Most of the time, Emma was completely at ease. She got her tension headaches; usually caused by Sykes being a total nuisance and messing things up with his own stupidly good intentions, occasionally caused by the stress of over working. But a few headaches was nothing new. She'd been dealing with power related headaches since high school and ( Read more... )

It all started with a headache from the moment he woke up, an intense pressure closing in on his skull which already set him in a bad mood. Life at the fort was certainly good to him, he had a lot of work to do and never went hungry, they even had enough supplies to cope with his caffeine and sugar addictions. This morning, however, nothing could ( Read more... )

Adrian had gotten used to the duffel bag lifestyle over the last couple of years, so when the meeting took place he found it rather easy to say goodbye to his old life and pack the bare essentials of clothing, toiletries and his cell phone ( Read more... )

Vanessa smiled as the vehicle stopped and nodded  at the two soldiers who had brought her here ( Read more... )

"Dude, are these cuffs really necessary?" Jubilee whined for the fifth time in what she could only judge as having been an hour, shifting in her seat uncomfortably and looking from soldier to soldier. Yet again, her question had gone unanswered and she was really getting tired of the silent treatment ( Read more... )

To say that she felt like shit would quite possibly be the understatement of the year. Even though she had slept like a stone after returning from the mission in a somewhat half-conscious state she did feel like someone had run her over with a truck-and backed up. Several times. What really bothered her was that she didn't know why-she had done ( Read more... )

The anxiousness around the camp was nearly suffocating her. Frankly, it was a bit too much to take. She was being good, not absorbing it and letting everyone around her feed this strange depth inside her that felt a little empty right then. But Betsy had warned her; the bad stuff would kill her. And she didn't need those nasty, nasty things right ( Read more... )

The approach is utterly silent; a unit of two hundred strong advancing on the base camp from the far perimeter, silently taking out the sentry guards as they approached the fences. Their entrance went undetected and their main goal was reached -power supplies ( Read more... )

With his lone copy of 'Hustler' safely stashed away under his mattress - technically he supposed it was contraband, and there was no way in hell he wanted his 'reading material' taken away from him - Victor found himself with little else to do except try and amuse himself without ending up breaking anything ( Read more... )

On the journey from New York to Washington, Haylie had a lot on her mind. Like how they found her in the first place. Or why the hell the people who seemed to hate mutants wanted to recruit her to the military. But, then again, she was a walking weapon. So... scratch that second part. Once the car pulled into the base, however, she was shaken from ( Read more... )