"I don't know about a fighter," Sam said, quietly picking up her glass and pouring the vodka into his. "More like a survivor." And an experiment. But that wasn't a good opening for someone you'd just met, she supposed. "Although it's crossed my mind from time to time that the Overlords graciously hosting us might be trying to build some kind of army."
A thought that really led to more questions than answers. But Sam had no shortage of time on her hands to come up with increasingly worst-case scenarios.
"My world was ended by decidedly terrestrial means." She sighed, resting her chin in her palm. "And not quite as neat and tidy as a snap and fifty-fifty odds. We call it the Rain of Fire. My brother came up with the name. After the Creedence Clearwater Revival song."
Avery wasn't exactly known for being up on pop culture, so it was always quite memorable when he managed to get one right.
"A group of assholes--we call them Predators, they call themselves Titans--caused a sweeping communications blackout coupled with sending every single orbiting body around the earth crashing down into the most populous cities. LA got hit with bits of space station. People died...horribly."
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A thought that really led to more questions than answers. But Sam had no shortage of time on her hands to come up with increasingly worst-case scenarios.
"My world was ended by decidedly terrestrial means." She sighed, resting her chin in her palm. "And not quite as neat and tidy as a snap and fifty-fifty odds. We call it the Rain of Fire. My brother came up with the name. After the Creedence Clearwater Revival song."
Avery wasn't exactly known for being up on pop culture, so it was always quite memorable when he managed to get one right.
"A group of assholes--we call them Predators, they call themselves Titans--caused a sweeping communications blackout coupled with sending every single orbiting body around the earth crashing down into the most populous cities. LA got hit with bits of space station. People died...horribly."