Timing. Timing was the key. They needed to be fast, efficient, and merciless. <But don’t kill anyone.> Lilly had promised Seth, but that was going to be a tough one. There were plenty of people who would be trying to kill her. <Does self-defense count?> It was something she would […]
CHAPTER NINETEEN Over the next two incredibly exhausting days the VCS intervention teams, and the VCS department as a whole, mourned their dead. Janey’s Sword was particularly hard on supers who were actively using their powers, and its effect on shifters was especially brutal. Jane was in her human form […]
Shane briefly considered hiding his feelings, but quickly found that he had no logical reason to; it was a surprisingly pleasant realization. The years he had spent keeping himself reserved and hiding the exact mechanics of his powers while growing up, except with his Grandfather of course, and the competitive […]
Options…Lilly needed options. In a perfect world she would have had time to think, plan, and implement that course of action. Unfortunately, this was the real world, and the real world sucked monkey nuts sometimes. One second she and her team were going to enact their escape plan, and the […]
“This is incredible, absolutely incredible.” The reporter was crouched behind a tree and kept ducking every few seconds as loud explosions or gunshots echoed all around her. <You don’t have to tell me.> Seth was leaning forward with his eyes glued to the TV. He’d participated in free-for-all battles in […]
Greg didn’t waste anytime. As soon as he’d turned to face his audience he flipped the mental switch that would activate his power. Five of what look like mini solar-eclipses faded into existence around him. Unlike in the meeting room, however, these were significantly larger, about the size of baseballs. […]
“AH! Shit on a stick with a side of ass cream!” Lilly hissed as she gingerly poked the mega-bruise forming on her abdomen. Her, Nightingale, and Stal were back in the warehouse that was their old base of operations. It was now their old base because Lilly had teleported them […]