The Ides of January by Grumpy Ghost Owl
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Summary:

Zoltar is nothing if not persistent in his efforts to assassinate his nemesis. Chief Anderson, however, is not an easy man to kill.  Sequel to Spectra Spiny Anteater.

This story forms part of the BotP: 2163 series. Click on the series link below to view the recommended reading order.


Rated: 18+
Categories: Battle of the Planets
Characters: 7-Zark-7/1-Rover-1/Susan, Chief Anderson, Jason, Keyop, Mark, Original Character, Phoenix/God Phoenix, Princess, Tiny Harper
Genre: Action/Adventure
Story Warnings: Adult Situations, Death, Mild Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Timeframe: Sequel
Universe: Alternate Universe
Challenges: None
Series: Battle of the Planets: 2163
Chapters: 6 Completed: Yes
Word count: 26072 Read: 20792
Published: 05/15/2007 Updated: 05/23/2007
Story Notes:


This story is part of my Battle of the Planets: 2163 series. It picks up eight weeks after the events depicted in Spectra Spiny Ant Eater (co-written with Mark Stalter) and takes place over the course of a single day. Datelines are expressed in Western Standard Time, as used in Center City and surrounding areas.

The Ides are a certain day of the month according to the Roman Calendar. Julius Caesar was killed on the Ides of March (March 15) as immortalised in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar as the prophetic warning, "Beware the Ides of March!" The Ides of any given month are worked out according to the following rules:

The Kalends always falls on the first of the month. The Nones falls on the fifth, except as described by the following poem:

March, July, October, May,
The Nones are on the seventh day.

The Ides falls eight days after the Nones.

The Ides of January, therefore, is the 13th of January in any given year. Why January? The prequel to this story features an attack on an Antarctic base, and there isn't a screaming blizzard, so the story must be set somewhere in the Antarctic spring or summer. The weather back in Center City is mild, so it must be autumn, or fall, there. The only month I can think of that fits the bill for the setting of Spectra Spiny Ant-Eater, therefore, is November (spring comes late to Antarctica) and this story is set eight weeks after that, so it must be January.

1. Chapter 1 by Grumpy Ghost Owl [Reviews - 1] starstarstarstarstar (4616 words)

2. Chapter 2 by Grumpy Ghost Owl [Reviews - 0] (2802 words)

3. Chapter 3 by Grumpy Ghost Owl [Reviews - 0] (4762 words)

4. Chapter 4 by Grumpy Ghost Owl [Reviews - 0] (4106 words)

5. Chapter 5 by Grumpy Ghost Owl [Reviews - 0] (4434 words)

6. Chapter 6 by Grumpy Ghost Owl [Reviews - 0] (5352 words)