A tall man crouched next to a writhing corpse. The body was once a man in nothing but his underwear. The top half of his head was flowered open and some dark mass was moving around inside the shoulders, struggling to get out. There was something hypnotic about the wriggling and shaking that allowed him…

“He’s so cute!” John smiled as Salem poked her fingers through the chain-link fence. A small Beagle on the other side eagerly licked her hand, tail wagging. “Not a very good guard dog.” “He’s too cute to be a guard dog,” she murmured through duck lips before making kissy noises. The dog responded with a…

“Ow.” Salem jerked her hands back with a hiss. “What happened?” John turned his head so his right cheek was resting on the mattress and looked at her in his peripheral. “Your knee jammed into my ribs.” Salem adjusted her leg out of the way as she straddled his back. “Is that better?” “Yeah.” She…

The corridors filled with bursts of light as the group of men stalking their way down the hall began firing in the direction of the screaming. Nel who was sitting off to John’s right started cussing up a storm as she shook her head violently, rubbed her eyes with one hand, and started shooting her…

The yelling around John was muffled and distant as if there was cotton in his ears. He knew he should be paying attention, but his attention was focused entirely on the thick cluster of red dots centered on his chest. Each second that passed seemed both eternal and instantaneous. Sweat formed on his brow and…

A large bolt of lightning shot across the sky, lighting up the desert landscape. John could feel the hairs on his arms rise from the static build up in the air. There was something primal about lightning, it made him feel both afraid and alive at the same time. “I’m not sure I like the…

John and the team watched as the stranger slowly came around. He was tied to a chair and stripped down to his underwear. John wasn’t sure why the last part was necessary but he chalked it up to his inexperience gathering information from someone against their will. Barney knelt in front of the man and…

It became quickly apparent to John that he wasn’t nearly in as good of shape as Marcus or Nel. In a short time he was feeling winded and the two kept running full tilt until they vanished out of sight behind a cluster of rocks at the base of a plateau. Panting, John shook his…

“Why pest control?” John frowned. It was the question he hated most during dates because there was no good answer. At least none of the answers he gave in the past had been good answers. Looking at the beautiful young woman across from him he really wanted to get the answer right this time. “It’s…