Author: Adam

The Double Cross, Part Thirteen

Continued from Part Twelve Small Packages grabbed Captain Revolution by his shoelaces and spun him in the air. Captain Revolution screamed. “Let go of me you comic fool. You’re ruining everything.” “Huh?” “Let me down and you’ll see.” Small Packages dropped Captain Rev-olution, who stood up and whistled. Tarantula King jumped Dark Mystic and bit…

Zero, Part Six

Continued from Part Five Three hours later, Snyder sat at thegray plastic table inside the airport security office’s interrogation room. Across from him, the twenty-some-thing IBI bureaucrat who’d introduced himself as Agent Carroll said, “Private, I guess that’s the last question.” Snyder sneered. “You sure? You didn’t ask my underwear size.” Carroll scowled. “Watch the…

The Emerald Avenger, Part Eleven

Continued from Part Ten Up to his waist in sewage, and bent over nearly as low, The Emerald Avenger stopped. He hit his watch’s night light. Terrific. He’d spent over two hours look-ing for Night Lord’s secret sewer lair, but all he’d found was rats and deadly germs. Okay, so maybe information obtain-ed by duress…

The Double Cross, Part Twelve

Continued from Part Eleven Sariah Miller sat beside her husband’s empty hospital bed. “Jesse, what would you do?” “How touchingly melodramatic,” a raspy voice said. Sariah turned. The Human Muscle stood in the door, a whole 600 pounds of bone-crushing power. His emblem, a large bicep, flexed on his red spandex leotard. Sariah stood. “How…

Zero, Part Five

Continued from Part Four The flight attendant lunged. Snyder kicked him in the stomach and delivered an upper cut to the jaw that sent him sprawl-ing. The flight attendant gasped. “How did you know?” “Your thumb ring had the same em-blem as the psycho air marshal’s wallet and that lady’s purse.” The flight attendant laughed….