Sucker's Luck
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  • Reads 199
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  • Parts 7
  • Time 56m
Ongoing, First published Dec 09, 2012
"She is delightfully chaotic; a beautiful mess. Loving her is a splendid adventure."-Steve Maraboli 
"He was a warrior
with a fighter's mind
 and she was a battle
he lost every time"
c.l


2073. It's been 2 years since the invasion. The tragedies have become statistics. Destruction has amassed amidst the once great nation and hope lies in the youth as problems intensify.  Humans are no longer the only threat to themselves. 

Maria's life depicts her as one of the unluckiest human beings still living. In that way she is also one of the luckiest people alive. Her personality is a slippery slope that allows her to escape the clutches of reality countless times with a touch manic behavior traits. Bombs and bullets fly over her head as often as whatever her instructor said three minutes before. In a time of extirpation, will the incubation of one idea have the possibility to repair rampant destruction?

William Vega, is point-blank, a stick in the mud. At least in Maria's eyes.  'Domineering fuddy-duddy' is also an accurate description of him. He refuses to recognize her a fit for the service, degrades her values, and refers to her as a lunatic. He's not the first though, as much as Maria attracts people she also repels them with her louder than life unconventional personality. After a series of misfired guns and deadly yoga sessions, the two soon find themselves on an high-chase eerie adventure to ruins of the earth where the truest gems of society can be recovered. 

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