He wasn't certain if he was disappointed or pleased. He certainly wasn't surprised. The leader gestured to someone behind him, who dismounted and began to approach from behind. The fool. Deke never even let him close. At 2 meters, the massive ork twisted his axe from the homemade breakaway on his ba...

Deke just kept walking, up the stairs and out of the library, leaving the others behind. His axe was strapped across his broad back, his shotguns hanging from their makeshift holsters on each thigh. He crossed the street and went down a block or so, to one of the hundred crumbled buildings dotting t...

In the back of thr group, Deke laughed. How long had these people lived here, and still they didn't know stupid things like how big their escape tunnel was? His laughter trailed off as a few people glanced at him in consternation. Apparently, they didn't think it was that funny. He didn't care. He'd...

The hairs on the back of his neck stood on end, and an electric shock struck through his spine. <i>Magic![/i] He ceased his attacks on the sack of guts at his feet and spun around, seeking the source of the offensive sensation. His eyes widened, his nostrils flared, but he could not quite smell it, ...

Deke snarled. All gone! Nothing but this one half-dead thing facing him. It stood, pathetic and bruised, bleeding, dead already. Deke screamed in rage and beat the pipe from its hand with the back of his blade. Unarmed, defenseless, the victim simply stood, teetering, as Deke stepped past him, axe o...

They made an all-out assault, sparing no edge for defense, their thoughts bent on destroying this beast who had killed nearly all their men on this side of the building, their brothers and sisters, their friends. Some of their number were breaking, running; these didn't spare a thought for it. The b...

Deke stumbled forward as the blows rained down on his broad back. The mace caught him on the side below his ribs, and with a snarl, he stood erect. <i>Enough![/i] He whirled, the heavy blade of his axe pulling him around. The one with the bat saw the arcing blade in time to try blocking, but to no a...

Deke shouted a challenge to the three go-gangers arrayed before him. One had managed to get his motorcycle upright; his rear wheel was already spinning, burning up a cloud of polymer as he launched himself at Deke, his spurs already sprung from inside taut forearms. The second, a woman, was in the p...

Deke shouldered through the break in the doors, widening it enough to allow his massive frame to fit through the gap. His head instinctively swivelled, seeking out the best target, the finest prey. To his left, by the northeast corner of the building, a group of ghouls battled with an unseen foe; De...

Deke was no good at waiting, but this was a good trick. He struggled with his smartlink system until he managed to turn the mental adjusters that would set the choke of his shotguns, and let them get close, closer, until they were almost at the foot of the stairs. They all crowded around, trying to ...

Deke lay half-asleep on the asphalt, sprawled in a patch of shade behind one of the vents which poked up, here and there, from the roof top. His head rested on his arms, crossed over his armored jacket, face-down. His clothes had started out a number of different colors - mostly browns and greens - ...