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Phasmatta -ch 5-

Chapter 5 - Road Test -

Ryan looked at the interior of the home and found it more or less a standard four-square interior. Each of the two floors divided into four sections.

Here on the first floor was the entry and parlor at the front. Ahead was the kitchen, to the left, the living room. Kitty-corner from where he stood would be the dinning room if he didn’t miss his guess.

Sometimes the kitchen and dinning room would be swapped but it could shift a bit here and there. Th...

Phasmatta -ch 4-

Chapter 4 - Baptism -

Ryan looked over the mass of information laid out on the hotel room’s dining table.

A great deal of information that looked as if it’d been gathered over a period of weeks, rather than recently.

From home purchases, to news clippings of things happening in the area, to interviews with previous owners, neighbors, realtors, and even what looked to be the mailman.

Blowing out a breath, Ryan rubbed at his brow with several fingertips as he read ov...

Phasmatta: -ch 3-

Chapter 3 - Planning -

Ryan drummed his fingertips along the diner’s table.

Staring out the window as he did so, he watched as people went about their normal morning routine. He’d spent the rest of the evening trying to coax the Nightmare into action, but dusk had already passed.

He’d been forced to wait for sunrise and then disperse it.

The new-kid had gone home at midnight, leaving Ryan alone in a strangers home as a Nightmare bumbled around in the closed off a...

Phasmatta - ch 2-

Chapter 2 - Counter -

Ryan unlocked his phone, stuck it down in the center console, angled it toward Carl, and threw the transmission into reverse.

And damn near backed right up into another car.

Pushing the brake he stared out his window at the driver.

It was a young man that was barely in his twenties, Ryan would be. He had on dark clothes and had parked at the curb in front of the house, but part of the front of his car was sticking into the driveway.

He had d...

Phasmata: Ch-1

Chapter 1 - The Call -

Lurching up out of his bed, Ryan then rolled out of it. Landing beside it on the ground his brain was already getting him ready to take cover.

To grab his weapon and get it up and ready.

Panic slammed through him followed by fear. If he didn’t get eyes on their attackers they’d get their shit pushed in before they knew it.

Scanning the area for his weapon Ryan felt naked and that everything was about to get worse. That he was going to die...

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Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 18-

Chapter 18

Taking in several quick breaths Ralph took the corner quickly, his pistols upright, and ready for whatever was ahead of him.

As he cleared the corner, he found two soldiers in basic body armor, helmets, and space-suit’s in front of him. They were armed with laser-weapon rifles and held in front of themselves.

When Ralph’s eyes landed on them, he found that they didn’t appear to be ready for him. They weren’t expecting someone to come around the corner with...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 17-

Chapter 17

“I can’t find the flag ship,” Marionette reported in finally. “I’ve grabbed as many laser comms as I can, I’ve routed it all through Xas, thank you by the way dear, that was so very helpful. I hope you join us after this for our traditional victory nail painting.

“But anyways, there’s nothing that shows up one way or the other as to who is the flag ship. They’re being deliberately cautious and vague about it. Orders are coming down from more than a few...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 16-

Chapter 16

“Ralphy, the shuttles are all moving toward the fleet and will dock soon. We caeran’t wait any longer,” Xas concluded. Putting a cap to his fears and the looming fear of leaving the planet without Janey on board.

“Damnit,” Ralph hissed, staring down at the planet through the steel-glass of the cockpit. “She didn’t even say anything. I can’t even verify when she left the damn ship.”

“I’m sorry, Ralphy. I was rather pre-occupied with my deliver...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 15-

Chapter 15

Ralph groaned at the repeated soft beeps.

“Xas,” Ralph grunted out while shifting in his sheets. “What is it?”

“A high level communication,” answered Xas in a quiet voice. “Sorry, Ralphy. I’d let you sleep if I thought it was possible. I read the message though and it’s something you need to read immediately.

