Integration: Part One
**Integration** **Part One** Integration. That was what they called it. Whenever a new species joined the United Treaty Organization - more of a union rather than an alliance at this point - there was a period of integration. Government funded...
Integration: Part Fifteen + Epilogue (Final)
**Integration** **Part Fifteen** It was a strange sensation, to actually look down at one of the lizards. It was odd enough seeing Kira and most of the others as if he were taller than them, or looking at the largest species straight in the eyes -...
Integration: Part Ten
**Integration** **Part Ten** The flashlight shone a dim red light into an open cabinet. The medic stuck a hand in and sifted through the clutter, searching for anything useful. He found a small bottle of ibuprofen and some iodine, and immediately...
Integration: Part Nine
**Integration** **Part Nine** Lightning flashed and lit up a familiar room. A lone figure stood at the window, staring out into the endless, dark forest beyond. His eyes were wide, just one more mark of the fear etched across his features. It was...
Integration: Part Five
**Integration** **Part Five** The white didn't exactly fade this time. Instead, figures of everyone else just faded into existence in a strange white world. Or it was his vision fading in, he couldn't tell. Regardless, everyone except the mentioned...
Integration: Part Two
**Integration** **Part Two** That statue, Dylan thought, was nearly infuriating. Not for what it represented or anything like that, but for the fact that on the aliens' scale it was just a normal monument. But on his scale the thing was in league...
Integration: Part Six
**Integration** **Part Six** A flash of lightning, then the boom of thunder. Six gunshots, then empty clicking. The medic held the revolver outstretched in the pouring rain, helpless to stop what was happening. A beast of inconsistent form flickered...
Integration: Part Eleven
**Integration** **Part Eleven** Duntay sat in his chair, one leg crossed over the other. One of his ears hung down the side of his head as he stroked the tip. Dylan had just finished detailing the shift in his and Kira's relationship towards more...
Integration: Part Seven
**Integration** **Part Seven** When Kira was first paired with Dylan she suspected this could happen. At some point she even thought about making it happen herself. But after a week with the human she thought he was improving. He still showed clear...
Integration: Part Fourteen
**Integration** **Part Fourteen** Dylan peered down over a big, white furred thumb, his hands resting on the digit in anticipation, while his brother and his mother both smiled and waved up at him as he descended. He felt delight warming his...
Integration: Part Four
**Integration** **Part Four** When the simulation loaded Kira found herself in a typical park in a city along with the humans, guardians, second platoon, and the tank squadron. She didn't recognize the environment as any she knew, but it was of...
Integration: Part Three
**Integration** **Part Three** A flash of lighting followed by the crackle of thunder lit up a dark room, briefly revealing the forms of four people. Two laid sprawled out on a large, bloodied bed while another sat in a chair covered by a blanket....