Abigail turned with quick strides toward the stairs to return to their reserved cabin when, some distance away, she saw a man emerge from a room with a security door. He was wearing a bulletproof vest over a white shirt. On his belt was a holster with a pistol, and over his shoulder was a […]
“Whatever you do, be as quick and as quiet as you can,” Abigail whispered to Yuri. Moments ago, the ring announcement outside had ended and the gong had sounded to begin the finals. The inside of the ship had all but emptied and the two had made their way unnoticed back to the side corridor […]
“He did it, he really did it,” Abigail said, closing her eyes briefly and taking a deep breath of relief.“Not and never doubted it,” Yuri said emphatically and calmly. “Saw our boy jump through open car window, is slippery as eel. If you can do that, you can do anything.” The two watched from a […]
It was only when Yuri strolled down the long hallway that he realized how drunk he really was. Fortunately, the interior of the ship was nearly empty, as most of the people had made their way to the ring cage to watch the upcoming fight. No one noticed as he staggered through the hallway, bracing […]
The upper deck was much less crowded than the other decks. Occasionally, a few guests would gather at bar tables or sit on comfortable-looking benches and loungers set up around a large pool. Many small lights were set into the bottom of the pool, illuminating the water in an atmospheric way. Abigail stood at the […]
All the hustle and bustle, all the people, all the excitement, and now she had done something she never thought she would do in her life: she had stepped onto a real red carpet. It wasn’t that Abigail had ever wanted fame and high society. She was a lower middle class girl who had never […]
It was late in the evening. There wasn’t much going on at the end of the North Beach subway line at this time of day, and it had been that way since the station was built some 120 years ago. Coastal residents, the vast majority of whom were wealthy, had no need to crowd into […]
So far, it had been a quiet day, with no calls or other special events. Yanny sat in her new seat at a recently acquired desk in the middle of the living room and typed the inventory list of available weapons and ammunition into Abigail’s computer. Technically, she could have used a cable to connect […]
The sun had long since set and the rain had slowly stopped during their drive into the Wild West. The lights of the city reflected on the wet and steamy streets as Ralph parked the agency car unerringly in front of the target address. The district was as dangerous as the North Quarter at this […]
The five of them sat around the small table in the living room, Harry, Abigail, Yuri, Ralph and Yanny as well. The sun had already set. It had been two days since their escape from the Taiyō Electrics industrial complex. As planned, they had escaped through the roof, contacted Ralph by walkie-talkie, and he had […]