June 23rd, 2007

[info]guiltyred in [info]weiss_kreuz

Standing Outside the Fire

Title: Standing Outside the Fire
Author: GuiltyRed
Rating: NC-17 overall
Warnings: worksafe for now but be advised later chapters may not be worksafe
Summary: Brad Crawford's back story
Author's Notes: This story begins near the end of the “Weiß Kreuz – Gluhen” sequence. The Koua Academy is in flames, the plans of Esset thwarted, and the psionic hunters slain – but all at a great cost.
 
Brad Crawford has been carried from the ruined building. Medical care awaits, but his wounds are grave. The psi-combat with Berger has taken a deep toll, and the Kritiker medics are not used to healing damage such as this. As Schuldig watches, helpless, from the sidelines, Brad Crawford sinks into a darkness from which he may never return…

Prologue