Val's back burned with the fury of Mabry's lashes but the rest of her was freezing. Lying facedown on the backseat of her mother's car, she was dimly aware of Luis talking to her from the driver's seat. She shivered. Ravus's heart was the only thing she could see when she opened her eyes, and all she could think was go faster, go fasterShe was in a ( Read more... )

He'd been here weeks, and most of it he'd spent inside the Sanctuary. Going over the files Magnus had showed him on top of checking out all of the systems to make sure that they were running all right. So far he'd been pleased by what he'd discovered. The place seemed to be wired all right, and even if this wasn't where he'd expected to be, it was ( Read more... )

John didn't know what had happened. His head was pounding, leg ached, and he had a distinct impression that he'd been in a brawl or three. He woke on the street in some nondescript part of Taxon. How had he gotten out here? How many nights had passed? Glancing down at himself, he saw it. Blood. His hands and clothes were spattered with it. Memories ( 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... )

Max was on her bike, riding around the city. She wasn't headed anywhere in particular, she'd just had a sudden urge to get out of the Sanctuary. The desire for a change of scenery, to blow off some steam. And it had been a while since she'd been able to ride her bike without any dire consequences ( Read more... )

The Halloween Party had gone better than she hoped, even expected. The party ended and the events unfolded with the large green creature and retrieving Ashley. And then it was returning to work as normal. Rather, as it had been, as opposed to normal. Long hours going back and forth between her lab and her office. Hardly seeing anyone, except when ( Read more... )

For days Henry had seen a small light blinking on his tablet whenever he looked at the map of Taxon. Close enough to the Sanctuary that it wasn't too much trouble to walk, he'd just ignored it, honestly. There was work to do. But then, there was always work to do ( Read more... )

Despite the odd weather changes that had come over the usually unclouded Taxon skies, Helen Magnus continued with her plans to have a party on All Hallows Eve. Normally, Helen wouldn't even consider such things, but given that most of her residents would be expecting one? She didn't mind having one for the occasion. On the morning of Halloween she ( Read more... )

( and it's over, it just started/the blood stained the carpet/her heart like a crystal/she's lucid and departed/a life left behind she can't find in her mind gone away )

This was bad. This was all sorts of bad that Henry didn't have time to think about. Not with the Cabal's clones running around the place trying to kill them all. Not with the EM shield down and who the hell knows what happening out there.
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