Chapter Nine Operation Evacuation
CHAPTER NINE OPERATION EVACUATION Sethi-Arh woke early the next morning. He slowly sat up to stretched out, working the sleep out of his muscles. Sethi-Arh surveyed his quarters. Without the sun to illuminate the space, it was dark except for the...
Chapter Eight The First 10,000
CHAPTER EIGHT THE FIRST 10,000 In Genesee, Idaho, base Floyd was just waking up. The crews were activating the communication channels and the armored patrols. Floyd was a ground force base, built exactly as Darin's hangar except it housed a...
Chapter Seven The Rescue Mission
CHAPTER SEVEN THE RESCUE MISSION Robert found out that the reason he had been called back was that he had been accepted as the new chief in charge of the air command. Robert was overjoyed at the news and thought that nothing could bring him down....
Chapter Five Home Base Link Up
CHAPTER FIVE HOME BASE LINK UP The sun rose up declaring the start of a new day. In a room of the house, a clump was laying on a bed with a bundle of covers over it. The sunlight crept across the floor, climbed up the side of the bed, and made...
Chapter Four The Extraction
CHAPTER FOUR THE EXTRACTION The sun was climbing over the trees lighting up the city with a golden glow. The city was quiet in the early morning hours. The wind blew softly through the trees. It was a peaceful Wednesday morning. In the...
Chapter Three Never Talk Back
CHAPTER THREE NEVER TALK BACK The _Lomur_ pulled into the harbor of Juneau, homeport of the Alaskan Fishing Company, just as the sun was coming up on the morning of October 2nd, 2017. As the ship pulled up to the dock, hordes of news reporters...
Chapter two The Bad Storm
CHAPTER TWO THE BAD STORM Fifty miles north, the storm was creating havoc for the other trawlers there. The trawler _Norlina_ was battling the elements as she sailed through the massive waves. Her captain, Joe Diamond, was managing his vessel as...
Chapter Two Going to the Park
CHAPTER TWO GOING TO THE PARK Darin woke up the next morning to find that he was still in the hospital. He shook his head, trying to wake his brain out of the dream he had last night. He sat there as his brain slowly came online and respond to...
The final goodbye
I wrote a letter to my grandma for her funeral and I'd thought I'd share it with you all: Dear grandma, I'm writing to you to thank you for all the memories and the forever-enduring moments we've shared together for the past 24 years. Some I...