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The mission had failed, completely and catastrophically. We had lost. And we would go on losing.

Forever.

Part Nine

Sutter threw the bow rope to the deck crew of the submarine. Reynard tossed them the stern rope. The sailors held the small boat steady against the sub's hull while the commando team scampered aboard.

Once on the wet foredeck of the sub the commandos were quietly but enthusiastically welcomed by the crew. They were surprised when their rum runner boat was also pulled aboard, and maneuvered onto the cradle and back into the hangar.

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“We can’t beat thinking machines by calculating odds, Noelle. That’s their strength. Intuition is ours.”

The Doomsday Protocol

A Horizon Fan Fiction

by

E. E. Nalley

March 15^th, 3040

Part Four

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“If your heart tells you something, believe it. If the whole world tells you something else, it’s wrong.”

The Doomsday Protocol

A Horizon Fan Fiction

by

E. E. Nalley

March 13^th, 3040

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“A bad chance is better’n no chance, girl, and right now, ‘no chance’ is where we’re sitting.”

Chapter 25

July 28th, 2023

Lincoln City, OR

9:00 AM

Marcia slept in a bit, but woke up to the smell of coffee. Lazily, she sat up and looked around the bedroom. Obviously, Darryl had gotten up a fair bit earlier than her. She distinctly remembered not caring overly much about where her t-shirt, shorts, and undergarments landed before she lay down, but now they were not on the floor, where logic said they must have landed when she and Darryl collaborated in their removal.

“I don’t want to survive,” I said abruptly. “I want to win.”

Cassady walks into her apartment and turns the lights on. She was so glad to be home, as she walks into her bedroom to get undressed. She’ll go by the studio tomorrow to pick up all her stuff. All she wanted to do now was take a nice relaxing shower and crawl into her bed.

She strips out of her clothes after dropping her keys on her dresser. Her skin was still red from tanning outside in the nude. Their last rodeo gig had gone smoothly and there was going to be an update about their touring schedule.