“Our security drones,” answered Eva. “Nothing gets past them. At least, not anyone who hasn’t been granted clearance. You just took a step in their patrol path, and I don’t recall adding you to the approved list.” “Step back or be annihilated,” the drone repeated. “Sergeant,” the marine captain ca
Amal immediately turned red. “N-no, he was just a patient,” she said. “I’m just curious about him, that’s all.” “Mhm. Curious, right.” “Seriously though. He was super stoic and hardly said a word. I mean, he even refused treatment and suffered through a serious wound. Almost killed himself, hones
Large flakes of snow drifted lazily down onto the quiet mountain settlement on HDV-502. A thin layer of it gathered up everywhere, but melted quickly along the heated roads and rooftops. Their warmth ensured none gathered too quickly, at least to a certain degree. Any further than a simple flurry,
It was all strewn about on the table, but far from haphazardly. There was a rigidity to it, a pattern. Everything was equally spaced from everything else, and were laid out in an orderly manner in relation to each other. Interestingly, the items within those spaces didn’t share some form of groupi
Callie watched her sister as she finished up down below. Her smile turned to a smirk, then a frown. Then she bared her teeth menacingly. “Bitch,” she said. “One day, I’m gonna take your spot, whether you like it or not. And then I’ll be Father’s favorite. I’ll be the whole family’s favorite, and yo
Planet Dro’ren, Fusil System, Federal Colonial Territories Eva’s tall mud boots sank into the soft ground with a wet SQUISH. In fact, all their boots did the same as they traversed the water-logged wetlands that Dro’ren was known for. The ground was so soft that their feet sank down to their ankles
As they walked deeper into the fen wetlands, Claire noticed that there was hardly any animal life. Or at least none that they ran across. If there were swamptoads out here, where the hell were they? “Um, so do you know what these swamptoads would look like?” she asked. “I mean, I imagine they kinda
Claire chuckled. “Oh, that’s right,” she said. “That’s what we call the people who just came outta nowhere. They all just popped up in our regen facilities one by one, in the millions.” “From a year or so ago?” said Max. “That makes sense. At the Hegemony, we call ‘em Revisions. Apparently, they’r