SivamWrites

String - Turbulence 3.4

Rain pelted my bedroom window with occasional flashes of lightning. I always liked the sound of rain. It relaxed me and helped me focus, especially on days like this.

Lucy had sent me a list ...

String - Turbulence 3.3

“I’m getting the impression you’re upset with me.”

Alice hadn’t said a word since we had started driving and with me behind the wheel, it was beginning to make me anxious. So far, S...

String - Turbulence 3.2

It took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, but I was finally allowed to drive my own damn car.

Alice had insisted that she was the best driver out of the two of us and while I was inc...

String - Turbulence 3.1

After the week I had, having an entire weekend to relax was pure bliss.

Sam and I decided to low over seeing as we had kicked the hornet's nest. I woke up at her place early and fres...

String - Interlude 2.A

Tick. Tick. Tick.

The silence made the incessant ticking a stream of unending annoyance.

He could hardly hear himself think. Looking up from the floor, he glared at the clock a...

String - Framework 2.6

I collapsed back into one of Sam’s sofa chairs before running a hand through my hair.

Two in the morning.

The clock on her kitchen oven was unfortunately correct and it had t...

String - Framework 2.5

To say our scouting night had gone pear-shaped would be a colossal understatement.

When Sam had asked if I wanted to join her tonight for some scouting, I had assumed we’d be doing just tha...

String - Framework 2.4

I wonder what it would have been like to be in their shoes.

Just like Alice had said, there were two watching TV, while another three were playing a game of poker. The fourth player had brief...

String - Framework 2.3

I stood in the alleyway between Dax’s Pizza Parlor and a dry cleaner shop, dressed for the occasion.

I had thrown on my usual padded jacket over my gear to keep out the cold. My armored sui...

String - Framework 2.2

“You just had to go and get your car stolen, didn’t you?”

“Stop complaining. We used to take the bus to school all the time, it’s not that bad.”

Lucy had been sting...

String - Framework 2.1

Getting home had been an ordeal.

First, I had to come to terms with leaving my car behind. There was a giant gash in the side along with a dozen dents. Besides, the police were going to be lo...

String - Foundation 1.7

My whole body ached as we climbed the stairs to her apartment.

The entire complex was a health hazard as far as I was concerned. Trash littered the stairwell, spiderwebs dominated every corne...

String - Foundation 1.6

When we finally burst out the door to the roof, my legs started to burn in protest.

Sam was moving around in my peripherals while I was busy trying to catch my breath. I heard the loud squeal...

String - Foundation 1.5

I parked my car in the Downtown Mall’s parking lot before heading off to join the stream of people trying to get inside.

I had convinced myself I needed weapons if I was going to protect my...

String - Foundation 1.3 & 1.4

It was unfortunate, but expected, to discover the wound on my face hadn’t gotten better overnight. The swelling made my eye difficult to open and seemed to come bundled with a throbbing headache....

String - Foundation 1.2

I flinched and pulled away. “Ow.”

My late-night emergency doctor sat back and sighed, one hand holding bloodied tissues and the other rubbing alcohol. Apparently, the guy had hit me harde...

String - Foundation 1.1

Under the light of two full moons, anticipation ate away at me like a parasite.

I found myself flicking the safety of my enhanced taser on and off, while my foot bounced in front of the brake...