http://slow.writerscafe.org/declangleason The original writings of author Declan Gleason en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775984156 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Chapter 28: ChristopherI didn't feel necessarily hurt, or manipulated as I began to fall through the portal in Violet's iron grasp. I just felt like an idiot, that I could have fallen into her trap. She had managed to gain my trust, in order to help her agenda, and now that I had become a liability .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1936885/ Chapter 24: ChristopherI think awkward was perhaps the best way to describe how I felt as I stood up from behind the parted shrubs and approached Violet and her two council members. The human and the chameleon looked at each other as I approached. Violet just gave one of her classic cynical smiles.".. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1936884/ 21: CynthiaThe sun had barely risen before Darkeen dragged me out of bed and forced me to get my things together. We were on the road, headed north, before I had even fully woken up. It wasn't long before Darkeen began barraging me with questions about what I had found in St. Cory. I told Darkeen al.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1936883/ Chapter 16: ChristopherThat mark, just like the one in that building in the city I was drawn to the other night. Here it was again, at the top of a mountain. I had no idea who that woman was, but if she knew about the skull and the magic, maybe she could tell me something... Or at least not kill me... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1936882/ 11: CynthiaAs Christopher opened the main door to the tavern a strange smell of blood and alcohol made me cringe. I wasn't as worried about the smell though as I was Christopher, he looked pale and tense as though he had seen the ghost of an old friend come back to haunt him. As for the cut on my le.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1936881/ 6: Christopher"How did this happen, Christopher?" The Duke shouted at me angrily, he paced up and done the throne room while I stood silently, stone faced. To say the Duke was mad, was a severe understatement. As you can imagine, he wasn't pleased that one of his councilmen had been killed, at his p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1936879/ Chapter 1: CynthiaI hid in the darkness of an unlit corner. I felt the cold, hard stone pressed against my back as I listened to the sound of footsteps. I could hear the dull echoing sound of metal boots on the hard stone floor. If they saw me, they wouldn't hesitate to strike me down with a heavy s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1936878/ Cynthia has lost her homeland, her family, and her friends. Hardened by the loss of her kingdom she lives out her days as an expert assassin. hoping to one day reclaim her home. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714905/ A new era has begun and Vladimir Putin realizes i's time to take Mother Russia to the power it was destined to have... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714730/ One chapter from my book 'The Silver Company' http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714258/ 36It was a short meeting.  Arthur and Colby would stay on Earth and help humanity put itself back together.  Gert and Kat each went to help govern one of the recently liberated Adican planets.  Jensen was promoted to one of The Silver Company's top ranking officers and was stationed i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714250/ 35Spencer entered a room that resembled the throne room back on the Adican homeworld, although they were some minor differences.  There were no guards in the room, just the Empress sitting by herself on the throne.  There was no signs of Grace in the room.The Empress walked down to her thr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714248/ 34South Africa, EarthThe ship landed in the middle of several small, sand covered buildings.  Spencer jumped out and was met by Arthur and Colby."You made it!"  Colby said.  "Thank god, we're barely holding on.""We're here now," Spencer said.  "What's going on?""There's some stra.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714247/ 33The entire Silver Company was loaded into ships, ready to leave to the Adican homeworld.  The Silver Company's ships, as well as the robot ships, blasted off, across the stars, to the Adican homeworld.Once at the Adican planet, the fleet, along with a few robot ships that didn't go to the oth.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714244/ 32They arrived in orbit at one of the other planets The Silver Company had liberated and Spencer and Helena boarded the ship that the counsel would be meeting on.  Inside, Spencer desperately looked for Grace until, he found her!  He looked at her beautiful eyes, and long wavy hair and ran.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714243/ 31Spencer looked around as he jumped out of the ship.  Around him he could make out stars and he could see the curvature of the gray planet's surface as he fell towards it. He watched the stars seem to grow red for a second and looked behind him.  