REACTr: Come to Crash the Party?

by KevMullins

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The first rays of morning light glistened off the wings of the black giant that had come to rest at the edge of the port as Nick approached. He could just make out the REACT seal on the converted cargo jet’s tail against the glare of the rising sun.

Rapid Enforcement, Advanced Cyber Technologies. So it is Agency then, Nick thought, perfect! Now what?

In the distance, agents were busily offloading equipment from the jet’s open tail and nose. He walked past others prepping hardware already on the ground, all seemingly oblivious to his arrival.

Finally, he spotted his target ahead. Major Morris stood at the back door of an open REACT Striker, motionless, apparently staring out into space.

Two things instantly struck Nick about him: One, this man was big, really big, freak’n massive. Two, his body was fully cybernetic and heavily armored. A quick glance revealed most of the agents were similarly augmented.

“Detective Marshal,” the Major said suddenly dropping from SpinStream, “Glad you could make it.”

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Comments

Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. REACTr: Come to Crash the Party?

    KevMullins' Buddy Icon KevMullins

    Posted 2 months ago

    Ok, first post in awhile because:
    a) I was very busy with my real job
    b) I had writer’s block from hell
    So it is a bit of a filler piece but I needed it to setup for the next part and the action to follow. Hopefully, it won’t take me so long to post again.

  2. REACTr: Come to Crash the Party?

    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I liked the description of Major Morris: One, this man was big, really big, freak’n massive. Two, his body was fully cybernetic and heavily armored. I’ll take this kind of filler any day.

  3. REACTr: Come to Crash the Party?

    KevMullins' Buddy Icon KevMullins

    Posted 2 months ago

    Thanks Between, glad you liked it.

  4. REACTr: Come to Crash the Party?

    John Perkins' Buddy Icon John Perkins

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    This was definitely some good filler. Occasionally it’s needed to help move the story along. You needed to do the introduction, and I think it was well done.
    I do think that you can lose “so the agency’s involved” line. Nick noticed that it was an agency command ship in the last ficlet, so when he thinks that to himself later, it seems out of sorts. Maybe change the internal dialog so that he curses the agency rather than has the epiphany that they’re involved?
    Other than that, great job and welcome back.

  5. REACTr: Come to Crash the Party?

    John Perkins' Buddy Icon John Perkins

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Ah, that works better. Confirming his original suspicions.

  6. REACTr: Come to Crash the Party?

    KevMullins' Buddy Icon KevMullins

    Posted 2 months ago

    that was actually the original idea. I just didn’t do a good job of getting it across

  7. REACTr: Come to Crash the Party?

    JLaughter's Buddy Icon JLaughter

    Posted about 1 month ago

    Ha, good filler post. I also, for some reason, like the REACT acronym…now I’ve just gotta figure out what the “r” at the end is in the series titles, and figure out more about that fish!

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