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Flash Fiction #493 -- Earth Bound (Catchin)/6

 Of course, the Earthers didn't trust their own army, and Tana wasn't sure why that hadn't occurred to her before now. Why would any Earther trust another at all? Look where it led!Ret had taken them hiking up the mountain in the snow. They'd left behind any sign of other humans, though creatures startled Tana sometimes. The first time she let out a girlish scream that startled animals (Ret said

Flash Fiction # 492 -- Earthbound (Catchin)/5

 (Happy New Year!  And a confession: somewhere in my many stories about these three characters, I got Lisel (or Lisil as he was in the first story) mixed up with Krisin. I also forgot to check what my Catchin character looked like. I am just going to let it go for now. I'll get it all sorted out when I put them together in a book. Sorry!  Now on with the adventure!)"Stopping by the woods on a

Flash Fiction #491 -- Earth Bound (Catchin)/4

 Tana could hear the sound of Captain Dundas mumbling to herself as she accepted the call. Lisel moved a couple more steps away, and even the medtechs looked worried."Hello, Captain Dundas," Tana said in her best neutral voice."Honest to God, I ought to drop kick the three of you out an airlock at my first chance. We haven't even been here a day, and the three of you --""We --""Bombs! Damage to

Flash Fiction #490 -- Earth Bound (Catchin)/3

 Tana screamed so loudly she scared the man with the gun as she leapt forward.  She couldn't reach that weapon, so she threw herself over Krisin.Krisin grunted.  "Honest to God, Tana -- I was doing fine until you sucker punched me in the kidney.""Quiet.  I'm saving your life."It was Lisel, in fact, who was doing something worthwhile.  He had jogged up around the trees and come up behind the man,

Flash Fiction #489 -- Earth Bound (Catchin)/2

 Something exploded.Tana, Lisel, and Krisin jumped for the closest cover, a waist-high brick fence to the right.  They landed in a dune of snow, which turned out to be hard on the top and damned cold underneath.Something else exploded."Maybe they just want us to feel at home," Lisel suggested.Krisin growled some answer.  By then, there was a range of yells and shots, so the three of them just

Flash Fiction #488 -- Earth Bound (Catchin)/1

 "The Earthers want to see you," the Captain said when the three had barely entered her office. Tana shook her head, Lisel took a step back as though to escape, and Krisin growled.  "Stop that, all three of you.  We are going to Earth, and you will not argue with me.  I have not been back to Earth in twenty years.  We are going.  You are going to stand in front of the council without shaking your

Flash Fiction #487 --Lost Treasure (Drabble)

 The scientists had agreed that humans could survive on the unnamed planet. They sent the chosen colonists who found a pretty but strange world.  It was habitable but also hostile.Others followed them despite the danger.  The humans brought their belongings, their plants, their animals ... their bacteria.  No matter how hard they tried, what they were could never be thoroughly cleansed.  The

Flash Fiction #486 -- Cyber Rats/5

 The six people running the port had been locked up and without supplies.  They were delighted to be released.  Alyn got their statements, made official seals on the recordings, and boxed them for Fisher.Time to go... though they did pause long enough to send Smarl and Dyna on their last journey to the system's star.  A few of the enemy went as well,  with two of their own to see them off.  Then

Flash Fiction # 485 -- Cyber Rats/4

 Diamond looked at the rats for a long moment.  They couldn't be that smart.  Really, just couldn't --"How?" he finally said."Chit implant that passes pictures straight to the brain." That was Alyna.  "We'd been training them in associations already.  Also, the distinction between good and bad.  I worried that someone might try to grab them.  So we are 'good,' and others are 'bad,' and they

Flash Fiction # 484 -- Cyber Rats /3

 Diamond wanted to come up with some ingenious plan to save them all.  If he fired the engines, they might make it back to orbit.  Or the sudden change in direction and velocity might tear them apart.If this was as bad as he imagined, they might be stuck here for a long time.  This was not the most popular planet.  Supplies?  He didn't imagine there would be any left behind --Ten seconds.