The dropship started again, the engines humming quietly, the whole metal frame shifting upwards. Dust scattered in great tan clouds, dispersed by the current of air coming through the ship’s propellers. The Guardians could make out the grey silhouette of the dropship through the cloak of sand, rising higher and higher. “Good luck, Bravo-Nine,” Angela […]
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Introversion in the Key of D Minor, Chapter 3
Leon was a Titan, a Guardian whose job on the frontline was to provide the heavy armor and firepower needed to break through even the thickest of enemy defenses. He was a human tank, and he had only gotten better at it since he had lost his power of speech. He devoted more time to […]
Introversion in the Key of D Minor, Chapter 2
Leon sat near one corner of the locker-room, donning his armor. In the far corner was Angela and Dan. They were talking a little too quietly for Leon to hear, but as he got himself ready, he watched them thoughtfully. Leon remembered all the things that had happened over the last five years. It all […]
Introversion in the Key of D Minor, Chapter 1
The screaming. The hellish screaming. When would it end? It was everywhere, and yet they never saw the beasts until they were right upon them. Those monsters. The four-armed ones; the ones that spit the burning acid; the ones that leapt at you, flailing their spiked arms like a whirlwind. Leon could barely make them […]
Revival of the Past
Leon set down the assault rifle he had been carrying the last hour-and-a-half before sitting down among the debris. He still had another hour to go, judging by his map. At the moment, he was in some kind of dam control structure on the Nile, left over from the Golden Age. Outside, it was lush; […]
