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Prologue August in Mountainair was the right time for thunderstorms. Residents paid little attention to the sight of grey clouds pouring over the New Mexico plateaus. The traffic on Route 60, light even in peak hours, would disappear. Those who had lived in the area long enough were well aware of th...

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Karla held onto the console control that remained bolted to the side of the Generating Room. Even in the crashing crescendo of metal, chairs, and monitors being sucked in by the force Quist created, Karla could hear the bolts being ripped loose. "Now you can see the full scope of my strength,&q...

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Inspired by Kace's notes on the Underworld series, I thought I'd do the same with the BA series. Partly because I know I make references to earlier stories in current issues, and partly so I don't get lost myself. Will fill in the descriptions later, because I'm off to sleep. And, definitely, any su...

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Stacy and Josie followed the legends at each corridor corner, urgency fueling every step, until the hallway ended with a blaring white door. In black stencil type by the handle: Gear Generator Room. Authorized Personnel Only. "How about we authorize each other? Then we can go in," said Jos...

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"Don't you find it funny that our esteemed deputy director and his little doll made it into the center, when we had well paid protection guarding the outside?" Spencer Remington asked as he rested his feet on the mahogany desk of the top-floor office. Victor Evermonde arched his brow, eyes...

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Faith-Mari woke to the hum of halogen lights. Eyes fluttering, she made out a body laying next to her, face down, its breath slow and steady. "Addison, wake up," she said, barely able to get the words out. She looked to the ceiling. The room was spherical in shape. Obsidian walls held doze...

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Thanks for the compliments. Hoping to post the chapters more frequently in the upcoming days. **** “Is she ready?” asked Remington. “I want her switched before the cavalry comes calling.” From the utility room of the power center, Dr. Abraham Zorin yelled, “She is, Mr. Remington. You must learn some...

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The Mini-Concorde fired its engines on the runaway of Kelly Penrose Field at Quantico. The rain came down in sheets, blown almost horizontal by the incoming gusts. “Thankfully, there’s no lightning yet. Otherwise, they’d ground us,” said Addison as he placed his standard issue 9mm into his holster. ...

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Thanks for the comments. Sorry I've been away for a while. Still trying to figure out how the rest of this section goes, so I thought I'd release what I had so far. **** Unbridled winds drifted along the top of the cornfield. Tachyon workers walked along the clearing, picking up the folding chairs a...

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The headquarters of Argosy Energy, a fifty-story tribute to unimaginative architecture and faceless power, stood tall over the Portland skyline. With cold, grey metal sides and tinted windows, the tower projected all the warmth and humanity of the 2001 monolith. There were no flowers at the entrance...

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Sorry it's been so long. Might be a bit rusty, but hope to get better with the subsequent chapters. Been digging the new stories on the forum. Will try to get this one done in the upcoming weeks. Liam **** Genevieve drove down the freshly paved, almost antiseptic streets of Outremont, one of Montrea...

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Hello again. Been a while. Been busy (wrote my first miniature book of poetry, entered the National Poetry Slam in TX, et al.), but finally got this latest chapter down. Hope you enjoy. **** Genevieve Comeaux didn’t have to wait long. She sat at the window table of L’Express, one of the finest bistr...

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Prologue Montreal and the night were made for each other. As garish daylight gave way to the wintry cover of evening, the ancient buildings looked more comfortable, at home in the anonymity. Mont Royal looked over the metropolis like a watchful guard, and those lucky enough to be standing at the Kon...

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Nathan Quist didn’t wait for the doors in the elevator to open. As soon as he heard the bell ring, he ripped the metal barriers from their hinges and tossed them aside, leaving dents in the cabin. He stumbled out, still confused. How did Addison know what to use to repel him? “DeCocteau,” he said un...

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Faith-Mari Hopkins unbuckled her seatbelt as soon as she took account of her surroundings. Smoke filled the inside of the car. She checked her father and brother. Both appeared to be okay; heart rates were normal, and they were secure in their seats. “Stacy?” she yelled out. A groan from the front p...

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Karla Lee was so lost in her own inner thoughts that she almost walked into the elevator without giving her password. The potential consequences (being knocked out by gas, put in quarantine, probable loss of command in ANGELS) failed to register. Without looking up at her workers, she walked into he...

