Stories tagged “JOSH DVORAK”
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Getting Caught Up
“What do you mean?” Josh asked, then braced himself as Fox dove for cover behind a substantial looking building, and began firing around the corner. “You’ve heard about the Marauders on the news, right?” she asked back to ...
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A Kind of Decent Proposal
“Soylent gas is people?” Josh asked. “Ugh.” “Yeah. I mean, it’s not even very efficient. You can’t run an army on a few truckloads of people.” Fox fired one more time, then started to jog around the build...
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Acceptance
“You mean after all the time we’ve spent talking about this exact kind of thing, you still have to ask? So long as you don’t expect me to change my name to Jerry Can too soon.” Josh said with a chuckle. “Spoilsport,”...
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Scare Tactics
“But you can’t just ‘secure the area’ forever,” Josh said. “People are going to notice the empty houses sooner or later. Friends and relatives are going to come looking.” “By then, spin control will be in...
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Boom
“It isn’t as simple as Autobots and Decepticons, unfortunately. Like I said, I work for bad people. They’re only the good guys because the bad guys are worse than them.” Fox said, clearly not happy with the situation. “The...
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Rescue Handle
As Fox was flung backward, Josh was suddenly unable to move as the padding of the compartment instantly inflated around him. Moments later, Fox hit the ground with a jarring shock. The compartment shrank back to normal, leaving Josh lying on his back. ...
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Here Comes The Cavalry
Both unwilling to take it on faith that the approaching motorcycles were friendlies, and unready to assume that the explosion hadn’t done critical damage to something with enough energy to be dangerous, Josh pulled the holocube from it’s so...
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There Went the Neighborhood
“Heh heh, yeah, that would be me,” Josh said. The Milano stood over Silverfox’s fire-blackened form, shook his head, and clucked sadly. “She’s going to need some major bodywork. If that thing can even be fixed. Sheesh, I k...
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False Imprisonment
“Wait, what? But, if they got you, then they would have…” Josh was clearly a bit confused by that statement. After all, she was standing right in front of him. “I got better. When they scan you for processing, they sequence your...
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DTA Exemption
Josh was sure there were some flaws in her logic, but he’d been hit with so much already in just the last hour or so that he was having a hard time thinking straight. “I suppose that’s right,” he said at last. “And also th...
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Into Body Experience
By the time they got back to headquarters, the Loaner was ready, and Josh couldn’t resist a chuckle. “Somehow, I was expecting a Yugo.” “No, we aren’t that cruel.” a technician replied as she inserted the holocube in...
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Welcome to Cra-a-a-a-azy Aegis's Used Car Lot!
“Like I care what kind of car it is? It’s a piece of crap!” Fox growled. Josh grinned, and turned to one of the technicians. “Hmm. You know, I’ve been looking for a good used car. Think maybe I could take this one off your...
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Rookie Recon
“Anyway,” she continued, “Your first mission is already lined up. We think we found Where the Marauders took the people from that neighborhood, among others, and we need someone to scout it out. Like it or not, Fox is our best scout a...
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Arming up
“All right. All frickin’ right.” Josh sighed. “You guys do realize you’re sending a civilian into a war zone, right?” “Nobody’s a civilian in this war,” the woman said darkly. “We’re all...
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Getting Started
After a long, quiet drive, Fox spoke up. “…Mister T?” Josh sighed, and put a hand to his forehead, leaning back in the seat. “I was kidding, I’m sorry. Quite frankly, she intimidates me a bit, and that’s how I deal w...
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Into Enemy Territory
They got off the freeway in a decrepit part of town, where urban decay had been allowed to have its way unchecked. It had been this way ever since the turn of the previous century: one economic downturn after another had driven people out of this part ...