Action Adventure Fiction

[note: As you can see, we’re a long way into Oasis. If you’re just arriving here, you should start with Chapter 1: The Last Shift]

Betrayal Pains

The blow caught me in right in the stomach. Air exploded out my mouth and my diaphragm refused to take in more.

I dropped to my knees.

It hurt bad.

In the dim light, I could make out Carl’s form hovering over me. He was holding an aluminum baseball bat.

He had misjudged the distance in the dark and had hit me with his hands when he swung.

It still hurt, though.

One of Carl’s boys lit an oil lamp.

Another hurt was welling up inside me. I looked up at Beth’s sobbing face. She had betrayed me. Led me into a trap.

I couldn’t believe it.

Maybe I had wanted to believe she was really going to (more…)

[Note: Starting at Chapter 30 is only going to confuse you. If you haven’t read Oasis before, go back and start with Chapter 1: The last Shift.]

Life Just Isn’t Fair

Carl ran at me and pulled his hand back to strike.

His timing was off, and if I let him, we’d collide before he could throw that haymaker. Not that I was about to let either of those things happen.

I braced against the floor and drove the palm of my right hand into his solar plexus.

Carl made an audible “Whoomph” as the air left his lungs. He dropped to his knees and struggled to force a breath.

Something inside me was screaming for me to (more…)