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Karla Lee woke up smiling on Friday morning. She stared into space, letting the events of the last night sink in. She held herself, pleasantly shivering at the thoughts. The smells and sounds of sizzling bacon emanated through the bedroom. Footsteps echoed from the kitchen. “You don’t have to make b...

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Thanks for the comments. Hope the rest of it is to up to snuff for you. **** Her head stiff with pain, Karla Lee woke up, sitting at the end of her dining room table. She opened her eyes to a bright red tablespread, freshly cooked turkey in the center, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, ...

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7:30 P. M. “Hope you don’t mind slightly overcooked turkey,” said Card as he cut the first slice. “Never really got the culinary skills of the rest of the Hopkins clan.” He delicately placed the slice on Stacy’s plate. “Now Faith-Mari had the magic touch. Heck, even Owen can make some linguica with ...

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Nathaniel Quist spent Thanksgiving morning relearning. After only a couple of attempts, he was walking around with as normal a gait as any agent in CIA HQ. Within an hour, he was running along the perimeter of the Science Department, smiling the entire time. He didn’t know whether the muscle memory ...

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Definitely digging your style, Franco. Descriptions so far have been excellent, and liking the resourcefulness of both hero and villain alike (makes them both look stronger as a result).

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Hope you enjoy. Decided to toss in an homage to an earlier film (and yes, some of the characters), if only because this piece will need some lightening up. Based on the outline, it may be darker than Boiling Point. Just thought I’d throw in a word of warning. **** Most people wouldn’t go through the...

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“Do you have a track on them?” asked Faith-Mari as the CIA jet touched the Norwegian border. “The Last Contact Was Made South Of The Airport, In The Inner Areas Of The Hardangerfjord.” “Hardanger-what?” asked Lindsey O’Riordan, strapping on her jetpack to the back of her catsuit. “Hardangerfjord,” s...

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Philadelphia International Airport’s Concourse G stood deserted. The construction crew had left for the night, and no airplanes would be taxiing to any of its gates for the next two years. Currently, there was nothing more than an aisle and most of the main floor. No podiums, no television sets, no ...

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Sunday mornings were silent at Edwin Serling Library. The doors were locked to the public, but that didn’t mean the help had the day off. There were books to reorganize, to put back in the right spots, returns that needed replacement on the shelves, floors that needed vacuuming and the free day to s...

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Some of the new characters in The Bookkeeper. Chapter Five should be on sometime overnight.

Thanks for reading,

Liam

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The Forty Acres neighborhood of Wilmington stood silent in the deepest hours of night, with only the occasional passing car making noise. The new upscale restaurants and stores had been closed for hours, the sidewalks free of pedestrians, and the light poles only enhanced the feeling of loneliness. ...

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Again, thanks. Hope all continues to go well. Looking forward to the next installment of Tales of the Cat, and to your new one as well, pz. **** Kyle Van Gaalen let out an embarrassed giggle. “I’m so sorry,” he said. “I should’ve realized that some of you may have already met.” He cleared his throat...

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As Faith-Mari and Stacy walked down the main corridor of ANGELS HQ, toward the vacant Deputy Director’s Office, the white collars who manned the cubicles zipped by, talking excitedly into their headsets. The air was rife with tension. Conversations turned into heated arguments, and fingers were bein...

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Charlie and Chrissy Chase remembered what Karla Lee had told them before their assignment. “There’s nothing like the feeling you get when you complete your first successful mission.” The twin angels knew exactly what she meant. Granted, it wasn’t the most dangerous task. Several grams of uranium had...

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First, I would like to say thank you to everyone who gave compliments on Vengeance is Mine. Heck, I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to read it. It certainly received help with the suggestions made by some of the readers (i.e. chthulu1's idea to make Alpha and Beta part of a group of assas...

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The march of the assassins reached the parking lot when they were intercepted. “Halt!” yelled Archangel. They crawled through the broken arches of the CIA Headquarters front gate. They came in pairs, in threes. Coquelicot marched out with twin angels. Faith-Mari Hopkins, Stacy Delfina, and Karla Lee...

