Quarrels and Quills

Flashback: The Night of the Rescue As Riff and Isaac searched for Declan, Father Marek fought to keep his patient alive. Nick was clinging to life - barely - but it was touch and go as the old pickup truck bounced down the rutted road back from the high school, then through town, headed toward the ...

Adoption Day The courthouse in Hollywell was usually pretty quiet. Not much crime took place in their sleepy little town. The odd vehicular offense, petty theft, drunk and disorderly, or bar brawl - that was typically about it. Today, though, the courthouse was packed, and not for the usual reasons...

Marshal Knox "Of course not," Marshal said sympathetically. Then, under his breath and barely audible, he whispered, " Princess. " A cheeky grin briefly crossed his face as he waited for the inevitable swat that would be directed his way. For a moment - just that one moment - it...

Gina Valli? Gina thought for a moment, but she had little time to decide. She considered Neva's offer... and Akaavi's... the nodded. "Alright," she said. "We should go. Quickly. I'll answer whatever you want, but we have to get out of here." Frenka had been watching silently for...

Pyrran Onyk Mahr As the Agent's interest increased, Pyrran's visibly waned. He had thought she might be pursuing something worth his time, but it was rapidly becoming clear this was just a fishing expedition. Just another Imperial grunt trying to shake down someone she perceived as weaker to see if...

Hamza Karim Hamza couldn't remember how long he'd been living in the woods. Months, surely. It was a pitiful existence - a tent, a sterno stove, and only the trees for company - but he didn't know what else to do. It seemed like a lifetime ago that he'd worked at the coffee shop. That had been shor...

Declan McDermott A few weeks later, Declan was back under the bright lights. He was starting to feel like... a version of himself. Not quite who he had been before. But nor was he his poisonous ancestor. With his guitar in hand, watching his fans watch him with joy, watching them clap and sing with...

Pyrran Onyk Mahr As Pyrran returned from the med bay - relieved as he was to see Gina receiving some measure of comfort, he didn't wish to interrupt them - the sound of voices down the corridor caught his ear. The Agent. And Arksynn. Pyrran frowned. He followed the sound, only to find the Agent and...

Imiel and Marshal Knox "This will need to wait," Imiel said, sounding just a bit snappish. Realizing he was angry at the circumstances, not the agent delivering the message, he softened and went on, "I'm sorry. We've all been through a great deal today. I know very little about what ...

Gina Valli? Gina recoiled from the comm as if she expected it to activate of its own accord and give away her location. "No. Please. No calls." There was no one who could help. The only person she could think of who would even care what was happening was The Other Gina - and The Other Gin...