growing issue
In my side view mirror i see the officer, a malinois, get out of his car and approach my car. just the way he moved, i can tell he was all business. his uniform is pressed and neat, it complements the officer’s own tan fur.
Prologue
"Hey ell tee... Ell tee, wake up." The room, though dimly lit, let enough light in to bathe the six sleeping occupants in an ambient orange glow. Rubbing the bridge of her nose and propping herself up on her elbow, she winced as the butt of her...
Uncertain Chapter 4
Opening it up, there was a picture of the malinois, ajax with a bottle of soda in his muzzle and a bag of pretzels in one of his paws. in his other paw, he held a small sign with the words "too late!" written on it. _what an ass! i laughed to myself.
Chapter 7
Displayed was a malinois, several feet off the ground, teeth barred, and mouth wide-open in snarl, as if the dog were attempting to bit the face off of someone at a dead sprint.
Chapter 8
Rika and Gamun jogged down the hallway, panting slightly as their rakkan lope quickly ate up the distance, -much like it had eaten the distance across the base. Both of them were late, and Rika hoped that they had a good enough excuse not to catch...
Chapter 6
Gravel crunched under his boots; the scorching heat of the sun-baked rocks radiating through the soles to his feet. Had this been fifteen years ago he would have been sure his feet were slowly suffering burns, and been wondering how close his boot...
Wet Cement: Chapter 13
The sun made Rika squint as she stepped into the unit's parking lot, despite being low in the sky. [Thank god,] Gamun said, the door to airframes banging shut behind them. "You said it," Rika said. "I was starting to worry about what we would do...
Wet Cement: Chapter 12-2: Sleep
"After you," Echo said, holding the door open. "I still can't believe he made you give them your key. Now I'm paranoid. What do you think they're going to come in here and do?" She collapsed into an easy chair. "I don't know. They live upstairs....
Chapter 4
Rika sighed and set her PDA down, glancing at the troubleshooting tree on the display one last time. She did NOT like where this gripe was going. Grabbing a tool from her box she set about unlatching the grip pad from the floor the crew quarters. It...
Wet Cement: Chapter 12-3: Calculus
There was a jostle and he opened his eyes. The lights were on, the red circle was gone, and he could move again. Mallet was standing and stretching. "Awake, sunshine?" "Yeah," Pearson mumbled, sliding out of the bunk and scooting to the side in...
Uncertain Chapter 1
Looking up, i saw his tan malinois frame highlighted by the afternoon sun. "you look lost in thought," he said to me with a grin on his face. "not really. just zoning out," i said back. "maybe you were thinking of that last date you had."
Wet Cement: Chapter 14
Shepard stared at the ground as she walked back towards the hanger, helmet bag in hand. She'd have to speak with Mallet and Flatface tonight. They kept pushing. It was unintentional and she couldn't blame them, but even from her silence they were...