It took roughly three days for Zane to feel like he was himself again (and that his skin wasn’t comprised of bees). Once he was certain of those two points, he pushed the button under his bed. Ash came in a few minutes later, his eyes still wary. “You okay, Zane?” he asked, sitting down… Read More Apex of the Songbird, Episode 8 – Crazy Stupid Amazons, Part 1
Most of the 10th floor was taken up by a huge hangar. A number of large shuttles were parked in a row, and the continual noise of the facility falling apart still pounded in the distance, only somewhat muffled by the thick walls. “E-59! I need you right this second!” C-42 said, seeing a scrawny… Read More AotS – A-40, Part 4
The week everything fell apart had started out like every other week. Drills, tests, physical examinations, training… and then. Something changed. B-28 moved towards the table where A-40 and A-13 were seated for dinner, settling his tray down as he made his usual rounds. He seemed… restless. “Something happened last night in our… Read More AotS – A-40, Part 3
My early childhood is a complete blank. Perhaps we were never children at all, but merely popped out of whatever they grew us in as adolescents. But in any case, I’ll begin on an average day… “Good morning, A-40.” It was a long room, sterile and clean, with walls painted a shade of blue… Read More AotS – A-40, Part 2
Songbird’s crew was restless. It was the morning after the whole… incident with Johnny Deuce. Jayna, Ash and Mari were all assembled in the dining room, trying and failing to occupy themselves while they waited for Zane to wake up. He tended to keep odd hours, even by spacer standards. “We should just… Read More Apex of the Songbird, Episode 7: A-40, Part 1
After a short pit stop, the crew of Songbird touched down at their destination. Ash elected to stay on board. “In case we need to take off quickly, I want us to be ready,” he said. “Good plan,” said Mari. “Let’s move, the sooner we have this thing out of our possession, the happier… Read More AotS – The Woman in the Wires, Part 4
Zane’s flight plan took them to a small, grubby-looking space station in a nearby system. It certainly didn’t look like much. In fact, it looked like it was one thrown rock away from depressurizing and collapsing into the nearest atmosphere. There were a couple hundred moons in the galaxy with a very similar look to… Read More AotS – The Woman in the Wires, Part 3
“Him again?” said Mari, covering her head as she ran. “Was it too much to hope for that we’d seen the last of him after that incident on Annwyn?” “Apparently,” Ash sighed. “Jayna, can you reach Zane? We need to be off this planet yesterday. We’ll have to hold off on the drop and… Read More AotS – The Woman in the Wires, Part 2
Angels, Kings & Weirdos 