Midnight Shadows

The white light. It seared pathways into his brain. Wide, empty roads that contained nothing, led to nothing and it buried everything he knew.

He groaned. The remnant of something that had cut...

Relief had washed through him when realisation had registered in her eyes. It helped with the growing anxiety, this weird thing that was twisting and turning and tightening into a coil that would...

His target was out of reach. The secondary target fighting him along with the factor that could possibly completely spoil the mission. Carol Danver’s words were inconsequential to him. Instead, he...

“Frankie”, another chuckle rocking through her sobs. “Benji … better”, she agreed. “So … like Benjamin Franklin?” She chuckled again, deciding that maybe if she was still capable of jokes she was not...

Nathan was forcing his feet to work under him. But the lack of sleep was not helping him. He was stumbling, falling rolling, scrambling forward. Then Jenna was suddenly at his side, yanking up to his...

Somehow she could piece together what she had just done. Furiously, Jenna blinked, trying to look at where she had last seen the man she had just sent flying. Now here was a thing she had never...

The mission was simple. Straight forward. No detours required. His mind was empty, free, focussed only on the mission at hand. Bring in Nathanial Harper Coleman. Alive. That was it. The parameters...

Sebastian swallowed, exhaled with a small quiver when from the uber pulling up to the curb a familiar figure emerged. He watched, in silence, as if being too loud, too forward, too fast would set...

Jenna sneered when Carol fired back, telling her to get off of her high horse. Of course, the one who’d sat herself above anyone else was the one to talk. Jenna crossed her arms in front of her...

Too hot. Everything was too hot. It was like someone had light ignited the spark in a room filled with gas and now it was exploding inside of her. Tears stung in her face, slipped out from under her...

Carol made her own decisions. Valeria’s voice echoed in his mind. Oh, she did. Didn’t he know it. Nathan Coleman was certain he would be the main witness in any courtroom to testify to that. Was that...

Jenna gave in to a feeling that she had had the moment she had received Nathan’s text. Relief. The fundamental gratefulness that this woman was no longer the keeper of her brother’s heart. Maybe,...

Black Site: Omega Xi.
Victoria was tapping her foot. She ought to have been out of here already. There was an application for a half-day shift today, and it had been signed by the boss. Yet, here...

Jenna remained where she was, pulling her hand back and into her lap. She cupped it with the palm of the other one. It bothered her that she had no idea just exactly where her power level was. Often...

Leading with a punch. It was a concept she had begun to believe in as early as her time with the Marines. Sometimes a decent punch to the jaw was everything one needed to set the tone. No words in...

It was warm. Too warm. Her body did not care that it was cold enough for the windows of cars to freeze overnight or that the wind was throwing harsh jabs at her face. Winter in New York was a messy...

Valeria Richards. Now there was a woman he could go with not seeing at any time of the day of any day. Nathan just shifted his gaze to her, keeping his usual snide remark towards her in check. Not...

“They’re my kids, Ericka”, he heard himself exclaim. Sebastian groaned as is midsection turned slowly into a small supernova or something of the sort. At least it burned as hot. “I know what they do...

Nathan scoffed a little at her telling him that he had done nothing wrong. And why did she have to make her voice sound like that when she said words that would mean exactly nothing in the grand...

“Nate, I hate this”, she whispered against his bare chest in the darkness of his bedroom.
He drew his arms around her, held her close. His voice was thick with tears he did not shed. “As do I,...

One thing Jenna had noticed in the past days, or weeks, or whatever much time had passed. Her perception had improved. Even now, when she should be inebriated given the fact that she was usually a...

Nathan did not need to be a doctor, or a paramedic to know that Carol was far from alright. Just that the knowledge did nothing for him. Quite the opposite. It was the little dial that allowed his...

Nathan breathed in when she signed the verdict. All the dreams, all the ideas for a future together… They went out of the window. Just like that. His heart ached in his chest, a pain so very real. So...

Nathan braced himself. He knew whatever would come next would be a lot to stomach. Not that he had not seen his share of crazy in the past years. Ever since taking on his task force with the NYPD it...

Carol's answer sort of struck the exact cord for this moment. She was not sure how to answer. It were not the actual words she said but rather the fact that she didn't know. Because Carol Danvers...