A storm raged relentlessly outside. The small home, the pack of humans had taken over, was well suited for dealing with the inclement weather. Half buried in the earth with a sod roof for insulation. Other buildings in the area had been dismantled and used to reinforce the one still standing building in the old community. Because it was a community. They all mostly lived in the large living area and the rest of the rooms were crammed with whatever sleeping arrangements they c

Warren gestured to Isabelle and Digger to wait, then ducked into his father’s greenhouse. His father never let his friends come into the building as he said they were too clumsy. Warren didn’t disagree, so he kept the rules. He stepped past a palm tree and paused when he saw a girl sitting on the viewing bench hunched over a datapad. “What are you doing here?” He growled. The young girl jumped with surprise. She looked up from her datapad and stared at him with clear eyes. Sh

The Major didn’t flinch when a mortar landed nearby. He was young for a Major but his superiors had a short life expectancy so advancement through the ranks was only a matter of survival. A private crawled over to him from among the rubble of a building that had stood yesterday. The young man trembled. He probably suffered from shell shock or whatever fancy name doctors called it now. There were no meds for him so the Major mentally put him on the roster to go back to base fo