A Brave New World From The Last To The First
“Keep ‘em busy!” Sera exclaimed, but it was completely unnecessary as well as completely inaudible to her partner. Bolts of plasma were already hurtling toward…
A Potential Potemkin
Sera snorted. “I want you to know that if I end up singing ‘Jailhouse Rock’ in the impound yard, I’m blaming you.” “I’ll take that risk,” James said. “Look…
A Lot Of Pickup
The pursuit took the speeding Lotus out of sight of the flipped truck, and Lisa looked to the terrified man in the passenger seat. “Listen, I know you’re…
Ficlets Synopsis: Automech Vignettes (Part Two)
Locked in the Dark – http://ficly.com/stories/12 Trapped between two blast doors, a man and his automech partner wait to see if the Marauders are going to…
Aegis Imprisoned
*\\boot sequence initiated* The last thing I remembered before waking up then was a rocket launcher exploding in my face. And even now, I couldn’t see much; it…
Cab Over
Time seemed to slow down as James looked “up” and watched the ground rotate into place above him and then begin lowering. He just had time to wonder if there…
I thought it was a Raptor, not an Explorer.
James clambered up, awkwardly attempting to maintain his balance as he clambered up, one hand on the roof’s edge and one clasping the heavy rifle. Steadying…
The Quintessential Pickup
“You sure you’re up to this?” James asked. “I can take the wheel if you want.” “Not yet,” Sera growled. “Got something else for you to do.” A section of the…
Playing Catch Up
Shortly after that, the exit nearest the parked sports car burst open, and Lisa dashed for Fur, gripping a bookish-looking man with a briefcase by the arm…
Fidgeting
James frowned, trying to figure the odds in his head for whether the new arrivals were robots in disguise or just the random odd vehicles you got every so…
False Imprisonment
“Wait, what? But, if they got you, then they would have...” Josh was clearly a bit confused by that statement. After all, she was standing right in front of…
Watching and Waiting
“I hate stakeouts.” Lisa growled over the radio. They had managed to track down the hotel where the guest speaker was staying at, and Aegis agents had met them…
Damage Control
James groaned. “This wasn’t even necessary. We were taking them back to the base. They could have taken care of it there without anyone getting hurt.” “You…
Off In The Ditch
“What? The plasma cannon is NEVER overkill!” Sera said, looking at her brother like he had grown a third ear on his forehead. “I would, however, be curious as…
Driving Home
“Are you off your nut?” Lisa hissed to James as they shared the back seat of the woman’s car. Billy was driving, and the woman was sitting backward on the…
Surrealism
“Okay, libraries. That was something that I thought I could go my entire life without hearing until I heard it, and that’s even after my sister got turned into…
Dominatrix Theory
“Do you want us to be quiet, or do you want us to answer questions? We can’t do both at once,” Lisa said. Billy facepalmed. “You know what I mean.” “What’s…
Cuffed
When Lisa and James awoke, they were cuffed together in what was unmistakably, the trunk of a moving car. “Oh my head... Wait, Marauders?” James whimpered…
You Know That It Would Be Untrue You Know That I Would Be a Liar
Lisa grinned. “And the mechs’ plasma rifles can ignite the wires without leaving any traces of arson. Or at least, none that forensics will recognize.” “Then…
Fire It Up?
“Great, that’ll make it even MORE of a pain in the ass to take out the controller without taking out the entire ‘mech.” Sera grumbled. “With that kind of…