Category: Like Paper
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Like Paper: Chapter 45
I tied the two dozen or so life vests together into a makeshift raft. With it, I could finally pull myself out of the water and begin to dry out. I changed into the uniform I’d acquired, slightly torn but still wearable. I felt sick to my stomach. At least I couldn’t hear any of…
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Like Paper: Chapter 44
No one on the rafts noticed me at first. I think they assumed I’d gone down with the rig. However, once they did notice they began firing at me with everything they had. Bullets, bursts of fire, even a few grenades were thrown but none of it could hurt me. My only real concern was…
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Like Paper: Chapter 43
The call logs, once I found them, were not helpful. They were little more than strings of numbers representing the frequency used. However, in my searching and looking over the radio equipment I found that it had a satellite function, meaning I could call anyone I wanted. I didn’t know Sandra McHalis’ number but I…
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Like Paper: Chapter 42
Life returned to the way it was before the interview. Bland food, no one to talk to, and the endless hours with nothing to do but sing to myself or watch the waves through the hole in the floor. A few days passed with nothing changing until, as I was lying on my bed and…
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Like Paper: Chapter 41
When I awoke from my nap, lunch had already been delivered. Soup and a sandwich, which was a nice improvement from my usual fare here. The soup was cold but that was my own fault for sleeping so long. In addition to the food there were a few sheets of paper with the prepared responses…
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Like Paper: Chapter 40
I never understood why solitary confinement was so bad until I was in it myself. With nothing to occupy my mind I was stuck inside my small cell with nothing to do. I spent hours lying on my back staring up at the blank ceiling. I sang to myself but I don’t know that many…
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Like Paper: Chapter 39
When I awoke, my head was still throbbing in pain. I was still mostly blind but as I blinked my eyes I could sense that there was light around me. “Stay still,” a cold voice said over a speaker. I rubbed at my eyes but otherwise obeyed the voice. Slowly, my vision returned and the…
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Like Paper: Chapter 38
It took over an hour to get back to base. The driver wanted to make sure we weren’t being followed so they drove us quite a ways out of the way before eventually heading to the base. Some of the others had already arrived and were unloading. They were going directly from their vehicles onto…
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Like Paper: Chapter 37
For all I expected us to be rushing out of the base to rescue the captive supers, it still took us well over an hour to get fully kitted out. Body armor for everyone except me, rifles, pistols, and extra ammo for everyone except for me. I did get a headset radio like everyone else,…
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Like Paper: Chapter 36
I wasn’t told how long the flight would be and it was still only late afternoon, but as soon as we were air born I curled up in my seat, closed my eyes, and fell asleep. Besides the flight crew I was the only one on board the plane. I woke up as the plane…
Bridge of Broken Glass 