Amal giggled lightly and swayed slightly in her seat. She was apparently still intoxicated herself. “Oh, no no,” she said. “I went to the medical academy here in Manhattan. The Federal Naval Academy - Greater Gaea Medical Institute. It’s a seriously long name. Like, way too long.” Miko’s eyes went
“Kinda sounds like you had a blast,” said Eva. Amal turned dark and sullen, then leaned in. “You don’t even know the half of it,” she said. “Yeah, I had a lot of fun, but there was some serious crap going on, too. You probably can't see it because it’s dark out, but one of the campus buildings on
Five jets screamed at maximum throttle eastwards over the Atlantic Ocean, and left the North American coastline far behind. The thrust from their engines caused the water to jet up in the air violently, yet beautifully. The deep blue sky above them turned a deep red the closer it got to the horizo
Pelli immediately scoffed in astonishment, and guffawed. “You haven’t watched their ‘Cast?!” he said. “I find it doubly unfair that you can join up even though you haven’t even seen it! Ugh!” “Sorry!” said Amal. “Haven’t had a whole lot of time, honestly!” “Hey, don’t apologize to me. It’s the s
She shook away the thought, then laughed nervously. “Shit,” she said. “So what jobs can we do now? Or should we get used to the idea that anyone we work for could turn out to be super goddamned crooked?” “Ah, I didn’t mean to alarm you,” said Amal. “I doubt they were bombs. Probably. Right? Otherw
The doors to one of thousands of Helios’ Police & Security Stations opened with a SWISH. Like most of the other government buildings in Helios, these were relatively nondescript. Large, unassuming, and plain, they didn’t do much to stand out among the rest. Eva, Miko, and Amal all walked out, foll
“Yeah, we figured we’d see what sort of contracts even pop up out there, you know?” said Amal. “We’ve got a lot of skills that we could put to use. Stuff like flying, building, healing.” “Also stuff like hunting, finding, capturing,” added Eva. “Or stealing, hacking, implanting,” said Miko. “What
“I definitely hate paperwork,” said Eva. “Especially when I’ve gotta fill out those god-awful bounty claim forms. Can’t you all make those more streamlined? I mean, that’s too many initials and signatures just to beat up a few bad dudes.” “Yes! Exactly! See, I love filling out forms!” Claire cried