. the foreigners were all sent to Barcelona to be returned to their countries of origin. Except the Germans and Italians, of course. They were sent to......" Yes, yes. So you think think he's gone home?" Depends. Where's he from?" New Zealand." Where? Is that a country? Where the fuck is New Zealand?" South Pacific. Somewhere near Australia, I think." Ah! A long way to come for someone else's fight. Should have stayed there, silly fuck!" You're here!" Oh yeah! Got told I'd volunteered and to sign. Before he realized what he was doing, Mike leaned over and kissed Briana full on the lips. This was not the innocent peck shared between family members, but the passionate kiss of lovers that is full of sexual heat.Briana pulled away from her brother. Her arms went limp at her sides. Her face was a mask of pure astonishment and she stared at Mike with vacant eyes.Mike was mortified beyond belief. His heart was in his throat as he rose from the bed and backed away from Briana. His breath was. “I brought you a surprise,” he said as he tossed it to her.She fumbled the catch and the long tube hit the floor behind her. He wondered if it was intentional that she turned around and bent over at the waist to pick it up. If it was, he certainly wasn’t going to complain, if it wasn’t he was just going to enjoy the view and keep his mouth shut. She smiled at him as she turned back around. “Better make it twenty minutes,” she said as tipped the bottle in salute. “Thanks, honey,” she called. He recognized them, but wasn't sure from where, or when. Sean knew he was safe with them. The cocoon became denser and seemed to compress around him. Then the scene, the world, disappeared in a blinding flash of light."That is for later," a strange sounding voice said in his mind. He knew, then, that he was in the Dream.The voice didn't sound like anything Sean remembered hearing before. The tonal qualities of the voice almost sounded like many voices blended together, but, it was still one.