by Tim Pollard
and smiled. Mari must have seen the fight and come out to check on him.
Before the ground-effect system had even finished shutting down, the surprisingly tall, and surprisingly blonde, Asian girl jumped down from the front seat of the truck and jogged towards Edward with a worried look on her face, and a first aid kit in her hand.
“I’m fine,” Edward assured her as she approached, “You don’t need to worry.”
Mari stopped in front of Edward and placed her hand on her hip and raised her eyebrow, “Really? ’Cause went I called up to ask if you were hurt, no one would give me a definite answer. If you weren’t hurt they would have simply told me.”
Edward hesitated for a second watching her face, before breaking eye-contact and glancing down at his hands, “I had a NFC, maybe even a second small one. I hope there’s not any really serious damage, but my hands haven’t stopped shaking yet.”
Mari’s eye’s widened and she covered her mouth with her hands as she glanced down towards his shaking hands. After a moment she sat down beside him and clasped his hands in her own, holding them still, before kissing him on the cheek.
Edward gave her a quick smile before turning back towards the water. As he stared at the body of his now dead enemy he was reminded of the other possible etymology of Pyrrianaut they used to joke about back at the Academy; it seemed appropriate now, another such victory and I am undone.
He turned towards the beautiful woman beside him and grinned before kissing her on the lips. Maybe civilian life wouldn’t be so bad after all.
Cover Credits
Background: Picture by Michael Connors
Helmet: Future Soldier by Daren Reehl (Public Domain; US Gov)
Title Font: Akashi by tenbytwenty
Description Font: FreeSans by GNU
Editor: Gimp
About the Author
Coming Soon
The Sword and The Hawk
A story of two nomads; one of man of action, and one of man of magic; they where separated by the pursuit of knowledge; where reunited to protect their people; and where once more separated by their desire to rule; and then there was one.
Coming later this year.