Meteoric - Chapter One

Title (chapter): Meteoric (1)
Series: Terrahawks
Notes: Oops. Gravity still works.

When Laine gets home to her university accomodation just in time to witness a small spherical robot punch a hole clean through their roof, she thinks she's having a bad day.

The robot, it turns out, is definitely having a worse one.

Memory inaccessible, no idea who he is or where he came from, it's hard to find your way home (without drawing too much attention) when you're so far above top secret you don't appear to even exist.

...and then there's always that one asshole who wants to sell you...


( Morning rush hour had just begun to pick up when Laine returned home from her night shift at the local supermarket, to the slightly ramshackle but well-loved student flat she shared with five others in east London. Home was empty; her friends had all already left for lectures. She was the only one with a free day, and planned to spend a significant part of it recovering from lugging boxes around all night. )