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Apr. 21st, 2008


[info]apollymi

Whoever Brings the Night - Prologue/Teaser

Series: Yu-Gi-Oh
Genre: Post-apocalyptic, dark, horror
Pairings: Bakura/Kaiba (eventually)
Word Count: 343
Notes: This is a teaser to a post-apocalyptic story that has been bothering me for a week, when I should be working on Verdant. There is a possibility this could be expanded into a full story/series as time permits.
Comments/Critique: Welcome
The city burned.

On more days than he cared to count, one part or another of Domino City remained alight. The flames touched the sky, lighting it brighter than the streetlights once had. Some people even said they could probably be seen from space, but of course, space was the least of everyone’s concern. Why worry about something so trivial when the reality was so much more immediate - and terrible?

It had been one year, one month, and ten days since hell descended onto Earth, making its landing somewhere in the arts area of Domino City, though reports were still a bit confused on the exact location of Ground Zero, so to speak. Very few people who were near the epicenter of the event survived. Of those who did, very few were accounted for. Of those, even fewer were willing to talk about what they had seen.

And for once, he couldn't find it in him to blame them. He was counted among the survivors, though to this day, he was still less than fond of that designation. After all, in his short life to date, so many labels had been applied to him: son, brother, orphan, boy genius, World's Champion, billionaire inventor... Survivor was just another one, albeit one he was less enthused about.

After all, everyone in the world wanted to know what had happened to bring a monster like Zork into the world. Was it an accident? Had someone caused it? Was there a way to reverse it? Were they now forever stuck with an Evil Overlord the likes of which the world had never before seen?

How could he tell them what he had seen? To this day, he still wasn't completely certain. There had been a mass hallucination of Ancient Egypt which may or may not have been a game between the so-called Pharaoh and some sort of Ancient Evil, presumably Zork, and apparently the Pharaoh had lost. There was no eleventh hour rescue this time, and the entire world was plunged into darkness.

Except for the fire.

Aug. 6th, 2007


[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Epilogue

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 4047 (51,297 out of 50,000 - 102% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
From the end of her bed, her computer beeped again. In large red letters over the Archangel logo, the screen read, 'Saxon Broadcast All Channels'. )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter Thirteen

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 3430 (47,270 out of 50,000 - 95% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
Still, this was a bit like a holiday. Actually, no, in fact, it was a lot like a holiday, and strange besides that. After all, they had been here for a very long night and part of a day, checking out the area as best they could, given that their equipment tended not to work too well in the cold beyond their hotel rooms, and yet they had still managed not to see any sign of the aliens they had come here after. )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter Twelve

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 3903 (43,892 out of 50,000 - 88% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
It shouldn't have surprised her to see Owen and Gwen leave together and come back together. They were thicker than thieves sometimes, back when they were sleeping together and again now that they weren't. )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter Eleven

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 3464 (39,989 out of 50,000 - 80% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
The Himalayas... Well, Toshiko had always said that she wanted to see them at some point in her life. She'd never thought that she'd actually get to go, much less go on someone else's ticket with someone else paying her entire way. )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter Ten

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 3819 (36,550 out of 50,000 - 73% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
The Prime Minister is sending someone to Torchwood? )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter Nine

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 4192 (32,731 out of 50,000 - 65% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
She opened her eyes cautiously, not quite sure when she'd squeezed them tightly closed. It was strange to be so surprised to still be alive. )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter Eight

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 4215 (28,538 out of 50,000 - 57% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
All he could really say for the lizard thing was, well, it was ugly. The first thing that came to mind was a very rough comparison to an iguana of some kind, if an iguana ever got up to about two and a half metres tall, grew gigantically long claws, and some rather nasty teeth, not to mention learned to walk in a vaguely bipedal fashion. )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter Seven

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 3765 (24,298 out of 50,000 - 48% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
A fresh pot of coffee before them, this time brewed to a strength more easily tolerated by mere mortals and a change of location to Ianto's office in the tourist office upstairs, and it was almost a bearable atmosphere around them again. )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter Six

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 3479 (20,545 out of 50,000 - 41% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
Making herself stay on her feet and not shrink back from Gwen or Owen was actually a lot harder than it sounded - and millions of times harder than it should have been. )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter Five

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 3592 (17,053 out of 50,000 - 34% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
'Which came first: the Doctor or the disaster?' Ianto intoned solemnly, lifting a picture of the curly-haired Doctor and the Doctor she'd met to compare. )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter Four

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 3238 (13,458 out of 50,000 - 27% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
Realistically, Gwen knew she'd left the Hub since Jack had left, but that was just to go collect the creature that was now occupying the cell Rhys had been in a few days ago. )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter Three

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 3343 (10,220 out of 50,000 - 20% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
The door to the holding cell closed with barely more than a hiss. Like all the ones on this floor, it had gotten some frequent use after the Rift had been opened the first time. )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter Two

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 3096 (6877 out of 50,000 - 13% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
It was perfectly obvious to Toshiko what was going on around here. )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Chapter One

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 1970 (3781 out of 50,000 - 7% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
Well, what would Jack do? )

[info]apollymi

A New Age Dawns - Prologue

Series: Torchwood
Genre: NaNoWriMo-ish, science-fiction, horror
Word Count: 1811 out of 50,000 (3.6% to goal)
Summary: Set immediately following End of Days but prior to the beginning of Series Two, Torchwood Three's leader is gone. What will happen in the meantime?
Something's taken him. Jack's gone. )