Silently, as he was in space, the Adican s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714242/ 30When Spencer awoke, he hanging upside down by a rope around his angle, over a very deep pit that would kill him if he fell.  At first when Spencer awoke to this he panicked and shouted for help, but he quickly realized there would be none.  He looked around and realized he didn't know we.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714240/ 29Spencer stood with Jensen at the shipyard and just watched the mass amounts of Adican, Rapirian, and Corinian, soldiers of The Silver Company boarded all kinds of ships and prepared to travel to the Corinian planet where, hopefully, they would strike their first blow against the Adican Empire."Lot.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714238/ 28Spencer woke the next day, at first alarmed to see Grace next to him, but then he remembered last night.  He got up and put on his shirt, but was unsure what to do next.  Should he wait for her to wake up?  He shouldn't leave should he?  His thoughts were pierced when Grace yaw.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714236/ Three days went by where Spencer just 'existed.'  He became pessimistic about their war and depressed about Rilfor's death.  Eventually Colby and Lily came to talk to him."You have to stop being this way,"  Colby said flatly."Leave me alone,"  Spencer said turning away."No," &nbs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714231/ 26Spencer stood in a  glossy black suit, the color of the Adican, outside of the compound in the shipyard where the entire settlement gathered for Rilfor's funeral.  He didn't quite understand where he got the suit from, or who made it, but it fit incredibly well for something most likely .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714229/ 25"Congratulations!"  A voice shouted as lights flashed and confetti rained down from the ceiling.  "You have completed the labyrinth!""What is going on?"  The robot questioned.An Adican stepped forward excitedly although his scales showed signs of age.  He ran up to the robot an.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714228/ 24Spencer looked around in awe as he saw a beautiful view.  A space landscape with many planets of different sizes and colors and the navy blue ships flying around. A large space station like structure was suspended in the middle of the planets."Kill the engines,  Engage Stealth!"  Ri.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714226/ 23The engines roared to life as the final countdown began.  Spencer, Grace, Rojan, Aeliana, Kat, and Rilfor where all strapped to chairs inside of the Corinian Dreadnaught, waiting for takeoff.  The countdown reached zero and the ship accelerated forward as the combined force of the engine.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714222/ 22 Spencer entered the meeting room in the HQ with Grace.  For big meetings they generally had a male and female representative from each race to help decide the issues.  Spencer and Grace represented Human, Rojan and Aeliana Rapirian, Rilfor and and a woman named Helena represented the Ad.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714219/ 21 Spencer sighed as he removed his helmet and exited his chair.  He found Jensen, Colby, Lily, and Grace waiting for him outside the simulation room. "Nice job!" Colby said and patted Spencer on the back. "Don't get too excited," Spencer said to all of them.  "This is the 15th time we've .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714213/ PART 2   . . .20 Boom! Spencer glanced left out the window of his ship to see his wingman blown to pieces by an Adican ship. "Spencer look out!"  Jensen shouted through his earpiece to Spencer. Spencer quickly glanced behind him to see two Adican fighters pulling up behind him. "Crap!.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714211/ 19Spencer, Colby, Jensen, Grace, Lily and Rilfor all stood inside a hidden doorway that led to the military base.“First things first.”  Rilfor said,  “We should get to the control room and disable the ship's heading for Earth.  After that we’ll steal a ship and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714210/ 18After several days in the prison on the Adican space ship they arrived at the capitol and were marched through the city until they arrived at the Empress’s building and were marched inside the large building where the Empress sat in her thrown with several guards surrounding her.“Final.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714206/ 17Wreckage of Adican Cruiser, Deep SpaceRilfor had arrived at the wreckage to see the ship blown to bits.  All of the Adican crew members were killed.  Morale was low as Rilfor’s crew searched the wreckage of their dead comrades but was picked up when human sources were discovered wh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714204/ 16Space, Adican Cruiser“Rilfor!”  A smaller female Adican shouted.  “Our battleship near X-37.6 is down.”“Damn!” Rilfor said “That’s really unfortunate.  Who did it?”“Well,” the female Adican said, “Our sources po.