Drift Bayverse Novels & Stories

I smiled. As Atlantis disengaged from her docking bay, we drifted backward and banked to our right. It was a smooth transition with our new upgrades, as we launched into warp drive with our new allies 'Phoenix's Wrath' flanking us on our long journey home. She was a beauty almost as large as our mother ship, Beast who had grown in size with her new add-ons. As we soared into the vast expanse.

I yelled, dragging her toward the stern where the emergency yellow life raft was housed. I hit the automated release switch, and the heavy plastic capsule dropped right into the churning black harbor water, inflating instantly. I pushed her down into the safety enclosure just as the gap between the yacht and the warehouse dock widened into a ten-foot void of open water. The vessel drifted rapidly out into the dark, foggy harbor currents, completely cutting off the three Dravens from the rest of the world.

Drake muttered, kneeling near a storage compartment filled with ropes, tools, and emergency supplies. I kept glancing toward the dock. Every second felt borrowed. “Come on… come on…” he whispered, rummaging through the toolbox. Then— “I got it.” Relief washed over me so intensely my knees weakened. Drake moved quickly to the control panel. The engine sputtered once, twice— Then roared to life. The vibration beneath my feet made everything suddenly real. We were leaving. The yacht eased away from the dock, gliding slowly at first, then steadily gaining distance from St. Luis Seaport. I didn’t relax until the harbor shrank behind us and the coastline blurred into the horizon.

I turn back towards the front and begin getting my stuff out when Kevin plops down next to me. "So where's your little boyfriend?" Kevin mocks. "What are you talking about?" I reply in annoyance. "You know the Draven guy at the festival the other day." Kevin says with a sirk. "You know what they say about the Draven's don't you?" He continues. "They say they are evil vampires and anyone who is around them for too long disappears never to be seen again." He finishes. Suddenly a loud thunk sound comes from my other side and I look to see Victor pulling out the chair next to me. I look back at Kevin who wears a smirk on his face.

They were getting back on their feet to see the lightning pillar cut the bridge in half and both ends were then tipping downwards, Titanic style before plunging three hundred and seventy-seven feet into the waters of the Pacific below. The speedsters could only watch after having been able to rescue not more than a hundred of the thousands of people who fell into the ocean along with their cars. "What is that?" asked a grief-stricken Damon Drake. He was already clad in his yellow super suit, with a mask running over his eyes and his cheek bones, similar to the one Carol had. He had just left his wife and son back in Los Angeles when he and Carol had caught the news just before they were abou

He just left without the slightest hesitation. Once outside, Lester floored the accelerator, and the car shot forward. The hospital was a 40-minute drive from home, but he made it in half the time. Henry was still waiting anxiously at the door, and the moment he saw Lester, he hurried over and said, "Mr. Garrison, I've been ringing the doorbell for over half an hour, but Mrs. Garrison still hasn't answered." Suppressing the unease rising in his chest, Lester opened the door and walked in.

“No, that’s not it! I only did that to fulfill his birthday wish… The boat for Austin is under construction. I really do want to marry Aussie…” The smile vanished from my mother’s face. It was as if she had been infuriated by that remark. “Enough, Sarah! In this lakeside town, a respectable woman does not build a second wedding vessel! Over the past seven years, how many times did Aussie drop hints to you about this, and what did he get in return?” Sarah stumbled backward. “I…”

"I will burn every server in the East before I let her turn him into a 'Functional Asset.'" The Strategic Drift The barge captain—a "Broken Asset" named Miller who had lost his family to a corporate purge in '09—approached them. He moved with a "calm, loyal" silence, his face a map of scars and sea salt. "We’re crossing the 'Digital Dead Line' in twenty minutes," Miller grunted, pointing toward a stretch of the New Jersey coastline that was uncharacteristically dark. "Once we hit the marshes, the 'Dragonfly' drones can't find us. The methane from the bogs messes with their thermal sensors. But we have to ditch the truck."