Tag: sci-fi
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The Rose
“Zaron!” Zaron blinked out of his thoughts, looking away from the rain-streaked window to the man sitting opposite of him in the dimly lit limousine. “Finally. Answer me the first time.” “Sorry, boss.” He wasn’t sorry. Zaron rotated the stem of the single rose he held and skimmed his thumb along the edge of a…
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Rewind
“What were you thinking?! No, you weren’t! As usual! How could you do this? Because I’m having a hard time understanding just how you thought last night was a good idea.” “Oh, calm down!” Ginger sighed heavily. The half cybernetic ork woman shoved a thick finger into the red-head’s face. “You LOOK at me when…
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Clear Skies
“Mi-ister Ward, you’re needed at the South stairwell.” Zaron winced as his earpiece crackled. Feeling a tap on his right shoulder, he traded places with another bouncer guarding the crowded, holograph illuminated entrance to the night club. “Talk to me, Charge.” Earsplitting music pulsed and moved the hundreds of mutated and cyber-enhanced party-goers like a…
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Forgotten
A frightened gasp echoed in the shipping container. Drenched in a cold sweat Jenny shot upright, and clawed at the course blankets tangled around her limbs. Then her stomach heaved. Desperate, she rolled off of her cot and grabbed blindly for the metal bucket before pulling it close, doubling over and retching. She waited for…
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Bitter Farewell
The service hatch made a metallic thud that made the halls feel larger and more empty. Somewhere in the distant corners of the ship the screeches of Strain beasts echoed through the pipes. Jenny grit her teeth. Seth had betrayed her father, stole their ship, had his marauders kill the crew, ruined the once beautiful…
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In Here
The shaking had finally stopped. It was a small step. Having unclenched her fists, Jenny stared numbly at her gloved hands. Metal knuckles of the Dominion gauntlets had left small scratches on the glass where she’d punched it, and that was the only good thing she could think about the stolen uniform she wore. Whoever…
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A Cigarette
“He’s not there,” Rook’s voiced echoed out to Jenny. “I’m heading to the surface.” Jenny strolled out of the greenhouse, crumpling up her gum wrapper and tossing it away with a flick of her thumb. Nodding into the darkness of the bunker, she watched as the pale blue glow Rook emitted moved swiftly to the…
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Find You
The rusty, antiquated shuttle was shaky in her hands. Or maybe it was merely Jenny’s hands that were shaky. The lush, verdant canopy of Wilderrun filled the cockpit with it’s soft, emerald glow, and Jenny checked her heading. Two miles out. It has been a year since she had joined the Nebula. A year of…
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The Ranger
“Do you think he’s still out there?” Jenny blinked out of her thoughts – out of brown eyes that kept locking with her’s, and dark sin, the perfectly trimmed beard… Damn, that smirk. “Hmm? Naw, I think ‘e said ‘e was leavin’?” she replied with an apathetic shrug before taking note of Sasha’s disappointment. “Sumthin’…
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Guy Fantastic
Damn, it was hot out. The heat of midday in Malgrave dried the young woman’s scorched race suit of river water, and reflected blindingly off of the sands. Glancing behind her Jenny could see the plume of smoke that rose over the ridge where her bike burned. It had gotten her so far. Jenny’s whole…
Worlds of Risala 