No Space for Family [Chapter 16] Cabbel rushed past Plip and up to the very front of the cockpit to lean on the frame of the front window. “If my navigation box is dead, then there ain’t no way we’re getting out of this.” “Your repurposed, but still malicious, AI box that is,” my dadContinue reading “Box of Shadows”
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Step Mother Board
No Space for Family [Chapter 2] I could have gotten out of there if I tried. My brother’s and my rooms used to be secure storage areas back when the Ora was a regular freighter. They were rooms where valuable or fragile cargo was stored away and protected. That way, if someone boarded the shipContinue reading “Step Mother Board”
Parents Really Don’t Understand
The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 28 – Final] School was back in session the next day, that Wednesday. Kyle wasn’t there in first period, of course. I doubted I was ever going to see him again. I kept expecting someone to call me out while I was going from class to class. TheyContinue reading “Parents Really Don’t Understand”
Don’t Come to School Tomorrow
The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 27] The first day back to school after a vacation is the worst. You’re all tired from having to wake up early again, and the day seems like it goes on forever. Those are one of the times where I hope to wake up and find out schoolContinue reading “Don’t Come to School Tomorrow”
Lying in Wait
The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 25] When you look out at the forest for a long time, looking for nothing, it is actually really boring. I had imagined seeing a zoo of animals, taking turns passing through the area. Those imaginary animals were probably finding food or water, or others of their species,Continue reading “Lying in Wait”