The Start Previous Part “It’s you!” exclaimed Tamaya. Keegan picked himself up off the sidewalk. “Uh… What’s me?” “You were in the accident, weren’t you?” “Um, why would you say that?” stammered Keegan, clearly taken aback. “You are way to warm for a normal person,” Tamaya blurted in response, briefly touching his still warm shoulder […]

The Start Previous Part Thursday and Friday had passed without incident, and come Saturday morning Tamaya began preparing to leave. She felt rather foolish for thinking she’d be able to succeed where everyone else at her job had failed, and hoped that she would be able to return to work without any of this causing […]

The Start Previous Part “I know I’ve seen that bike before!” Tamaya exclaimed as she looked at an image of it she had just taken with a camera borrowed from Simon. The camera had plenty of zoom and good image quality, so she was able to get a good image without getting too close. Now […]

The Start Previous Part The shop had been open for a couple hours when Tamaya arrived on Thursday morning. She wandered between the shelves for several minutes, apparently trying to make up her mind about something. She left again without saying anything. “What do you think that was about?” Keegan wondered aloud. “Beats me,” responded […]

The Start Previous Part “One day back to normal life, check.” remarked Keegan as he plopped down on his bed for the night. Much to his relief, the day had passed entirely without incident. Rick had gotten the idea after being bugged about it, and the subject only came up one or two more times […]

The Start Previous Part “That must be the bike,” Tamaya observed from a few blocks away. There really wasn’t anything to see from that distance, but it was about as close as she felt safe getting. “I wonder how long they’ll leave that just sitting there…” The bike just sitting there was the only thing […]

The Start Previous Part “Hey you guys remember my niece?” Simon asked just after arriving to his shop on Wednesday morning. “She’s visiting, she’ll probably come over and say hi sometime today.” “Uh, which one?” responded Rick as he restocked some shelves. “Tamaya, she’s you guys’ age.” “Oh yeah… Tamaya…” Rick glanced over to Keegan […]

The Start Previous Part When Tuesday evening arrived, Tamaya drove to her uncle Simon’s house. Supper was about ready when she arrived. Simon mentioned the accident before Tamaya brought it up, saying that he had been required to close down his shop for a few days. “What happened?” she inquired, trying not to sound too […]