Morning Sun
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The remaining synthetic slammed against the glass hard, eliciting a cringe from her. The large machine stomped toward them, thrusters firing on its legs, giving one of the steps enough power to cover thirty feet. The gun on the left arm descended into the forearm and a hand snapped out. The synthetic tried to duck under the hand but the mech caught it by the waist. It squeezed the smaller robot until all that remained was a distorted husk.
“Consider me dazzled. How soon until we can begin production?”
“We’ve already started.”
“Under whose orders?”
“The General received a similar demonstration.”
Genesis Division profited from her feud with the head of the Corps. They supplied both sides of the argument, unbiased by politics or emerging victors. She understood it would require a much craftier effort for her to outsmart the man.
“You have your funding.”
Salvador’s face gave away his suspicions. He expected a fight, maybe even a tantrum on his lack of loyalty. She eyed the mechanical masterpiece, thinking of how she might be able to sell it to the citizens—her publicist would have a field day with this.
“What do you want, Cecilia?”
“I want access to files on an antiquated Genesis Division project.”
The General thought her a weak opponent, sidestepping her presidency and abusing his authority to degrade her position. The Society ignored her importance to their survival, their reliance on her clout as a political leader and the powers it granted her domestically and within foreign nations. No, she thought, she’d reclaim that power by utilizing her most unholy of alliances. The Society had no idea of the dangerous people still lurking in the shadows.
“What project?”
“Project Chimera.”
Once long ago, the Society researched the joining of mentalist abilities. The initiative was abandoned after it became clear the mingling of abilities proved too unreliable and unpredictable moving forward. Salvador had only just been recruited by the shadow organization when it fell by the wayside.
“The research is useless.”
“Perhaps.”
“What are you planning, Cecilia?”
“I owe an acquaintance a favor. I figure he may have new insight into the project.”
Salvador’s eyes widened. “It’s not for mentalists, though?”
“Children, Salvador. Like it or not, they are our future and if we don’t intervene, possibly our demise.”
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It started with single comic book. Jeremy’s mother was determined to make a reader out of him. Shunning traditional literature at a young age, his mother placed X-Men Classic #69 in his lap and for the first time he was exposed to the phrases, “Mutants,” “BAMF,” and “SNIKT.” From that moment on, he imagined his enrollment at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters at 1407 Graymalkin Lane.By middle school he devoured fantasy and science fiction faster than he could check them out of the library. However, his first love remained comic books. He began writing his own comics with his best friend, and by the end of their eighth grade year, they had written over a hundred issues of the superhero series that would eventually become Children of Nostradamus. Meanwhile, he spent his Tuesday’s at the grocery store, rummaging the racks, reading any comic put on the shelf.Working as a high school teacher provided him with an uncanny amount of great dialogue. The antics of teenagers in a suburban setting became the background of his first published book, Suburban Zombie High. Having started working at a second suburban school, the sequel, Suburban Zombie High: The Reunion was published.Jeremy became known as a geek before it was a trend. During college Jeremy would be shortened to Remy as friends discovered his goal of reading every X-Men comic. Being able to explain the many relationships of Scott Summers and his multi-dimensional children became a badge of honor.Jeremy came to writing late in his professional career. For a short period he majored in Creative Writing but eventually turned to Graphic Design for a career. It wasn’t until 2006 that he participated in his firstNaNoWriMo, writing an epic science fiction novel. Later he would use the opportunity to write Suburban Zombie High and his first draft of Children of Nostradamus. He belongs the New England Horror Writer’s Association and partakes in a weekly writing group called the Metrowest Writers where people are flabbergasted by his love of comics and scifi.
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