“You’re Senior Agent Reeds and Senior Agent Roberts,” the man says assuredly. “Yes, yes, I know all about you. Come. Come.”Both agents becom...e hyperaware. Spencer’s gun is set in his holster in way that will make it easy to draw while Samantha’s is still drawn, ready to be aimed and fired. And entering a house unknown to them may not be the smartest idea, but sometimes chances have to be taken in order to move forward.“I don’t like this, Spence,” Sam whispers.“Neither do I,” he says quickly over. Due to the extreme seriousness of the current crisis and the absolute need for a speedy confirmation, I will call both men, and ask them for their courtesy in making this happen immediately. I will remain available to oversee, or do the swearing in, as soon as both houses vote to confirm." Thank you Mr. Chief Justice. I will do just as you recommend, right now."Please tell me, Mr. Chief Justice, how did you come to be notified, just now, ahead of the rest of us?"Before he answered, Ken Stanton. She helped the young girl get under the covers and tucked her in. She turned the light off and pulled the door closed. Marge went back to her room, climbed into bed next to Don, and put her arm around his waist."Is everything alright?" he asked.Marge told him about their conversation and how Kim was just growing up."Tough times for teenagers. I am glad it is all behind us."She pulled herself closer to Don. "She asked about our parents."Don rolled over and faced Marge, put his arm around her.. I pitched up into a climb, and promptly had another SAM thrown at us."Tomboy, this is George. We've got an active site here if you need the business." Copy, George. We just launched against it. They'll shut up in a moment."Even as he spoke I saw another SAM stand up on its pillar of smoke and bend toward us. It started to accelerate, then there were a lot of explosions all over the launch site, just boom-boom-boom, like that.Without a controlling radar, the SAM went ballistic and headed for the.