"I'll be back when I am done, and this is over. Then you can rest inpeace." As I walked away I heard the raucous sounds of the birds, likelaughter in ...the background as I walked to the car.Ben called me to set up a meeting with myself and all of mycollaborators in this event. That afternoon I went into his office, andfound Laura, Greg, Audrey, his parents, and a stranger. The only openchair was next to Greg, and he stood for me as I sat, something theothers did not miss. Once we were all seated,. There was all types of cool new clothes in the walk-in wardrobe that fit Lauren and Jake perfectly. There was a remote on the dresser draw that controlled an inbuilt music system complete with lights that had different settings from romantic to rock. To top it all off there were condoms in the dresser draw. As the day was coming to an end Jake and Lauren sat on their bed using their laptops. While Lauren was hacking her laptop so she could send a message to her mission controller without the. "Ah. That. Sorry," he said. And he turned his face further to the right.Immediately, it all became apparent. I'd only been seeing half of his face. Most of what was supposed to be on a face was on the left half. There was the other eye ... but it was substantially smaller than the right one, and it was about two inches lower that its mate. The nose was there, but it was immensely broad, stretching from the center of his face to his left cheek. And there was his mouth, too, but it was so far to. Please, please don't do or say anything to get them angry. I'm very worried, but I think they'll let us get out of here if we just follow their orders and act submissive." The look of fear and entreaty in her eyes helped Jim resolve his own internal struggle. He gave her a wan smile and, kissing her on the forehead, said "I'll be waiting right here. I'm sure it'll be alright." Of course he was sure of no such thing.The apparent leader of the three soldiers, who had been smirking through the.