" Several of his men moved in among the prospective passengers, handing out large Ziploc bags and markers."You know that you are to make the trip in h...ibernation. There is nothing to be afraid of. We have moved literally hundreds of people this way, and have never lost a single person. What it amounts to is a fairly long state of general anesthesia. At the same time, you body temperature is lowered in order to slow down your metabolism. You consume less oxygen and take up less space, which. Her parents probablyforced her to go outside andsocialise, and Cliowould rather blow her own brains out than do that - though I think every f******n year oldgirl these days thinks that way.In school, Clio, TJ, Matty, Jennifer and I were all having lunch. Clio, who generallystays away from her younger sister, looked very disgruntled to have her sitting withus. I guess I can see why. The two sisters are polar opposites - Clio is very tall, verythin andvery pale, with a face full of piercings-on. Thatmade him laugh a bit, and he thanked me. “Seriously”,he said, “having everyone here see me dancing with sucha beautiful woman will help me get more dates.Guaranteed!” He was such a sweet man.My plan was working perfectly, but Tom didn’t arrive ontime. When he was about an hour late I went outside andchecked my messages. There was one from him – he neededto work late and had swung by the bar but didn’t see mycar. He apologized and said he’d be. She told me where she was, I told her to wait ten minutes. Now I can admit to myself that I did feel concern, I was worried about the tone of the call and her condition. I pulled up to where she told me to be and my sister scuttled almost invisibly from a black on black shadow to my car. She threw open the door, slid low into the passenger seat then slammed the door shut. The first thing I noticed was that her blouse was torn across one shoulder revealing a thin red bra strap, her long blond.