Aertimus Bass sat in the Captain’s chair in the center of the Gyfjon’s bridge. There was a hiss and the door to the far side of the room opened, allowing Rixie Tam to enter. The young Imperator paused on the threshold for a moment, taking a look around the room, before sidling up to Bass’s …
Chapter Twenty-Two: Quarantined Titan: Pandemic by JohnnyScribe
As they walked through the corridors of the starship Gyfjon, Commander Lemm and Imperator Rixie took the opportunity to catch each other up on their lives, having been unable to communicate for several months due to various circumstances. Vanser Nix trailed behind the two ladies, a bemused smile on his lips.“You’re working for Pryvani Tarsuss?” …
Chapter Twenty-One: Family Issues Titan: Pandemic by JohnnyScribe
Commander Lemm Tam sighed and rolled her eyes as she watched their passengers mount the walkway ramp that led into the Gyfjon. She felt this mission completely beneath her and her crew. They were an exploratory vessel not some… ferry boat. Still… obviously whoever was coming aboard to be their passengers had to have some …
Chapter Twenty: Typhoid Mirendy Titan: Pandemic by JohnnyScribe
Rixie had finally gone to sleep when Alex found himself awake inside her bag. The body heat from her clothes had long since cooled. He listened carefully. He could hear that she was breathing deeply in her sleep. Cautiously, Alex climbed out of the bag and onto the floor again. This time, he was pretty …
Chapter Nineteen: Exposed Titan: Pandemic by JohnnyScribe
Rixie stepped into her assigned cabin aboard the transport ship Chayron and threw her bag down with a sigh. They were roughly a day’s flight from where their scheduled rendezvous with the vessel assigned to them was supposed to take place. Rixie was rather irritated with the delays, after all the longer it took the …
Chapter Eighteen: Stowing Away, Catching Up Titan: Pandemic by JohnnyScribe
Alex stood on the balcony of his living area, looking across the expanse of Rixie’s bedroom to where the Titaness was sleeping. It had been a strange adjustment, getting used to the fact that she and the other Titans would basically pass out for between twenty and thirty hours every three days… but he’d worked …
Chapter Seventeen: Messages Titan: Pandemic by JohnnyScribe
Dahntnee awoke suddenly at the sound of knocking at his door. Groggily, he sat up in his bed and tried to rub the sleep out of his eyes. “Enter!” He yawned. The door to his bedroom and a young woman in the garb of the City Watch entered, coming immediately to attention. “Sir!” She saluted …
Chapter Sixteen: A Simple Procedure Titan: Pandemic by JohnnyScribe
“Now, there’s no need to be nervous…” Rixie muttered as she paced along the floor of the medical lab. “I’ve been told this is a largely painless process. Everything will be fine. Okay? No need to worry.” Alex sat watching the pacing Titaness with an amused smile on his face. In contrast to the former …
Chapter Fifteen: Prodigal Doctor Titan: Pandemic by JohnnyScribe
“Report, Imperator.” The young officer sighed and ran his fingers through his short cropped brown hair. He took a moment to compose himself before addressing the scowling face on the screen in front of him. “It’s a mess down there sir.” “Well, that much is obvious, Nix.” The older man on the vid screen chuckled …
Chapter Fourteen: Escape Titan: Pandemic by JohnnyScribe
Zhan sat on the pad he’d been using as a bed for several days. He was hunched over, forearms against his knees, staring at the floor in front of him. He found himself with a lot to think about, and not much of it was particularly pleasant. Sophia and Lysis had had a talk with …