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Nothing Left But Smoke


Moira was leaving Char's apartment for the last time.  Just this morning she had traded the Sig Sauer 220 she found in the nightstand for the Kawasaki ZX that was now vibrating violently between her legs.  The leather saddlebags looked a little strange on the lime green sport-bike, but she had to stash her clothes and her last few thousand dollars somewhere.  In the three days she had spent holed up at Char's, she came to two conclusions.  One, this family was seriously flocked up.  She thought she had pretty solid relationships with both Sam and Char, but they had taken off and left her without a word.  Screw both of them.  The second conclusion; she was way sick of this rainy cold weather.  She promised herself she would strip down to a bikini top as soon as she hit the Arizona border.  Two minutes later there was nothing left of her but a cloud of white smoke, and the smell of burnt Dunlop tires.

As soon as she hit the interstate, Moira could feel the dread and fear falling away.  Nobody knew where she was or where she was headed.  It was the total freedom she had been missing.  Half an hour later, she came up behind some biker boy on a Dukati.  For the next several miles, they engaged in a kind of vehicular flirting, darting past each other at break-neck speeds.  The anonymity of the full face shields only added to the exhilaration.  Something about the way they weaved in and out of traffic together reminded Moira of the way hawks make love as they plummet through the air.  He waved for her to follow when he got to his exit, but she only waved goodbye an she roared on, leaving him behind.

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protagonize: author profile thumbnail for redhat "Awesome."
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for Amo1143 "Hey guys, I've been swamped lately, but I'm so happy to see life breathed back into this. :) I tried to post a new chapter just now, but it's not letting me. Apparently I'm too filthy mouthed to post anything not flagged mature. I've scoured the submission five times to remove offense (it's totally clean now) and even cut and pasted it back and forth from Word, still to no avail. I'll have to see what Nick says...In the mean time - awesome writing you guys!!!"
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for surreal78 "They could end, at some point. I'll see about dead-ending once I finish group support. :)"
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for redhat "Well I got Moira out alive. Let's see what we can do about Philly."
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for Jillian "I know! You just made my life by adding another post to this. I hope Amo gets back in on it too.

I know, techincally, these things are never really supposed to end but I feel like this one is so close!
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protagonize: author profile thumbnail for redhat "I hate to see this one fade away. I'm also hoping to get Amo1143 involved again. Where u been??"
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for greg "interesting!!"
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for Amo1143 "Whoa - Sammy's gone renegade! Awesome."
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for Jillian "'Effin brilliant. What a lovely little twist. : )"
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for Amo1143 "Paulie no!!!!"
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for redhat "poor Paulie"
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for Jillian "Amo1143 and redhat, we are officially the greatest team in the history of teams. I've decided."
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for Amo1143 "TOTALLY badass."
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for redhat "Good one J. Moira's a badass."
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for Jillian "Well, I want to write another chapter but nothing I write could come close to how great that chapter was. Awesome job Amo1143...seriously amazing."
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for Amo1143 "I have no idea! I'm just making it up as we go!!! :) You guys keep me on my toes!"
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for redhat "I wish somebody would tell me what's going on up in Philly! The suspense is killing me! Is Martin really up there too? Is that really his finger, or just his ring? And what do they want with Char?? and who are THEY?? :-D"
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for Amo1143 "Redhat and Jillian, I LOVE your additions! It's so fun to see where this story twists!"
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for Amo1143 "Have at it! I'm just its mother - I can't tell it who to play with :)"
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for redhat "Hi guys! I hope you don't mind if I toss in a chapter here and there. Nice writing!"
protagonize: author profile thumbnail for Amo1143 "Yeah! I creeped someone out! :)"

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