7:39am … .Fort Hanson Visitors Quarters Knock! Knock! Knock! The subdued knocking sound quickly elevated to a resonating pounding as Winters beat his fist on the door to Priya’s quarters to no avail. Surmising she was still asleep, Doc thought momentarily for a second or two before checking his watch once again. Winters knew they were under a tight deadline that they needed to adhere to and the ...

Episode 2 She waits and waits atop the 5 story tall building. Hours pass by with no signs of life other than her own. In those hours, she examines the cityscape that she now resides in. All she knows about this city is that there is popular arena in it, and that its gladiators aren't that much of a challenge to her. Their champion was strong at least, but seemed too tame to give her a fruitful ...

Chapter 1: Psychological Changes My sister was bitten by the queen. Goddamn, how much she would change inside and out? She wasn’t the youngest sibling, but the shortest in the house. Of course, we were boys, it didn’t take longer for Geoffrey to reach and surpass her 5’3 at age twelve, and she didn’t have anyone to boss around anymore. At dinner, Dad and I usually talked about politics, mainly, ...

Chapter 8: Short Fuse After my third glass of water that morning, I took enough courage to start cleaning the kitchen and the tables outside, picking the empty beer cans into a plastic bag, still surprised at how much Cindy was able to drink. More than me, no doubt. Nearly two packs by herself. The crushed cans on the ground showed the pressure of her fingers. Some of it, she casually folded and ...

3:00 AM, David and Larry opened together yet another Coke. The long hours underneath the Earth, the constant vibration on the suspended platform from hundreds of Cyclotrons running day and night, gave both of them the dark eyes. Both knew very little about what the machines do. Hundreds of particle accelerators, it was all they knew. They were no scientists. They were just Communication ...