The Last Ship might be the death of me. Last week's
episode had my heart pounding. I forgot to breathe during the escape from the
minefield, which happened toward the end of the episode. Then, I live tweeted
that I'd be drinking like five shots of alcohol for fortitude because there was
still time for something else crazy to happen—with only three minutes left in
the show! And, of course, something else CRAZY did happen. LOL What a way to
end.
Killjoys is seriously becoming one of my very favorite shows. I'm completely
sucked into what's going on and in love with the subtle nuances and shifts in
relationships. I have a sneaky suspicion there's going to be a big payoff for
some of the dynamics being set into motion. Can't wait to see what happens
next.
Dark Matter has a terrific cadre of women characters.
I'm interested in the newest addition to the crew and hope she sticks around
for a while. Not to take away anything from the men. They hold their own, too.
Nice to see a familiar face acting alongside the android in this episode. Okay,
maybe not alongside, but in the same vicinity. LOL
Still no Strike Back this week due to a crazy
schedule again. But… with the sad news of Jerry Doyle's passing, I'm very happy
to be in the middle of a Babylon 5
rewatch. Almost finished with season two and looking forward to starting the
third.
Tonight's post is
from Chasing the Sun, a sexy short
that may end up becoming novella length.
Here's the
mini-blurb:
Chance Martin and Rena
Chavez are best friends, and maybe something more, if their work will stop getting
in the way. But when Chance can't deal with a set of orders to remove an
admiral with lethal action, he starts a downward spiral he can't stop. Rena has
to pull him back from the edge, no easy task because she always follows orders.
And a sneaky peek…
Rena Chavez crept down the
corridor of the Eagle Star. Her
insertion by cutting through the hull had gone unnoticed so far. The talon
transport she'd flown over, still soft-sealed on the outside, would disengage
in fifteen minutes leaving her very little time to complete her objective.
She didn't take time to think
about her orders. She moved forward, staying on task and focused on not getting
caught.
Rena paused at the corridor
leading to the Admiral Carnes's conference room. "Base, cobra one. I'm at
the designated launch point." She dragged in a deep breath. "Go or no
go?" Everything hinged on the next words she heard.
"Cobra one, you're a go.
Copy?"
She answered on an exhale.
"Copy." Her heart rate kicked into high gear and she moved ahead,
making the turn to enter the causeway.
She reached the main entrance and
found the door ajar. Taking a quick look inside, she barely bit back a gasp of
shock. Carnes lay sprawled on the table, the prisoner he used as an informant,
Gingi Maynard, held a gun to the admiral's head.
Rena opened a channel to base and
hit record on her helmet camera.
The tall blonde snarled in the
admiral's face. "You have no right to degrade and abuse people. You take
children from their mothers. Subject women to unspeakable acts." Her hand
shook for a moment but she steadied her grip. "No more. You'll never harm
another human being. Or use another woman for your twisted concept of
revenge." Gingi pulled the trigger and Carnes breathed his last breath.
Rena blinked and barely got clear
when Gingi made a mad dash out the door. Stunned, Rena didn't bother to give
chase. Instead, she stepped into the conference room and recorded the confirmed
death.
Exiting, she finally contacted
base. "Base, cobra one. Did you get all that?" She sent the footage.
"Copy, cobra one.
Received."
She had seven minutes to get back
to the talon before it disengaged. "Do I pursue the prisoner?"
"Negative. Abort mission and
report to checkpoint five for debrief."
Rena breathed a sigh of relief
and quickly made her way back to the transport and cleared out before the alarm
went up about the admiral's death.
Every time I think
this is almost completed, the sages add another wrinkle to the story. LOL Hoping
to finish this up and have it ready soon.
That's it for this
week. Catch everyone on the flipside.
ML Skye
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