UNEDITED QBS Polarus in the Pacific Ocean heading towards China John Grimes walked into the shared area where he and his guys had their rooms.  Darryl gave him a nod from the couch.  Scott and Eric were getting setup to arm-wrestle.  “Eric, why are you doing this to...

UNEDITED Washington DC, USA “Congressman Richards!” Mark Billingsly called out.  The tall man with shocking blond hair turned to see who had called him on the street outside of his office building. A man smiled at him.  Terry Richards thought he looked familiar and...

UNEDITED Bethany Anne returned to the President’s conversation.  Her conversations with ADAM and TOM were over so quickly he didn’t register a pause, “When you find a suitable computer to review the contents of the USB, I know you aren’t going just to plug it into any...

UNEDITED Bethany Anne started chuckling, “I was born on this planet with two human parents, if that doesn’t make me human, I’m not sure what would clarify it further.” “Well, parental names?” He pressed. She put up a finger, “Mr. President, I do this as a favor, not...

UNEDITED 7 - Days Earlier - Washington, D.C. - USA It was half an hour past midnight when the President and two of his secret service members walked the distance from the residential wing to the Deep Underground Command Center located adjacent to the West Wing.  As...

UNEDITED Hospet, Karnataka – India Nikhil Patel stood to the side, watching as the paramedics took the body of one of his researchers out on a stretcher, a white cloth draped over her body. He had seen her beautiful but dead eyes staring out in anguish on the floor of...

UNEDITED Space Around Earth Bethany Anne reviewed to beautiful blue globe beneath her.  It was one of the few calming influences to help her ground her emotions. And TOM, of course. Bethany Anne, I’m not blocking any emotions.  You are handling the residual pain from...

(unedited) Future  The historian Ahrgri-vactix of the Ristorian Sept looked over his latest entry into his history of the Human Military Power, Queen Bethany Anne. She was a favorite of his, not only was she still alive, but alive long enough that she had made history...