He survived because the only human that was close to the crash allowed him to lodge in his human mind..." And now General Branch is trying to find us,..." JJ concluded with the last image she had of General Branch emerging from her front door and being surrounded by reporters."Wow," her uncle said in amazement.He believed her. All three of them believed her. She could feel that in them."Do you know when the General will be here?" Collette asked."No," JJ said with a sigh. "I know he has a van with. “Hello!” I bellowed happily.“I need to talk to Lara!” a desperate voice blurted out, shattering my grin.“What? Who is this?”“Please, can you put her on?”“Pete? What’s going on?”“Is she there?”“Tell me what’s going on!”“Skinner got mad again ... He’s not going to do the talent show!”“What? He quit?” I exclaimed, as Lara and the twins slowed their activity and stared at me.“Yeah, and I’m freaking out! Everything is fucked up!”“Calm down, man. It’ll be all right.”“It won’t! I can’t ... I need to. He made one more pass to my hips before placing his hands on the bed and walked himself up my body, kissing along my stomach on his way up. He paused at my breasts, giving each one an appreciative kiss. I instinctually pulled my arms to run my fingers through his short hair, but nearly forgot about the restraints around my wrists. This was going to be more difficult than I anticipated, but I was intrigued to see how this would end up. He finally brought himself level with me. For a moment, we. Have not eaten, you. Are under great pressure as Captain, you. Are worried about surviving, you, and just learned that many of your crew are infected with a parasite that will turn them into monsters.”Danica rubbed the Captain’s back. “That’s enough to overwhelm anyone.”Belita sighed. “Aye.’ Then she shook her head angrily. “It innae like I’ve never been stressed out before, or in danger before. Hell, I kinda like that feeling most of the time. It’s just ... none of my usual ways of handling it.