He thought about going to Milliways. Outside. There is water there, and trees, and horses, and grass that could almost be a field ( Read more... )

Serenity is a very nice ship. Cozy. The room Kate and Piotr inhabit is small, but it's comfortable, and Mal and his crew are both kind and generous to let them live there for so long ( Read more... )

He sees the crew clustered around the infirmary. He knows that look: that waiting, helpless hush ( Read more... )

They are sitting on his (their) bed in the Mansion. An easel is under the big, picture window. Outside, it is a beautiful day, sunny and brisk. The few students left are playing a game of soccer on the lawn under the feet of the Sentinels ( Read more... )

The plan is that Sue Storm makes the large group of heroes invisible, and they walk through the gate behind Kitty's shuttle, take out the guards, and send all the prisoners (no matter their affiliation) back through the gate. Then, they blow the prison, jump through the gate, and blow both gates at the same time ( Read more... )

Colossus ducks slightly to make it through the archway leading into the main kitchen gallery.

He has news.

It goes like this ( Read more... )

After he chases several teenagers back into their own rooms most of the evening, and playing a game of ducking out any door when ever Emma came into the room (once forgetting and ducking into a closet), he's almost afraid to go to sleep that night ( Read more... )

Piotr is seated on one of the rocks out by the lake. He likes the snow and the cold. It feels like childhood.

Things happen, gears move, and Piotr finally finds himself able to stand outside a conference room where he can talk to Kitty.

The two guards keep looking at him and then at the genoshan collar. He finally takes it from them and snaps it around his own neck.

Enough of this red tape.