Yearly Archives: 2014


A Calculated Response: Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Behind Closed Doors A man in a suit walked into the vault-like room and pressed a button set next to the door. A laser from within the button scanned his finger prints while cameras and other devices recessed into the walls analyzed him in multiple other ways. “Sealing […]


A Calculated Response: Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Recruitment strategies Cindy sniffed the air, the scent was the clean fresh smell of pine, the breeze was cool and crisp this high in the mountains. The sun was setting and red light stretched across the open space between the tree line and the log cabin built up […]


A Calculated Response: Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Medical matters A nurse escorted Daryl down the clinic hallway. On both sides he passed exam rooms some with doors closed and charts outside, others with open doors showing examining tables and various bits of a physician’s tools of the trade. At the end of the hall she […]


A Calculated Response: Chapter 8

 Chapter 8: Off the bus Mickey was feeling a bit car sick, or perhaps a bit bus sick was more accurate. He sat in the fourth row of a beat up bus heading toward the start of his training in Force Ops. There were over twenty others on the bus […]


Platoon Guide

Members of the US Army Force Ops Bravo Tango Training Brigade,  1st Platoon Platoon Guide Victoria Raines, “Precise” – Can detect and exploit weaknesses, she detects and eliminates weaknesses in her body as well. (** denotes squad leader) Squad 1 **Danny Blake, “Grifter” – Has the voice of persuasion. Sunny Adams, “3.0 […]


Masks We Wear: Chapter 1

Welcome to the second storyline I have set in Drew’s Super Powereds Universe. This one is based around one of the characters I created in Darkest Days who wasn’t joining up with Force Ops who I found I really liked and wanted to write more about. Like Chad, the author […]


Masks We Wear: Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Not quite the cage Sam waited in a small vestibule for the door to open and admit him to the combat cell for the first ranking match. He didn’t have long to wait before three separate locks disengaged and the steel door swung outward into the cell. Sam […]


Dance of Shadows: Prologue

The moment Finn Barnaby saw the soldier across the airport, he knew there was no avoiding a conversation. Finn shouldered his backpack as he walked down the seemingly endless corridor from his international flight. The trip from London left him tired, grainy and not really in the mood for company. […]


Dance of Shadows: Chapter 1

West Private University had a number of faculty conference rooms for its various departments. Only its Hero Certification Program located their faculty rooms below ground. There were any number of good reasons for doing so, including security, anonymity and minimizing damage to school grounds. The Dean of West Private’s HCP […]


Dance of Shadows: Chapter 2

Finn’s taxi pulled up in front of Lambert Acres and he whistled at the sight of it. It was a private off-campus house, obviously sized for parties. Two-story, but surprisingly sprawling with an acre of woodland around it as play. The carport led to a four car garage with attached […]