Evelyn XXI****************Thirty Years Ago****************When the beeping sounded, Seth started before me. He sprinted into the snow-covered mountain, right up the face of it. "Come on, Captain Lescheres!"He sounded so sure of himself. I took one last look at the foreboding mountains and I followed after him, the other three team members behind us. "Don't go too far, Seth! We still have no idea what we're going to find!""We know we're going to find spiderwebs!"Given that it was the only thing the scouts reported back, that much was obvious. Lights flared to live around the mountains. Every team was making an incursion.The snow crunched under my feet. The freezing wind battered my face. I was shivering in the armor. To think I could be in my nice warm apartment right now, but instead, I was throwing myself into the freezing snow.As we scaled the mountain, the snowstorm started picking up. The wind was howling as snow swirled all around us. The white snow was so thick I starte
Chapter VIII: Leaving TownFor the first time since I was reborn, I was leaving Wind Port. The city that had once reminded me only of Fullmetal Alchemist now felt as familiar to me as San Francisco did back on Earth. Up until now, I lived my whole life in this city. I knew all the streets and neighborhoods. I knew the best food stalls on the streets, the best restaurants, and where the local youths ran to when they were hiding from the watchmen. I knew Wind Port like the back of my hand.I didn't want to go. I didn't want to leave this familiar place. And that's why I knew I had to go with Pierce. In my last life, I hated change. When my life changed forever after getting thrown out on the streets, I hated it for years. Then I adapted to the change and there was a part of me that didn't want to change. I shunned government and private help.When I was reborn, there was a certain novelty in my situation that made me forget how much I hated change, if only for a bit. My mom wasn't aroun
When Damien arrived, she was worsed to master the impulse not to strangle him. Or else strick him in any form. That would do nothing beyond hurting him superficially and set her back a long way. His knights would move and she'd be forced to take another form. If those protective mother hens didn't evacuate him from the city.Alice needed him here, so for now Damien was safe from her. Alaric. She had to remember to use the proper name.When he jumped out of the car, it the impulse was stronger that she expected. It was the damnable competitive instinct among the progenitors, but she couldn't act on it."Where is everyone else?" D- Alaric, asked."They're not here yet. Everyone is coming. I just got here a little early. I wanted to talk to you."
Finally back home so back to writing in mt free time! XDIn the early morning light, the valley was beautiful. As the sun got higher in the sky, mist rose from the trees and covered the mountains. It wasn't the color-changing fog of Attea's creation, but a common, white mist. As the sun climber further into the sky, the mist burned away. The lake shimmered in the sunlight as a breeze gently rocked through the valley.There was something ethereal about this place. It felt out of an anime or fantasy book, untouched by human hands. I lived my whole life in San Francisco. When I was younger, my parents took me to see the Redwoods, but that was the only time I left the city. It was a very long time ago. To me, the world had become a concrete jungle.Wind Port was a lot better to look at, but it was still a city. Where ever we were, there wasn't a single sign of civilization. And it was beautiful. This place looked like it was out of a dream.I couldn't get the boar out of my head. Through
Bianca Side Story: Part IWhen she arrived, the rest of her pack still wasn't there. Not the whole back, but the small runner pack she was forced to lead as a beta. Bianca might one day ascend to alpha and this was one of many tests.Leading a runner pack was the first important test. If you couldn't control a small pack of four or five wolves, then what was the point of being an alpha candidate? You were never going to control the pack.She hadn't gathered her runners here for pack duty. She hadn't called them for anything official. According to the alpha, this was an unofficial investigation. They couldn't ignore a strix appearing at their school. Outside strix coming into the city may expose them, but he didn't want the pack on alert. Not yet, so it was to be kept under the table.Bianca thought they were better off on high alert. Rumors about the progenitors coming to town were spreading and the last thing the Neptune Pack needed was progenitors.One of the progenitors may have bu
The Alpha watched them from afar. He wasn't about to let them leep head first into danger, but it was a good opportunity. It would let them prove their worth, but it waa dangerous. "Kenny?"His beta jumped down, appearing from the shadows. "Yes?""Keep watch over them. If they get in over their head, intercede. Otherwise, let them be.""I understand. Do you think they're going to run into trouble?""You never know with the strix.""You don't think they're going to find a progenitor, do you?""I wouldn't know. That's why I'm sending you.""So I'm expendable?""Of course."
Following the orders of his Alpha, the beta watched the kids as they climbed through the forest. The beta smelled a very weak scent of a strix. His nose was finely tuned, but most of these kids might miss it.They shouldn't have volunteered, but now that the runts were here, he had a job to do. He could be out having a good day with his mate, but no. She was going to give him hell when he got back, but there was nothing he could do beside telling her to take it up with their alpha."Please don't beat me," he mumbled to himself, watching as the teenagers gathered.
The human had the nerve to give him orders, but when the bitch looked up from her screen, she barked; "Inform Alice that we might have a problem."He flexed his fists. How good it would feel to rip through her face with his claws, but Alice would have his balls. And he was going to sleep with her one day. He wouldn't be a man if he let her take them."What do you mean?""The lycan pack has sent a small pack of runners. That must be one of the lesser beta. If they find us, we're going to have a problem. Contact Alice and find out if she wants us to evacuate."