When Max walked into her room, there was a small box on her bed. Unwrapped, unlabeled, just a small white box, lying there looking all innocent ( Read more... )

Maybe it was odd for Helen to give gifts to the people she had surrounded herself with. Most of them, she had only known for a few months. Most of them, she'd never see again if they were ever to leave Taxon. Even with that knowledge she still prepared gifts for them. She had wrapped them and placed them under the tree that was set up in her office ( Read more... )

Something red dripped onto the floor of the arrival room, and then something large fell with a thump onto it. A man with greasy hair and a huge nose, dressed in ornate academic robes and a great deal of buttons was laying in a heap on the ground, bleeding from several fanged bite-marks on his neck ( Read more... )

Normally, at a time like this, Helen would be in bed sleeping. Most of the Sanctuary were already in bed. That was when she took her time to rest as well. Old habits from home died hard, if they died at all. However, tonight, Helen stayed up in her office with a luke warm mug of tea in her hands. The volume on the computer was low with a faint ( Read more... )

“There was a little girl who had a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead ...The nursery rhyme was familiar enough, to the right ears, but Drusilla sang it to a tune that was all her own. In her opinion, music was a wild thing, a natural thing. It slithered and meandered in all directions, and telling it how it was supposed to sound would ( Read more... )

Contrary to popular theory (if he actually got out enough and talked more, there'd probably be more people theorizing, but that's besides the point), Bruce hadn't dropped off the face of the Taxon. He was just going through one of his "obsessed genius" phases. This basically consisted of him locking himself in a room with some really shady-looking ( Read more... )

The train was empty except for Godric and one other man. Godric had been following this man in silence for hours, watching him go about his day-to-day life with no indication that he could turn into a giant green creature with strength to match Godric's own and resilience that was unheard of. Perhaps it had all been part of the costume glitch ( Read more... )

Most times after he's woken up from an episode (episode is the best word he can think of to describe it - like a seizure, only instead of biting your tongue there's immeasurable collateral damage), Bruce slept for a few days straight. Even though he couldn't remember most of what had happened and he never had a mark on him afterward, it was still ( Read more... )

Somehow, some way, Bruce's tablet was still attached to the bracelet even after the past few days rampaging through the city. The audio clicks on first and one can hear rather heavy breathing. The video kicks in shortly after, and one giant, green monster can be seen sitting in the middle of a lot of rubble in the northern district. There's not ( Read more... )

New sentiment or no, Bruce was still uncomfortable enough at the party to grab the opportunity to slip out for some air. He told Dr. Magnus Helen that he would be back in a few minutes and headed for the door ( Read more... )