" It's okay," I reassured her, "We're going to do this together. It's just you and me now. Like the good old days."Heather suddenly reached forward an...d I gathered her to me as I felt her shaking in my arms before she sat back and took a deep breath.Both eye patches were taped in place with a single bandage wrapped around her head to make sure they remained secure. I stood up and undid the clip at the back of her head and slowly unwound it until it fell away in a long strip. Using my fingers, I. That was the dangerous part, to Sophia's mind. She'd been hoping to play off his shock at seeing her, for her plan to work. But there'd been no recognition there at all.With arms that ached both from injury and from the strenuous work of the morning, she slowly levered the canopy back into place over the cabin. The flight deck's blinding white lights refracted through the gunk that was still smeared all over the transparent panels.Sophia tapped on one of the Warlock's comms in a vain attempt to. Do I make myself clear?"Terrified, Erika nodded."Good. Then we have come to an arrangement. Marx, would you be so kind as to un-gag Mrs. Erika Adams."The bound blonde felt the knot being untied behind her head the Marx unwound it from holding in the cloth. Not-to-gently, Marx then pulled the black cloth from out of Erika's mouth."It's at home," Erika gasped, "Untie me and I will take you there to get it."Erika hardly got the words out before Marx shoved the cloth back into Erika's mouth and. " I'm sorry to hear you're leaving. I know you haven't felt comfortable around me lately with all this bad stuff going on. I'm just thankful you and the kids have not been hurt. We've all been lucky," I said really feeling the emotion."Another thing," Kathy continued, "I saw how you just reacted and kicked that guy, killing him. It was automatic, almost a natural reaction. Jake was like that. Are all you ex G.I.'s that way? Do you all kill so easily?" Kathy, I didn't mean to kill him, I was.