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714203/ 15“What happened to her?” Lily asked pointing at Grace.“She got shot fighting an Adican.”  Spencer replied, “She should be fine though.”Everyone sat in silence, or in Grace’s case lay in silence, as they finished their short journey to the Rapirian ship.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714200/ 14Adican HomeworldRilfor stood before the Empress of his empire that he had sworn to protect.“You let them get away!” The Empress screamed at him.  “You told me they had agreed to help us win this war.”“Please,” Rilfor begged “Just let me go after them .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714197/ 13When Spencer woke up he was surprised.  He was in a normal sized bed in a white room with gold streaks lacing the walls.It took Spencer to realize he was, actually, alive as in not dead. He got out of the bed and actually cheered which brought someone in.“I heard screaming, are you alri.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714193/ 12They really should’ve thought it out more, Spencer thought.  It wasn’t as if the Adican would just ignore an unauthorized launch.  Spencer watched as the ship left the atmosphere, then sirens blared across the entire complex.“Ah, crap,” Colby said as he raised a s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714190/ 11“Where are they now” She asked“They’ve been taken to the Adican training camp on the moon of Simpre.” He replied.‘That is unfortunate, will we attempt a rescue operation?” She asked.“We have a team ready right now, we just need one thing.” He r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714184/ 10Spencer woke to a loud screeching and instantly covered his ears and saw the others doing the same.“Wake up you lazy mammals!” A guard Spencer hadn’t heard before shouted.  “Rations outside your tents!  Eat and come to the gate!  10 minutes!”Spencer and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714182/ 9One of the guards opened the large door they had entered through.Well, thought Spencer, Maybe these aren’t big doors.  Maybe, these are normal doors to them but not to us! Maybe, this is what cats think when they see a human open a door!Spencer was so lost in thought about cats and doors.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714180/ 8Everyone almost fell over as the ship began to turn downward.“Get down!” Arthur shouted.Everyone dropped to the floor instantly as the ship turned more and more.Spencer really wanted to look out the window to try to get a glimpse of where they were going but couldn’t stand up beca.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714174/ 7Once Spencer arrived back at the quarters Jensen ran up to him and asked “Well, where have you been?”“I had to ask Rilfor some questions.” Spencer replied “Can you get Arthur and meet me over there.” Spencer pointed to an unoccupied corner across the room.“.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714172/ 6“Please follow the blue hallway.” Spencer put his head under his pillow as a loud voice boomed over the room.  “Please follow the blue hallway.”  Spencer quickly sat up and looked around.  He saw the blackness of the room and realized where he was.  He lo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714170/ 5Spencer and his friends were eating breakfast when a loud rumbling noise pierced the sky.  Jensen looked up from his food his face in confusion “Do you hear that?” Jensen exclaimed. “Hear what?” asked Lily. “Just listen” Jensen replied. The five of them stop.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714167/ 4When Spencer woke he wasn’t in a bed this time.  He was lying next to Grace in the Auditorium.  Spencer got up and looked around. The kitchen was in the auditorium and so were some of the beds from the sleeping quarters.  He leaned over towards Grace and shook her shoulder to w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714165/ 3Spencer woke up before his two friends and got up to get ready for the day.  He put some fresh clothes on, fixed his hair and walked back towards his bunk.  As he came back he saw Jansen and Colby getting ready for the day too.  He waited for them to finish and then together they wal.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714164/ 2    When Spencer woke up he heard a humming sound.  Just the neighbors mowing the lawn he thought.  Spencer had had the craziest dream last night he dreamt his house burnt down and his friend Jensen came to save him and then together they went to the space station and left .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714159/ The bombing started on a warm sunny afternoon on the 6th of June.  Spencer Giphero had just returned home from his last day of 11th grade to his house where he lived alone as an orphan.  He heard the sound of explosions everywhere as his roof collapsed onto him and he was knocked unconscio.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714157/ After a mysterious attack on Earth, a seemingly select group of teens are sent into space to find humanity a new home. Aboard, Spencer finds they aren't as alone in space as he originally thought... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/declangleason/1714155/