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It's almost scary how potentially omnipotent the devious Ms. Furr could be. But a superheroine can only be taken seriously if faced with a seemingly unbeatable foe. Should be interesting to see how Lightspeed gets out of this (assuming, of course, that she does) :wink: Looking forward to the next in...

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She followed Marwolaeth as he entered his limousine, telling the taxi to stay on him without attracting attention. She got off outside of Louis Armstrong Airport, as the limousine sped into the terminal. Pouring through the waves of travelers, she looked through the concourses. Outside stood Hangar ...

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Kelly woke to the splash of water. She shook her head, sending a spray arching across the rectory. “Rise and shine, Little Miss Hitman,” said Epsilon. “Time to meet your Father. Look into his eyes, and learn the true meaning of salvation.” The light through the stained glass window of St. Jude spill...

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Thanks for the comments, y'all. Been reading False Face, Tales of the Cat, and MVP. Must say that it's been an excellent job done by all you guys. Hope you enjoy. **** Kelly Penrose entered the Candlelight Hostel, only a few blocks from Meyrick Marwolaeth’s apartment. It was another fruitless stakeo...

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Faith-Mari Hopkins had known her for only five minutes, and she was already exhausted by Stacy Delfina’s enthusiasm. The rookie bombarded her with questions about the Boston conflict, about what it was like to collar Carter Roberds and keep the CERN Project out of enemy hands, about what it was like...

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Sorry it took so long. Lost most of the chapter in a window crash. Hope you enjoy. **** The New York newsroom for VBC’s Sunriser Show had been abuzz for the last couple of hours. Between rumors of a new break-in at CERN, the drive-by shooting in France, and the latest scandal to rock the American go...

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While restructuring Chapter Two, thought I'd do as many far more-talented folks have done, and set up images of the principals in Vengeance is Mine. Hope I don't mess this up too badly.

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Thanks for the compliments. Hope the rest of the story is satisfactory. *** Dr. Abraham Zorin gnashed his teeth as he stepped back into the outside world. Beyond the walls of the secret underground laboratory at Ponchartrain Memorial, people were at work, at play, on the brink of death. People with ...

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The Adventures of Shock and Awe is temporarily on hold, until I can come up with a worthy ending. It's meant to be a shorter one, anyhow. Hope to have it finished soon. **** Prologue (A Dark New Angel) Goldenwoods Federal Prison isn't on the map of Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Few of the citize...

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Digging the theme so far. Looking forward to seeing what direction you take this.

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Part One: Open for Business **** Monday began as well as could be expected for Carl Dynarski. After five minutes of ear-splitting noise from the alarm clock, he slid out of bed, only to step on his coke-bottle eyeglasses. With two fresh cracks in his lenses, he sped through the drive-thru at the nea...

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Thanks very much. It's cool to see the comment about Cyan, because I do have plans, as will be seen in the conclusion. Hope you enjoy. **** Lougarou absorbed the last drop from the two assassins. This was the first time she fed since learning how to control her ability to transform, and the meal mad...

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Thanks chthulu1. I knew it might be a bit strong for some, but it's just how it's naturally progressing. I always thought Chrysalis was a safe PG-13, as is the third story (coming out soon). But Boiling Point.... this is a hard R, for the scene preceding this post, and for a scene in this post (just...

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I didn't know how this story was going to end when I began, but the more it comes together, the darker it's getting. Just a word of caution beforehand. **** Sesen Villone unlocked the door to her downtown apartment, which held enough room for a book of matches and a thimble. She kicked her shoes off...

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Like where this is going, pzgr... kicking it old school, and nice to see that the villainess is a stranger in a strange world... could make her a tragic character, albeit one that disposes of her enemies in the cruelest fashion...

Looking forward to further chapters,

GDN

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Cyan McCullers and April Hsu walked in between Faith-Mari and the precinct front door, dressed in the same office attire. Cyan wore a self-satisfied grin on her face, one that looked like it had glued on since the assignment began. “Congratulations, McCullers. You got what you wanted.” “No thanks to...

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Thanks for the comments. Been meaning to get to pz's for a while now, but I've been away from the WWW for a few days. Hope you enjoy. **** Faith-Mari had excused herself from Kelly and Smitty upon arriving at the airport. She knew they wouldn't question her, as they would have some time together. Th...

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