Niceteddy, by the way, not a patch on my doll, though...Do you know, theyonly feed us bread and water, send us to bed at eight and make sure weget up ...before dawn to scrub the place out and then, to cap it all, thewhip..." Tracy Anne Stewart, what are you saying to this poor girl?"Both our heads snapped around as we saw an elderly lady, at least 40walk up to us and put her hands on her hips."Oh, erm, hello Matron, just saying how wonderful it is here." Scoot." Pardon me?" Vamoose, go, leave,. " Anja spoke. "And he gave me permission to be on this mission." You requested to go on this crazy trip?" Kevin asked aghast.Anja turned her head slowly and looked into the rear of the Raptor. Her eyes quickly found where Julie and Danny were stowing their gear, and both of them chose that moment to turn and make eye contact with her. She glanced at Martin then, who was staring at her with those beautiful dark eyes. She held his gaze for several moments before turning back to Kevin. "This is. I still remember the moon was intensely bright that night and everything felt so alive and mysterious.After hanging around for as long as I could stand it I grabbed a jacket and headed outside. (I don't know why I picked this particular jacket but it was a black suit jacket that my folks bought me for 8th grade graduation. That was significant to what happened later; something I could never have imagined.)We lived on a quiet sort of street that was a loop off a main through street. You know the. . äh.. Ranger! Ist jemand da? Hier ist es nicht mehr sicher, bitte öffnen sie die Tür!", rief ein Mann, doch wie ein Ranger klang der nicht wirklich. Emilia zumindest war nicht überzeugt. "Wie oft willst du noch fragen? Jetzt mach einfach die scheiß Tür auf du Idiot.", sagte ein anderer. Emmi's Augen weiteten sich und sie lief schnell zu der versteckten Falltür im Wohnzimmer, die unter den Boden der Hütte führte. Gerade noch rechtzeitig, denn Sekunden später hörte sie einen der Männer sagen:.