Anton, the hunting dog they had brought from the underground, slept happily on a thick, wide pillow in the corner of the TRAP agency living room, snoring softly to himself. In front of him was an empty red bowl with not a crumb of food in it. Not far from him, Abigail yawned heartily and […]
The Good and the Just is with me.Marcus Aurelius Aksinya waited some distance away and watched him with a fixed gaze, shifting from one foot to the other to better endure the cold. Then she pulled her cloak tighter around her and chewed nervously on her lower lip as the cold wind blew unpleasantly in […]
Yanny picked up the remote control from the small table and turned off the TV. Ralph was already asleep, snoring on the couch. It was just after two in the morning and he hadn’t been able to keep himself awake. She looked at him for a moment, then scanned his body with the thermal camera […]
Aksinya and Sergey walked slowly toward the main entrance of the barracks. A light wind was blowing, tossing a few snowflakes and blurring the steam that crept viscously through the sewer lids to the street. From his savings, Sergey had bought her new clothes and taken her to the hairdresser. The blonde bob she wore […]
Together they had descended into the basement of one of the larger houses. The man who had introduced himself to them as Kennak-Laar closed a heavy door behind him that had been assembled from various metal plates. These components, some of which were rusty, also appeared to be items found in the sewers. The TRAP […]
They had walked through the hustle and bustle of downtown for a good half hour. Again and again they had hidden for a few moments in alcoves and doorways, trying not to be seen by the patrol cars that had been moving toward the center with their lights flashing for some time. The mass fight […]
The TRAP agents stood side by side in the archway in silence for several minutes, taking in the almost surreal scene. It was Abigail who broke the silence first.“Could someone pinch me? Surely none of this is real? Am I just dreaming?” she asked softly.“Do you really want me to pinch?” replied Yuri, tugging at […]
When Sergey stepped out of the dilapidated dark gray bus with its many dents and rust holes in the center of Neo Yakutsk, he looked like one of the simple farm workers who tried their luck here in the metropolis, just to be swallowed up by the gigantic behemoth of concrete and steel after only […]
Harry and Abigail waited motionless outside behind the wide column for minutes, breathing shallowly to listen after the car with the yellow barrels had passed them. They might have even succumbed to the temptation to remove their helmets to hear better, had the radiation in the area not been alarmingly high.“What do you think, should […]
Anton looked at the three figures in their radiation suits a little skeptically and whimpered softly. The dog did not seem to be unfamiliar with this kind of clothing, quite the opposite. His reaction and his worried look showed that he didn’t have any good memories in connection with the current appearance of Abigail, Harry […]