Starfire

Ch 10 What’s Mine is Not Yours

“She’s coming to,” someone said.

“Forget her!” Someone replied. “You need to worry about not getting your ass shot off!”

“She’s getting up! How in the — ”

Ch 9 Not the Rock & Roll I Intended

This is bold, I thought. Even for them. Why are they putting in so much effort to get you out of the city? You’re important to them. Somehow. Do you know something? Are they trying to keep a lid on it? The lone survivor of Greenbrier… who knows what secrets you’re keeping for them.

Ch 8: Resurgence Uncaged

You flew in place, the sun casting your shadow down over a section of forest enclosed by a fence. This was it; you were sure of it. The enclosure seemed like some sort of nature preserve, the fence made of erected steel beams, rows of thick cable stretching to span the spaces between…

Ch 7: We Become the Hunters

Breaking news: “The Iskiros Metropolatan police executed a daring arrest in a south side apartment complex this morning, where they arrested one Star Ingram. Sources say that she is involved with the unnamed terrorist organization led by the one calling himself Prometheus. Ingram…

Ch 6: The Age of Distraction

An anathema — that’s what she was. You were sure of it. How could someone abandon their responsibility — their duty? It was nonsensical. What if you did the same? It was unthinkable, yet here you were, thinking it.

Ch 5: Coming Home

Star was embarrassed having to knock on the door of her own apartment. But it was cold outside — the concrete’s chill stinging her bare feet. As she waited, she sunk a little deeper into her acquired red hoodie. At least, it was clean. Heck, it felt cleaner than she did. It had been over a month…

Ch4: I Teach Leadership

The Asylum was a subcity and was well under way before I was born. Land owners never had air rights, so the space above them wasn’t theirs to contest. When big business set their sights on commercializing a group of older neighborhoods, the residents refused to sell. I suppose the rest…

Ch3: The Age of Oversleeping

After you intervened in Iskiros, something else demanded your attention. A valley lie to the southwest, and in it, resided a memory, one known by Greenbrier. Its destruction didn’t surprise you, although, the same couldn’t be said about its timing. Chaos had triggered an aether…

Ch2: I’m Going to Need More of Those

Nope! I thought when the dragon burst into the air. I ran off the building in a ‘which came first’ scenario. I’d like to think I delayed long enough to secure my handbrake to the zip-line, but it all happened in a blur.

Ch 1: Wrong Side of the Bed

Star’s gray eyes fluttered open, her vision swimming as a dropped-tile ceiling emerged above her.

“Just a moment, darling,” said a man nearby. “I’m drawing up your medicine now.”