Jason sprinted down the deserted hallway, careening off lockers as he took corners without slowing. At the end of the long hallway, he could just make out the pinpoint of light that was his freedom. The guttural snarls behind him, getting louder, sent adrenaline coursing through his veins. Despite the extra boost, Jason knew he’d never make it down the corridor before she caught up to him. Ducking into a dark classroom, a science lab it turned out, he hid under a table in the back of the r

Stopping to catch her breath, Nancy looked up and saw a silhouette in the water of a nearby pond. Highlighted in the moonlight was that same figure that had been following them, her face covered by an old hockey mask and a long knife grasped in one hand, the shadows blending into her dark skin.
The figure moved closer, the blade held idly at her side, but as she slowly walked towards Nancy, she lifted her other hand and shifted the mask away from her face, revealing an expression of pure hunger

And...
time. Essi squeezed her watch as she soared over the line, momentum
carrying her forward as she slowed to a halt. She looked at the
watch. 5:03. Not quite the five minute mile she was trying for, but
still a personal best. Not bad at all.
Her
body, however, disagreed with that assessment. Now that she was no
longer concentrating on the rhythmic movement of her legs, she became
acutely aware of her aching muscles. Her thighs and calves had that
familiar sense of being hard as stone, and ev

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Natalie awoke with a start, her eyes darting around the room surrounding her. To her front was an iron door, resembling that of a jail cell’s, an equally dazed man staring back at her on the opposite side of a narrow hallway. She shifted her gaze to the left, eliciting a gasp. There were one, two, four, five other individuals sharing the room with her, all in varying stages of consciousness. The three others that seemed a

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
“Hold on, hold on, I’m coming.” Yawning, Lulu slowly walked downstairs and over to the front door. It was Saturday, so who would be coming by at this early hour? A delivery, maybe? Stopping and peering through the peephole, what she saw made her do a double-take in confusion.
Standing on her doorstep was, well, a robot of some kind. Or an android, or was it cyborg? All of the different names for what was essentially the same thing had always confused h

The
door slammed open and the cold air rushed in, its icy tendrils
curling around Lili's exposed arms and face. She shuddered. Even in
the warmth of the tavern, Skyrim's frigid climate made itself known.
She really had to buy some warmer clothes.
Lili
turned around to tell whoever had just walked in to shut the door,
but what she saw made her freeze. Standing in the doorway was a tall
figure clad from head to toe in heavy steel armor. Lili had carried a
few pieces on occasion, but couldn't imagi

With an echoing crash, you finally manage to knock the last offending plank free from the window, and drop down beside your friend in the entrance to the old castle. There had been the usual ‘CONDEMNED’ and ‘KEEP OUT’ signs plastered all over the doorway, but the two of you had never payed attention to those anyway. Besides, the best places to explore were always the ones other people were scared of going inside.
“Alright, the one who brings back the biggest piece

"So
what did you want to show us?"
The
three girls on the floor looked up at their friend. Tess towered over
them, her confident pose making her seem larger than life despite
being the second-shortest of the group. Ally, a tall, skinny girl
with straight caramel hair, sat facing her against the couch. Nicole,
the shortest and curviest of the bunch, was up against Ally on the
right. She sported a fluffy blonde ponytail with dark roots, pressed
down on top by a white hairband. Finally, C

She
was ready for this, she told herself.
Her
girlfriend sat on the bed in front of her, waiting with a patient
smile. She looked so... small. She was shorter than Maddie, thinner
too. Sometimes Maddie would pick her up when they hugged. How was she
even going to fit?
"It's
okay if you don't want to," said Lea. "I don't mind."
"No,"
stated Maddie. "I do want to. I'm going to do this." She
gulped. "Just... be gentle?"
Lea
looked her in the eyes. &

Shrine Made
Miharu had managed to find herself a slow day. It was we welcome release, as the ends of seasons tended to bring all sorts of trouble to her doorstep, or to the doorsteps of others, and it was trouble she was not at all able to avoid. After all, it was her job to deal with the rowdiness of creatures beyond the realm of men. Granted, she tended to attract such creatures even when she wasn’t off trying to solve other people’s problems, but that was mainly due to Miharu bei

“Good morning Sael, this is Amelia. Is Diana in yet? Sure, I can wait…Ah, hey Diana. I just wanted to check, was the management meeting with the new interns still scheduled for this morning? Oh, it got pushed back? Mind if I stop for some food on the way in then, I haven’t had breakfast yet. Ha, sure, I’ll pick you something up too. Alright, I’ll see you in about an hour then.”

Hanging up, I looked out towards the beach and debated where to go. It w

Friday. Finally some time to herself!
Walking home, Taina was more than a little pleased that the weekend had finally arrived. It wasn’t so much that she disliked her daily routine as she much as she was simply looking forward to one of the first weekends in a while where she had some time to herself with nothing that really needed doing.
Just as she was about to reach her house, a small doll caught her eye, lying on the ground by the front gate. Reaching down to pick it up, Taina looke

“Vanessa, they’re, like, almost out of bread. Do you know if they have any more? Vanessa?”
Looking past the shelf into the next aisle, Stacy turned back and looked at the bread selection in dismay. She had come to do some quick grocery shopping with a friend, but it looked like they were out of her favorite brand of bread. Almost out of all of their bread, now that she really looked at it, which was something that she wasn’t used to seeing before. Gosh, she came to t