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Chapter 88: New Identities, Part 1
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FLUX Chapter 89: New Identities, Part 2
A few hours later, Jack stared into the mirror looking at a completely different person. His face had been cleanly shaven. His hair was short cropped on the sides and longer on the top. It had been dyed a light brown with blonde patches in it. The biggest change was his newly pointed ears made using synthetic cartilage. It was supposed to be reversible, but it looked pretty permeant to him. His normally steel blue-grey eyes gleamed back green."Now Mr. James Monroe," said Penina's husband, Art. "I'm going to classify you as a Sigma four. High enough to get you that campaign job, but not so high they think you have money. Your attributes will be hearing and sight, that shouldn't get you into too much trouble, as well as strength, hence the sigma part and you seem to fit the bill physically for that, and your last one will be-" He flicked at the screen a moment as he thought. "How about dexterity?"Penina chuckled behind him. Warmth trickled with her laugh. "My dear, you have just made
FLUX Chapter 90: Bunker
Tom jolted awake. He had dozed off in the dining room chair and now his neck ached. Ellie sat upright in the bed watching him, her half-melted glasses askew."You almost fell," she said.Tom smiled. "I'm glad to see you awake. I thought I lost you there."Ellie shrugged, or at least that was what Tom thought it was. The thick sloppy bandages at her shoulders moved a little up and down which was kind of like a shrug. The towel still covered her midsection."I don't really feel anything. It's just a little hard to move. Do you think you can help me find something to wear?"Tom shot to his feet. "Of course. No problem." He reached for the emergency pack and sifted through the contents. He still had no idea what was even in there. The closest thing that came to clothes was a wool blanket and a clear poncho. Instead, he opened up a drawer underneath the bunk bed and found sets of clothing. He handed her a clear vacuum locked bag with a green small adult women's sticker stuck to the fro
FLUX Chapter 91: Bubble Home
Jack gestured the door open to the master bedroom. The door opened silently exposing a neatly made bed and closet. "I don't think it's too bad. Kind of cozy.""It's more room than the cabin on the boat or the one at the Sanctuary. I even get my own bathroom. I won't have to clean up all the hair you leave around." Lexi sat heavily on his bed. "How do we go about getting food? Is there a cafeteria or something in the neighborhood that we all go to when we're hungry?""We have our own kitchen downstairs that we passed on the way up. We do the cooking ourselves."Lexi arched an eyebrow. "Are you certified for that?"Jack chuckled. "I'm a pretty good cook, just rusty. Don't worry, we'll order what we need and it will show up in that tube by the front door. And we need to get you registered for school."Lexi frowned. "I don't want to hang out with a bunch of hybrids.""You forget, you're a hybrid now. Sigma four, just like me, or at least that's what they'll eventually find out if we'
FLUX Chapter 92: Dust, Part 1
Two days after arriving at the bunker, Ellie and Tom packed their gear. Tom realized the second day in that the duffle full of antibiotics never made it with the doctor's group. And even though the stuff he had with him wouldn't be helpful to the women before they left, there was a good chance some of them got hurt on the way out and he was the only one with the medicine to help them. After this thought, he made a day trip out and scouted the area, but found nothing.Tom changed the bandages to Ellie's burns daily. They were brown and waxy and starting to ooze yellow puss. She moved around as if nothing was wrong, though she was sweating a lot and breathing hard it probably wasn't helping the situation. He prescribed her an antibiotic and then had to practically force feed it to her with every meal. Tom wasn't a professional doctor or even a nurse, and if they didn't find some real help soon, there was a chance she wouldn't make it.Nothing he said seemed to make a difference either.
FLUX Chapter 93: Dust, Part 2
"I got separated from the group and picked up this little lady here. It was pretty lucky that we found you of all people, she's got some nasty burns and it doesn't look like they are doing very well.""Luck? Luck! I'm here by all the damn, freaking hell-" She rubbed both hands over her face and started over. "I've had a pretty bad couple of days."Tom reached around her and shut the door closed, then put an arm around her shoulders. "I'm sorry." He gave her a little squeeze. "I'd like to hear the tale if you don't mind, but right now I really need you to look at Ellie.""Ellie?" Brooke's eyes lit up as she looked at the figure on the bed. "Els, Is that you?" What the hell happened to you?" She sighed and sat next to her on the bed.Ellie gave a half-hearted smile. Her face was looking pale and sweat creased her brow. "Hey, Brooke," she said weakly. "The melting point of my epidermis and that of what my mind thinks it is doesn't seem to reconcile.""Is that supposed to be a joke?" Brook
FLUX Chapter 94: Dust, Part 3
Ellie opened up the box and held up the golden device between the three of them. They leaned in. Ellie clenched the device between her teeth. Brooke leaned forward and bit the middle of the device, then immediately pulled back and turned to Tom. She grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him in towards her clenched teeth. Their lips met, her mouth opened, and she slid the metallic device in with her soft tongue. His tongue met hers and the pearl burst, leaving a metallic taste behind. He ran his tongue over hers and she kissed him back as the metallic taste lingered.He felt his face grow hotter as they kissed and hoped she didn't notice. Energy moved through him, but he couldn't tell if that was something new or just his attraction to her. Finally, her fingers relaxed and she pulled back and turned to Ellie. Her face was flushed too."Did it work?" Brooke asked."I don't know." Ellie held out her burnt hands to each of them. Brooke took one and Tom held the other. Her cream covere
FLUX Chapter 95: Oatmeal, Part 1
Tom woke stiff and cramped, yet well rested. His arm was locked beneath his pillow under his head and the covers had been kicked to the bottom of the bed. He lay on his side facing Ellie's back with his free arm wrapped around her and up the center of her chest. His hand cupped her cheek. His legs curled around the back of hers and in a few moments that was going to get pretty tight. At his back, he could feel Brooke's breasts pressing into him. Her legs were tangled in his, pinning them in place. Her hand traced the muscular lines in his abdomen.Brooke's hands dropped down and fingered the soft hair below his belly button. The soft pulling of hair tickled, causing his abs to tighten and he grew hard. Hopefully, Ellie was still sleeping and didn't notice. He lengthened out his legs to get more space between him and Ellie, but he was still pressing against her butt and down her thigh. Brooke's legs moved with his.She raised her smooth leg up between his and at the same time slipped
FLUX Chapter 96: Oatmeal, Part 2
"Enough with this silliness. Looks like we've lost a day. We slept for eighteen hours. If we are going to keep up, we need to leave here as soon as the sun is over that horizon. The next safe house is an old hospital." Ellie tapped a spot on the table map. "It's only half a day so we should get moving soon.""Wait, we're leaving? Where are we going?" Brooke asked."Ellie says there's a Sanctuary in the Northwest. She laid out a path for us to take by jumping from one safe house to the other until we get there," Tom said."And how long is that supposed to take?" Brooke asked."Ninety-eight days," Ellie answered."That's more than three months!""That is three point one six months.""Oh shut up. You mean that we will be traveling from safe house to safe house for months. Do you know how dangerous that is? How much radiation we're going to get?" Brooke stood up and held the back of her chair."As long as we stick with our gear we should be fine. I can cleanse us of radiation once
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