”“Okay,” Inkie resumed control, “Here’s our offer. Yes, there’s a place on our panel for you. Your pre-pack is welcome. Once our drones co...nfirm your location is safe and secure, we’ll detail Marines to extract you. Fair warning,” she continued, “anything goes wrong, there will probably be bodies, yours among them.”“Understood,” came the reply. “We’ll wait to hear from you.”Vivie looked at Gunny and Melody, “The Kuh’s Marines are total cherries for an extraction, but I know them all. They won’t. .. what she was thinking about. Uncle Bob knew what she was doing! That had been clear in that cryptic comment he'd made. She flushed again at the instantaneous understanding that had come to her when his words had sunk in, and the comment that had popped out of her mouth.She almost groaned. He was waiting for her. The bike was waiting for her. Her parents were waiting for her. She had to go, even if she had to face Bob, knowing that he knew what she'd been doing.On the way out, she was. A couple seconds later, Kara took off after the Alphadroid while Zatanna started trying to herd the reporters to safety inside the building.The reporters were trying to duck to find safety ... and trying to film me being carried away ... and trying to film Alphadroid running across the parking lot ... and trying to locate the source of the shot ... all at the same time.One of their cameras caught the image of Alphadroid 01 running across the parking lot. Without stopping or noticeably slowing,. Can you make it tomorrow or do you want to meet me at Helen's Sit Down."I had something a little quieter in mind," he answered."I'm sure you did," While we spoke I had been checking some of his book review. The prick was the Michael Moore of the print industry. After the reviews I couldn't believe that the controllers, or more likely the case officer, wanted me to meet with the prick."Do you really want to be seen talking to me," he asked with a laugh. Then he added, "Why don't I pick you up.