Sevvy

John watched the rising sun while waiting for Detective Trent to regain consciousness. Each wavelength of light was measured, cataloged, and processed by his eyes in nanoseconds, allowing his central processing unit to create for him a sunrise as humans must see it, though with far more precision than their fleshy organs could muster. Water splashed up and over the side of the 6.70 meter Steamson Runabout, spraying his coppery chest plate. He reached down and ran his hand along the wooden hull, his sensitive fingers measuring the tensile strength of the material, discovering that it wasn't real wood at all, but that the boat was made of plast

Patrick held the back of his hospital gown together in his shaking hands as the nurse helped him out of his wheelchair and onto the bed. She smiled at his modesty, patting him gently on his shoulder to reassure him, telling him that everything was going to be fine. He arranged himself slowly, hearing his knees crack and pop as he stretched his legs out, his old, thin skin showing all of his varicose veins in electric blue and purple. It wasn't fear that made him shake; it was age. He received his first transplant surgery at fifteen, after a car crash had killed his mother and left him and his father in the hospital for months. Patrick took ca

         Anna looked up from her magazine at the man sitting at the other end of the subway car. She looked back down when she saw that he was still staring at her. He must have been about her age, and was wearing an NYU t-shirt. She rubbed the glossy page of the magazine between her fingers, listening to the sound of the motion. It sounded like a mouse-sized door creaking open. Anna looked up at him again and smiled. Maybe she knew him from somewhere? There were a lot of people working at the gallery; maybe he was an art student. He smiled back at her. He was wearing sunglasses with green lenses, and they reminded her of…something. The

 Incense hung heavy in the air at Karnak. Looking over his shoulder, Anubis could see the twilight sky between the two rows of decorated pillars. Only a sliver of blue-silver marked where Ra traveled into the underworld for the night. Anubis turned away and continued onwards, traveling between the pillars and the wall to his right. The flickering light of candles awaited him at the end of the short hallway. The closer he got, the lighter he put down his feet, trying not to make any noise. Finally, at the end of the entrance hall, he peered around the last pillar into the room beyond. Illuminated by a circle of candles were fifteen sitting f

“…you could use the help.” As far as Joshua knew, Stripes never stayed still. When the subway stock had gone public, Stripes had turned legitimate business man long enough to buy up as much as he could. His control was further cemented by bullying and threatening the rest of the share owners if they gave him any trouble. And so Stripes had moved his offices onto the trains themselves. If one wanted to meet with him, they had to go to the customer service desk and request a meeting with the teller there. After they called to see if it was all right, they would give you a train number, what car to get on, and a time to get on i

“I’m your death.” Joshua sighed as he jiggled his keys in the lock, trying to get his apartment door open. After a few minutes the lock turned over, and he pushed it open, the hinges creaking loudly. He slammed it behind him, and tossed the keys on the table against the wall. They clinked against the lamp’s glass. “Careful, don’t want to break it.” Joshua grunted at Simon and walked past him. Simon was reclining in Joshua’s chair, and he could feel the other man’s gold-brown eyes follow him into the kitchen. Joshua ripped the refrigerator open and pulled out the carton of milk, smelling it be

 She rocked on the balls of her feet, balancing at the edge of the tallest building in this section of Tamera. It was a bright night, the triple moons to her left made the usually warm colored desert city silvery. There was a touch of mystery to Tamera after dark, Isara thought, and she smiled to herself. She leaped out into the night. Grabbing her coat tails, she let the summoned wind catch her and break her fall, landing gently in a back alley. She crouched low, darting from shadow to shadow towards the squat building at the end of the alley. The windows were dark. It was a simple job, but right now Isara wanted simple. She crept up to t

 Ven moved onto the next branch, stepping slowly so it wouldn’t creak under his weight. The humans below him were silhouetted in the moonlight. Their shadows melded into one another, so only a leg, or arm, poked out of the mass of blackness. Perfect, Ven thought, as he continued to track them through the trees. They were moving, slower than he was, along the forest path. They were in a circle, backs towards each other, with their rifles pointing outwards. Somewhere in the distance a wolf howled and the whole group started. Ven smiled. The wind picked up and rattled the trees, whipping over his bald head and creeping into the cracks in hi

 Aries ducked the blast and fired back her own, the fire flying from her hand and catching the edge of Nikin’s robe. The shadows surrounding him enveloped the flame, extinguishing it. It didn’t matter though, he was distracted just long enough for her to get close to him again. The screeching from their swords meeting made Aries cringe. She just needed to hold on a little while longer. The others would get here in time. She knew they would. ”Girls I don’t think she’s going to be okay. We might have to do this without her.” Gemini shook her head at Virgo. Her eyes were still red, she hadn’t gotten any sle