Indiana Meiko
Pausing at what he thought was a rise in the jungle, Meiko leaned back against a tree and let out a huff of air from his blowhole, the young male orca reaching back into his backpack for his water jug and taking a quick gulp before replacing it. A...
The final goodbye
I wrote a letter to my grandma for her funeral and I'd thought I'd share it with you all: Dear grandma, I'm writing to you to thank you for all the memories and the forever-enduring moments we've shared together for the past 24 years. Some I...
Chapter One Shelter Switch
CHAPTER ONE SHELTER SWITCH Darin and Robert had been working for FUPA (Florida Underwater Preserve Agency) for about two years. The company had a surge of uncharted shipwrecks in the last few months following the end of the second Vlatorran war....
Chapter Nine Operation Evacuation
CHAPTER NINE OPERATION EVACUATION Sethi-Arh woke early the next morning. He slowly sat up to stretched out, working the sleep out of his muscles. Sethi-Arh surveyed his quarters. Without the sun to illuminate the space, it was dark except for the...
Chapter Eight The First 10,000
CHAPTER EIGHT THE FIRST 10,000 In Genesee, Idaho, base Floyd was just waking up. The crews were activating the communication channels and the armored patrols. Floyd was a ground force base, built exactly as Darin's hangar except it housed a...
Chapter Seven The Rescue Mission
CHAPTER SEVEN THE RESCUE MISSION Robert found out that the reason he had been called back was that he had been accepted as the new chief in charge of the air command. Robert was overjoyed at the news and thought that nothing could bring him down....
Chapter Six The Battle Begins
CHAPTER SIX THE BATTLE BEGINS Meanwhile, in Darin's hangar thousands fighters were being launched. X-Wings, Y-Wings, A-Wings and many others were flying out the launch doors and in to space to confront their enemy. The fighters got into...
Chapter Five Home Base Link Up
CHAPTER FIVE HOME BASE LINK UP The sun rose up declaring the start of a new day. In a room of the house, a clump was laying on a bed with a bundle of covers over it. The sunlight crept across the floor, climbed up the side of the bed, and made...
Chapter Four The Extraction
CHAPTER FOUR THE EXTRACTION The sun was climbing over the trees lighting up the city with a golden glow. The city was quiet in the early morning hours. The wind blew softly through the trees. It was a peaceful Wednesday morning. In the...
Chapter Three Never Talk Back
CHAPTER THREE NEVER TALK BACK The _Lomur_ pulled into the harbor of Juneau, homeport of the Alaskan Fishing Company, just as the sun was coming up on the morning of October 2nd, 2017. As the ship pulled up to the dock, hordes of news reporters...
Chapter two The Bad Storm
CHAPTER TWO THE BAD STORM Fifty miles north, the storm was creating havoc for the other trawlers there. The trawler _Norlina_ was battling the elements as she sailed through the massive waves. Her captain, Joe Diamond, was managing his vessel as...
Chapter one The Bad Landing
CHAPTER ONE THE BAD LANDING It was Sunday September 24th, 2017, and Darin and Robert had been flying for eight hours with next to nothing to do. Boredom was threatening to drive them insane if they did not arrive at their destination soon. Darin...