Over the few months since starting with Variant Child Services Stella did keep in touch with her friends in Richmond; despite her apartment and the DVA headquarters being a good distance north of the city. More interestingly, the impish Andrea had cajoled her co-worker, the statuesque school counselor David Mykonos, […]
I know that if I was reading this, I’d be burning with curiosity as to who the members of the different teams are, and what their abilities are. Many of these people are not going to be a part of this story, so I’ve decided to give you all a […]
Stella’s phone rang early in the day on Sunday, and it was the ringtone of the emergency line from DVA headquarters. It was a call that Stella was absolutely not allowed to ignore, so she frantically thrashed around to disengage herself from both the sheets and her bed partner to […]
THIRTEEN Stella soon discovered that the Humanity First compound was a confusing maze of piled up trash, wrecked vehicles, mobile homes, sheds, and outbuildings. The place has clearly once been a farm, then a construction business of some kind, then a scrap yard, and finally the sort of place that […]
FOURTEEN Stella knew that by going back into the compound, even with the goal of avoiding contact with the Humanity First militia members to rescue her coworkers, she was risking her career. She hoped that Strike could get out and find help soon. There was backup a good distance from […]
FIFTEEN Stella was hardly surprised when the ‘lab’ turned out to be an underground bunker that had been created by burying several shipping containers. A fringe Humanity First militia with an underground bomb shelter. It was like they were trying to conform to stereotypes. “It is predictable isn’t it?” […]
SIXTEEN The place Frank took them to was the inside of a clean and well kept farmhouse full of light, laughter, and the manic energy of more than a few children; one of whom was giggling like a maniac while bouncing helplessly against the ceiling. Amid the chaos was an […]
SEVENTEEN Frank, Stella, and the large tarp covered shape that Yeager had called Big Ivan, appeared in the Humanity First compound just outside the bunker door next to one of the guards that Stella had knocked out. Frank took a brief moment to give the massive blocky object the finger. […]
EIGHTEEN Yeager was having the time of his life. He’d honestly thought of Big Ivan as his own personal mid-life crisis Harley. A last ditch effort to feel like an intimidating bad ass who can handle himself in a fight when the grey hairs, softer body, and lack of energy […]
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 […]