Her morbid curiosity had gotten the best of her – the larger than life world of superheroes had snatched another victim. “I’ve never met a real secret agent before,” Tanya mused. “Unless I have and you didn’t tell me.” Tanya Truman, my best friend, the ever curious puppy dog when she had her guard down, [...]
“Come on… where is it?” Justin, that was to say Jason, searched the room to no avail. Even after pulling out drawers, emptying the wardrobe and upturning the bed he couldn’t find what he was looking for. Crap, he cursed. Why then? Right when Kaira needed him most what could have been the key to [...]
“Are you sure it’s her?” “It’s her.” “I don’t know, man. Last time we crossed this bastard he stole her body. How do we know he hasn’t pulled the same trick again?” “It’s her,” the second one said with finality. “I’m empathic, and I know what Laser Lass brand of pissed off feels like.” Prying [...]
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. Tanya launched herself to the nearest cover she could find even though the beetle stood exactly zero chance of protecting her against those… those… things! Machines, like out of the Matrix or Transformers or something, with hissing pneumatic frames, nerves of ribbed steel cable and layers of heavy, [...]
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: I hate fighting speedsters. Sure, I can chase after them at the speed of light, but can I react that fast? No way. Her name was Super Sonic Woman and her taste for nostalgia was just as obvious in her costume: v-striped silver one [...]
Tanya’s story Now: “You’ve got to kick this guy’s ass,” she said, as if it were some kind of simple thing. I don’t know if any of you know this, but contract assassins are relentless badasses who know what they’re doing; not like me, the hostage with borrowed powers. Shot after shot rang out, blasting [...]
Tanya’s story Now: It was so unreal, like my mind had stepped out onto the street and was only watching while somebody else flailed in the grip of that monster tentacle. If it were me up there I would have been screaming for him to let me go or started crying like a kid, but [...]
Okay, here’s the deal: ever have one of those experiences where everything you thought you knew about someone was turned completely upside down? That’s what’s happened to me in as many months the times my best friend came out to me: first to tell me that she wasn’t really a guy like I’d always thought, [...]
Two weeks ago: Betty Bruiser sat. That was all she could ever do anymore as she awaited her death sentence to be carried out. Her shoulders, spanning the width of the carriage, and arms stretching to the floor had been bolted to the wall: a precaution in case the collar she’d been fitted with or [...]
“My name is Dr. Fellows,” the bearded man said plainly. “Teddy if you like, though most refer to me by my professional title.” He offered me his hand and I shook it nervously, all the while his cool unblinking gaze rested on me like a cold, wet blanket. There was something about him that threw [...]