Disclaimed in part 1. Warning: Rated R for language, violence and situations. There is an NC-17 chapter already posted and so marked. Dogged Determination IV: Suffer the Children by Rhondda Lake (part 16/?) The female who had been with Ace was a newborne and mad with need. Perhaps that helped push her into the folly of actually rushing Arianna, hands twisted into claws as she snarled her rage. Then again, and more likely, Ace willed her to do it. He'd use his pack as cannon fodder. It was the way of egocentrical little shits like him. Ari dodged and balancing on one leg performed a spinning kick, her heel connecting with the girl's spine. There was a satisfying *crunch* as she fell. Ari left her where she was, her arms trying to pull herself up, the bottom half of her body no longer following the impulses her brain was putting out. She turned to again face Ace, but he was no longer there. "Coward!" Her scream echoed off the walls of the hallway. "Come out, come out, where ever you are." [247 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=04_1997&mid=4725124&hilit=BRAIN+FEEDBACK> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 04_1997&4960629 Score: 78 Subject: Keep Breathing 1/1 by Abree Brand