The dust fell and Isaac took a deep breath. the still silence felt eerie to him. The months in lockup, then training, and now on the frontlines of what seemed to be an apocalypse. The gunfire of hive battalions closing in on his position seemed to bring him out of trance. Isaac took a second,checked his mag, and looked out from the pillar that shielded him from the barrage of bullets.
That second was when the sounds came back to him, the gunfire of a nearby battle, the irritable screaming of dying bugs, and their metal attachments shrieking all the same. Issac then heard the sounds of his brother's screams.
"Remy.. Remy... Remy" Isaac said only to himself, as if in some sort of chant. He then yelled it aloud and a moment later, he located and ran to his older brother's side, rifle already strapped to his back. Remy's wound was bad, four shots through his stomach. "Fuck," Isaac said, again to himself. "Fuck is right," Remy coughed out, knowing exactly what his brother was thinking as always. "Bug got me once or twice."
Issac looked around for a second, "Can we get a fucking medic?" he said over the coughs and splatters of blood from Remy's mouth.
A few more seconds passed, the brothers looking at each other, one seeming to say I'm sorry, the other seeming to say you're an idiot, I came on my own and you know it.
The medic arrived and began applying the healing gel into Remy's wounds. This gel was specifically designed to be a quick clotting agent that not only stopped the bleeding, but also healed the wound and kept it from getting infected. Remy felt better almost immediately.
In that moment of relief a flash of light washed over the three soldiers, welcoming and horrifying at the same time.
Reso haunts Captain Aliyn Flynn's dreams. On a dangerous mission to discover the star system's secrets, can she and the alluring Tyr find the key to the survival of the galaxy?
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The galactic inhabitants of the Milky Way know the dangers of the Reso star system. Its gas giant, the planet Plenare, terrorizes any ship that dares to approach. After narrowly escaping with their lives, Captain Aliyn Flynn and her crew's impressive survival catches the eye of Earth's government officials, thrusting them into an unexpected and dangerous mission to discover Reso's secrets. Complicating matters further, the alluring and secretive Tyr Logan is assigned to Aliyn's crew as her executive officer. Despite their many differences, Tyr and Aliyn must come to terms with the deep connection they share to decipher an ancient secret--a secret that holds the key not only to the past but the continued survival of the galaxy they call home.
[[Word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
Content warning: Violence
Watty Winner 2017