Ex-Patriots
“George crossed the Krypton fence line. He’d circled the base once to make sure they knew he was there. A group of soldiers waited for him. They didn’t aim their weapons at him as he landed, but they didn’t make a point of aiming them away, either.
“Hey,” he said, pushing the biker goggles away from his eyes. “I think you were expecting me. I’m St.
George.”
One soldier stepped forward. He was about the same age as the hero and wore a single chevron on his chest. “Sir,”
he said, “we weren’t expec...ting you until later this evening.”
“I got done early in Los Angeles. Decided to see if I could race the sun.”
None of them relaxed. “Do you have any ID on you, sir?”
St. George blinked. “Seriously? Are there a lot of people trying to get onto the base who can fly?”
“Standard procedure, sir,” said the soldier.
“If you don’t have ID someone here on base will have to vouch for you.”
Twin lines of smoke curled out of St.
George’s nostrils. “Well,”MoreLess
“Hey,” he said, pushing the biker goggles away from his eyes. “I think you were expecting me. I’m St.
George.”
One soldier stepped forward. He was about the same age as the hero and wore a single chevron on his chest. “Sir,”
he said, “we weren’t expec...ting you until later this evening.”
“I got done early in Los Angeles. Decided to see if I could race the sun.”
None of them relaxed. “Do you have any ID on you, sir?”
St. George blinked. “Seriously? Are there a lot of people trying to get onto the base who can fly?”
“Standard procedure, sir,” said the soldier.
“If you don’t have ID someone here on base will have to vouch for you.”
Twin lines of smoke curled out of St.
George’s nostrils. “Well,”MoreLess
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