FREAKS — Installment #14

Felix pounded away at the punching bag while Jasper sparred with Mrs. Jacobs on the mats. Jasper dodged and ducked more than half of her blows, and deflected many more. While he never came away without a few bruises and sore muscles, Mrs. Jacobs would wind up walking away in the same condition. Often she […]

FREAKS — Installment #13

“You did WHAT!?” Lyev shouted, vitriolic. They stood on the center platform in the bunker, by the weapons rack. They met almost immediately after Sunday mass let out and Felix messaged them both urgently. Pioneer hovered quietly to the side, observing for the moment. Jasper sat back in the chair behind the workbench, legs resting […]

FREAKS — Installment #12

Felix’s heart fluttered and skipped a beat, his whole body feeling light and warm, the rush of blood through him palpable. He controlled his breaths methodically, rhythmically. He focused on moving with Daphne. Every move she made, he followed her lead. She kept one step ahead of him the whole time, ready to keep going […]

FREAKS — Installment #11

“Yes, quite curious. Why, this is utterly fascinating. I’ll have to set up some extra runtimes on the main computer bank to extrapolate this data immediately.” Pioneer wobbled and bobbed about as he continued to do some scans. Every few seconds, his eyes would pulse, and the Ouroboros would respond with a pulse pattern of […]

FREAKS — Installment #10

Felix sat in US History, writing down notes furiously as Mrs. Jacobs went over US culture at the height of the Cold War. Most of the other students all but ignored her, and even Daphne rolled her eyes, having grown up learning and hearing all about it. But to Felix, it all seemed genuinely interesting. […]

FREAKS — Installment #9

Felix thought he was dreaming at first. While he slept with his back to Catalina’s, both of them resting on the padded duffel bag and in their jackets, he heard a faint humming that pierced his dreams. One second, he sat astride a two-headed bear with Jasper walking next to him, the curvature of a […]

FREAKS — Installment #8

Felix stood in his mother’s office, waiting on her to hand him the sealed files to be delivered to the archives. He was counting on it. After a few more signatures and a couple minor edits, she printed off the paperwork, put it in the binder, labeled it, signed it, and handed it over to […]

FREAKS — Installment #7

Christmas Eve arrived before Felix even knew it, and although the tree was up, decorations had been placed, and wonderful meals for his family and his family friends had become the common fare, he felt not one bit better than the Friday before. He played the part for his ever-concerned mother and father, but little […]

FREAKS — Installment #6

Inside, they saw the most incomprehensible laboratory of wonders. Felix entered first, looking around in awe of the room. A huge metal table at least thirty feet long was packed with chemistry equipment that seemed familiar, but clearly had no normal human origin. Beakers, flasks, pasteurizers, compact centrifuges, there didn’t seem to be an item […]

FREAKS — Installment #5

Rolling ceiling. Low rumble of thunder coming from outside. Bumping gurney. Trill and beeps of superfluous amounts of machinery. Metallic rattling. Pounding of footsteps on linoleum, coming both through the air as an almost clacking noise, and also as a solid thumping through the floor. Suddenly, the trauma doctor. “Fucking Hell… is that a piece […]

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