the heart of the lockdown zone. The place was abandoned and condemned, even scheduled for demolition, but the head of the Saints, a mysterious man even only know as the Boss, bought the...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 17 - Know Your Enemy
All over it was chaos. We followed the detective chick as we made our way out, threading our way through the madness that was the hospital waiting areas and hallways. People were shouting across the hall, streaming up and down, running every which way...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 16 - The Art of War
I stood there, the bottle of Jack at my feet. I saw the men down below staring up at me in disbelief; how on earth was this man going to fight for his life after downing a whole bottle of whiskey? The answer was that I needed it. During the decade I'd...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 21 - British Slang
After I bade Max farewell, I straddled my bike with the intention to head for my next destination. I was about to leave when my phone rang. I pulling the buzzing thing out of my pocket and put it to my ear. It was Connie and she sounded panicky. ...
Gateway to Hell - Prologue
_Excerpt from the diary of Shigihara Satoshi_ January 15th, 2013 Life here in the United States isn't what I thought it would be like. The people here are lazy, most of them not as hardworking as I. The office I work at is drab, dull and boring....
A Journey Begun - Chapter 11 - See How They Run
"His name is Maximillian Augustus Wright." "No kidding. Any relation?" "Yup. James' grandson." "Small world." I stood and stared at the young man sitting in the interrogation room. He had James' hair, short and brown, loose and messy, but...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 10 - Fry The Bastard
I ran the whole way back to the office. Inside, both Eddie and Brandon were looking for me. "Did you see what happened man?" Brandon. '"Yeah I did. I was there when it happened, man, how could I not see it?" "Its all over the news, dude. What...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 9 - Government Issue
I hadn't even properly set foot on American soil before there was a hint of a problem. After getting off from our night flight, me and Brandon had milled around in the departure area of JFK for a while, having breakfast and reading up on the news a...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 8 - Hard Boiled Cops in a Hard Boiled City
The caller said that he was being held in what used to be the stadium. Tonight, midnight, be there with Morgan and a million bucks in cash, used notes only. Sounded like a cliche straight out of some dime store video game about hard boiled cops in a...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 7 - Unexpected
Midnight, or at least close to it. After leaving the family in Abayya's capable hands, me and Brandon struck out on our own to find out who exactly was responsible for all this death and violence that swirled around our employers like a vortex of...