Something just wasn't right with Cassie ( Read more... )

Cassie didn't know exactly how long she'd been gone but she knew it was long enough that she was going to really get it when she got home. There was little hope that her father hadn't noticed her absence by now ( Read more... )

There were days when you didn't feel like crawling out of bed, not even if your house was on fire. Cassie was having one of those days. Only instead of the house it was her body on fire, at least that was how it felt ( Read more... )

Cassie shut down the training room machinery and leaned against the wall. Her stop watch read five minutes. When she first started today it took about 10 minutes to lose her breath. Then it went down, down, until at one point it was one and now it just depended on how long of a break she took ( Read more... )

They all found each other again ( Read more... )

"I'm guessing we're not about to get carded." Teddy said dryly. After the performance, Iron Lad had reported that he'd met with Mr. Dark, who had told them to look for a Silvia Lucas at the Red Rain Saloon. The saloon was pretty easy to find, being on the ground floor of the hotel. Of course, it wasn't like there was anywhere else for it to be. ( Read more... )

There was a slight tingle in the night air, as if something dangerous and unseen was moving behind you. Off in the distance there was a wall of heavy dark clouds, just close enough to feel, but not close enough to be buried in its downpour. A storm was coming, but for now everyone in the city had to contended with the rain of another storm. This ( Read more... )

Reality is taffy in her hands.

But reality is not what she wants it to be. Her children. Her husband. People have died.

Her mind is fragmented. Reality warps around her.

Until a hand offers stability.

Whispered in her ear.

Gave her focus"This reality is ruined for you," he told her, whispering in her ear with his purple lips. "But you can ( Read more... )

Scott Lang is waiting patiently.

His ex-wife has primary custody of their daughter, Cassie, their 14-year-old daughter. But the weekends... the weekends are theirs. It gets to be Daddy/Cassie time again.

But this time... he has something he really needs to talk to her about.

Because he saw the article in the Bugle.

The halls of the United States Congress are filled with fear. Congressmen, staffers, reporters, lobbyists. Hundreds upon hundreds of people, held at gunpoint.

It's unclear to everyone how so many soldiers got access to the building. A lot of things are still unclear ( Read more... )