Something, a webseries

    “Where are you going?” asked Ed as the three friends entered the house.   “The basement,” said Ian.             Ed looked at Dev, who shrugged, and the two of them followed Ian down the stairs and into the damp basement.   “You realize they’ll probably want that thing soon, so you might as well store it in the safe,” said Devon.   “I’m not going to hide it down here,” said Ian as he walked to the far end of the basement and placed his hand against a stone.             A section of wall at eye level slid away into some unseen cavity and revealed what looked like a glowing ring. It was in fact a holographic projector and after powering up a face appeared. It was a rather generic face with no hair or defining features. Ed thought it looked a lot like a robot from Terminator.   “Hello, Victor,” said Ian.   “Welcome back, Comman...

  “Have you made your peace?” Ian asked as he drove himself and Ed to the Scorpions HQ.   “I’m not the one that’s gonna be in the firing line. You know he’s going to use the sky-nail against you?”   “I’m counting on it,”   “That’s what I was afraid of,”   “She proposed,” Ian said flatly and Ed nearly fell out of the car.   “What? When?”   “Last night,”   “What did you say? Surely you said yes,”   “Not in so many words,”   “But you said yes?”   “Technically, no,”   “What? Dude, she’s about the hottest girl you’ve dated, she’s a doctor, she likes me and JR, and she’s got two different coloured eyes! Why the hell didn’t you say yes?”   “Because,”   “You’re not having second thoughts, are you?”   “Hell no, it’s just, if today goes bad I didn’t want her to live with the knowledge that we might have been married,”   “So you said no?”   “No,” ...