“Before you ask, the girls are all asleep in Rio’s room. All of them. She managed to convince them all to crash out in her room a...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 14-

Chapter 14

Ralph sat down into his seat.

He felt pretty great.

It’d been brief.

Quick.

Lacking in the time he and Marionette normally took with one another.

But it was a reconnection between them.

Short as it was, it was filled with kissing, grabbing, moaning, and gasping.

A physical linkage that’d felt broken until he finished inside of Marionette while staring into her wide eyes and blazing smile. She’d clearly felt the same.

“Ho...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 13-

Chapter 13

Ralph wrote down that yet another cargo ship had been taken, turned into a prize, all occupants aboard the ship stuffed on life-boats, and launched toward the nearest location that they could expect help from. Once logged, he flipped it to Xas, who would pin it to the ship, and engage it’s thrusters remotely and send it off back to Bertson.

“Got it. All set. Logged, tagged, and… sent,” Xas stated. “That makes eight. All without escorts. They really didn’t th...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 12-

Chapter 12

Ralph sat at the large table in the quarters they’d dubbed the ‘war room’.

He lightly drummed his fingers across the table and felt somewhat sick over his situation.

It was the morning after his night with Delilah.

When they’d finished kissing the lips off one another, Delilah had offered to take a shower with him, to which he’d declined. Then went back to his room, showered by himself, and curled up into his bed.

Sleep was hard to come by an...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 11-

Chapter 11

Ralph poked at his left hand with his right. Pressing at the palm, then the tip of each finger, Ralph found that he could feel the pressure through it quite cleanly. It wasn’t what his hand used to feel like, but it was something.

The sensors in the hand were actually giving him feedback and enough feedback that he could tell what was happening.

“I shall assume that it’s as I said, and they are continuing to adjust and become more normal?” Liseth asked as ...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 10-

Chapter 10

Ralph adjusted the glove on his left hand, fidgeted with it, then put his hand down in his lap. On his left was Liseth, on his right, Delilah.

He’d wanted Winnie and Marionette with him, but the former had declined, and latter wasn’t feeling well.

At all.

She’d gotten sick a day or so after they left the prison with Janey on board and hadn’t gotten much better. To the point that she was sleeping in her own compartment at night, rather than his bed. 2025-08-05 04:35:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 9-

Chapter 9

Ralph clicked his tongue and rubbed a hand against his face.

“Ralph,” Xas said quickly over his headset. “We’ve got a problem. I think the idea that someone already had a prison break plan in motion was right! A small assault craft just nosed up to the shuttle you arrived in! They pushed out out of the way and have docked!

“It’s unlisted, no transponder, and rally, the materials on the damn thing are a bit less than what we have on the Toll, but it’s ...

Privateer's Commission 2 - ch8-

Chapter 8

Ralph checked his personal hold-out blaster and found it was ready. There were several energy cells he’d packed along with it just in case it needed to be reloaded. Then he lifted his sword from the scabbard and let it fall back in with a clack.

He would never go into known combat without checking his weapons to make sure they would clear holsters, sheathes, had the safety off, and were ready for use.

“Your sword looks like it could use a good scrub,” Rhea re...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 7-

Chapter 7

Ralph had gone back and forth, over and over, dropping off materials where Rhea had told him to put it. A small airlock that would be accessible to Delilah once she started in on the repairs.

Surprisingly, Rhea didn’t do anything in regards to the shuttle. Nor did she seem particularly interested in trying to get on the ship, or to separate Ralph or Delilah.

Truth of the matter was that she seemed more as if she wanted them to finish the repairs quickly, and leav...

Privateers Commission 2 -ch 6-

Chapter 6

“That was a ridiculously slow response,” Delilah muttered with a shake of her head.

Ralph couldn’t disagree with her.

It’d taken the prison three days to request repairs for their door. The entire time up to that moment had been a lot of active defensive weapons guarding the breach.

In the end though, the request had gone out for repairs and supplies

Gone out, got intercepted by the Toll, and promptly doomed the repair crew to be captured by the...