A Mother's Love
It was a cool, yet clement March morning, as the first few rays of the new spring sun bathed over the dregs of snow that had yet to be melted by the warming weather. Birds were singing happily in the trees as they went about their business of...
The Gift
Street lights whizzed overhead as a solitary car drove down a lonely highway in the late hours of the night. Inside, with the heater turned up as to combat the chill of an early winter's eve, a young man, no older than 21, sat with his eyes fixed...
Part of the Pack
**Part of the Pack** ** ** Written by Feo Asilion/Firefox1234 27/12/17 ...
Some Things Are Best Left Alone
"Look, I don't care how much it's going to cost, Detective Whitmore, but I've been told you're the best for these kinds of disappearances! Besides, the police are doing absolutely nothing!" John Whitmore frowned at the modestly dressed woman in front...
Project: Eternity - Prologue
Among all the races that inhabit the stars, one universal rule was established, one that was seen as sacred before everything else. Artificial intelligence was outlawed in every warp-capable society, and despite differing opinions towards the Galactic...
One with the Hive
Darkness was falling on the neon-lit cityscape as a shadow-wreathed figure surveyed the road below; to a casual observer, it could have been easily passed off as a gargoyle or something along those lines, but if anyone bothered to look long enough,...
Project: Eternity - (6) A Brief History of the Galaxy
“I guess I should start right at the beginning, huh? The Aeteri, my species, were the first that we know of, to venture past our solar system and into interstellar space. Our first FTL drives weren't much to write home about, barely twice light speed....
A Ghost of a Chance
The sun was barely grazing the horizon as a dropship silently approached the rocky surface of Phaeton. Dust and sand swirled around the LZ as it made its descent, before it landed with a heavy thud on the rock. The engines shut down with a loud whine...
Project: Eternity - (4) Introductions Redux
Sam’s head hurt. It hurt more than he had ever felt before, and that was saying a lot. Hell, it hurt more than that time he got blackout drunk with that chick he once knew. He gingerly opened his eyes, expecting to see the roof of his bedroom above...
Project: Eternity - (2) The Meteor
A fire was crackling in the corner of a dimly lit room, its radiant warmth doing its best to fight back the winter chill. The light from the fire was cast upon the walls of the wooden cottage, illuminating framed paintings hung upon the walls, the...
Project: Eternity - (9) Judgement Day
Sam slowly opened his eyes and stretched luxuriously; he really, really needed this holiday. He rolled over and slowly opened his eyes, expecting to see the wooden walls of his cottage, but finding only steel-grey bulkheads. He blinked a few times as...
DIGOS Training
The bright fluorescent lights of the sparring arena flickered as three units took their places around the high-tech looking room, two of whom facing off against each other, while the last stood off to one side, officiating the bout. On the northern...