Mojave Redemption - Epilogue
--TWO MONTHS LATER-- "I look ridiculous." Jacob said in dismay as he stared at his reflection in the mirror. Daniel had returned to their small Freeside apartment from the Strip with a surprise for Jacob that he wore now. "No you don't. You...
Mojave Redemption - Part 14
Two weeks had passed since Jacob had parted ways with Sarah and he was now drinking whiskey at the bar of a seedy casino called the Atomic Wrangler in north Vegas, or Freeside as the locals called it. The journey to Freeside had been mostly uneventful,...
Mojave Redemption - Part 13
"You've been dragging us across this whole damn desert at a murderous pace just for these two? Some godforsaken drifter and a human bitch who you tell me was part of a bunch of crazies holed up at that fort who held morphs as slaves?" A big booming...
Mojave Redemption - Part 12
"Ah crap." Jacob said under his breath as he stared through the binoculars at the raiders in the distance, their images blurry in the midday heat, running pell-mell down the road towards him and Sarah. "What?" Sarah asked from next to him, ducked...
Mojave Redemption - Part 11
Jacob was silent as he led Sarah through the night, partly because he was afraid of giving away their position to anything unfriendly, but mostly because he just wanted quiet, and to be alone. Once the sun had fallen below the horizon he used his night...
Mojave Redemption - Part 10
Jacob awoke to find himself dangerously close to the edge of the bed and nose to nose with a sleeping German shepherd that had apparently decided in his sleep that the mattress was entirely his domain. Jacob only smiled and gently removed Joshua's paw...
Mojave Redemption - Part 9
"Been here before?" Jacob asked Sarah gruffly as the three walked into the dusty little town. "Once, just passed through." she replied in her usual stony voice. "I'm surprised you and your friends didn't visit more often." Jacob said, eyeing...
Temeraire: Lien's Punishment
"What do you want?" Temeraire snapped at Lien as he entered her pavilion. "Now, now, must you be so upset over sharing some tea?" Lien said cooly. "Yes, when I am sharing it with you." Temeraire retorted angrily as he sat on his haunches uneasily,...
Mojave Redemption - Part 8
"Wake up, mutt." Jacob shook Joshua gently by the shoulder an hour or so after sunrise. "You'll want to look at what I caught while you were sleeping." The shepherd's eyes opened slowly before he sat up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "What?...
Mojave Redemption - Part 7
Jacob wondered what the hell had made that noise, or even if he was just losing it, when out of the silence that had followed the "thump"s came an equally faint whistling sound, this time from above. Jacob sat there thinking he must finally have lost...
Mojave Redemption - Part 6
Joshua was indeed right, it took several days before John showed up again, during which the prisoners had worked on the trench to the point where only about third remained. As Jacob and Joshua were led to the trench by some unfamiliar guard he noticed...
Mojave Redemption - Part 5
Jacob woke with a start, the air raid siren outside the Vault from his childhood ringing in his ears once again. He reached for the pistol on his chest instinctively and panicked when he found the comfortable weight missing. He opened his eyes to find...