I don't see Nix when I head out for my morning run, which isn't all that unusual, so I don't think much of it. When I come back a little while later, showered and shaved and ready for coffee, he's still not around and I start to wonder. All through my cup of coffee I wonder, running through the scenarios in my mind and really not liking some of ( Read more... )

Kara stood on the shore, boots planted just out of reach of the waves, and watched the surf vomit up her squad. One by one they emerged from the foam, some of them scowling, one smiling suspiciously wide, and every last one of them gasping for breath. It was kind of beautiful to see, not that one would know she thought so, given Kara's fierce ( Read more... )

Robin was starting to wonder if maybe the Island that they all lived on wasn't a little psychic. It would explain a lot. It'd definitely give a good reason as to why she got a gun right before she was dumped. And technically she wasn't because technically you couldn't get dumped by a person being physically removed from a hunk of rock, but it still ( Read more... )

The island had done it again. Whether it was pure chance or benevolence none of them would ever know, but somehow, someway, the place had seen fit to give them all booze again ( Read more... )

There was no morbid curiousity in Kara after the sandcastles, no desire in her at all to run towards the danger and the flying explosives as Hartford's rampage continued. There might have been at another time, but not today, with Calliope's tears still drying on her cheeks. Today Kara scooped up her child and went in the opposite direction, ( Read more... )

If you had been upstairs in the Compound or in the Hub at six in the evening of December 31, you might have thought your eyes were playing tricks on you, or that you'd once again been whisked off to some strange, new place. Within the blink of an eye, the rooms had changed, sparkling instantly with festive decorations, and it was all so ( Read more... )

Dated 10 December 2009:
Lew and Dick find themselves victims of Cupid's good intentions when they each show up for a blind date, only to find they've been paired with each other.

[ HERE | Ongoing | PG]

Once again the Island had carried out a peaceful and democratic election, which Dale felt was always a cause for celebration. The work was done, the results were in, and it was time for everyone to let loose for one night. If there was one thing that nearly everyone on the Island agreed on, it was that they liked a good party ( Read more... )

It was like she expected Joe to come back, like at any moment Joe would waltz up the path with that smile on his face and a new pet name for her on his lips. She knew he wouldn't though, just as she knew she wouldn't see Webster for days or weeks at a time now that he'd gone out on his boat alone. She didn't really understand why he'd wanted to ( Read more... )

Lipton was making a chair. Woodworking had always been a hobby of his, and while he was by no means an expert, he could usually turn out simple furniture with clean lines and sturdy frames. He'd learnt as much from a childhood tendency to take things apart and put them back together again as he had from any person - just as he'd learnt that once ( Read more... )