Bursts written by David Taylor.

Sirens blared. Cars whipped by as blurs. Out here on the causeway, civilians were all too eager to make way for the police. Aiden ignored them all, the knuckles of his fists bulging and white.

Suddenly, the radio crackled into life. “This is Unit Four-One-Nine, we have spotted the vans. I count three. I say again, there...

The sails of the ship fluttered in the breeze and the boat beneath Tom’s feet rocked gently from side to side as it was lapped by the frothing waves. He smiled as the breeze played across his face and listened to the excited shrieks of gulls contentedly as the birds spied the vessel and gathered in force overhead.

They...