“Hey there. Do me a favor and go give this to Rusty, little man. Directly to his hand and nobody else. Got it?”“Yes sir, got it! See ya Mr. Bohi...ca!” And with that, he was running off down the street.I drove over to Control, and went into the Tactical Operations Center. Dr. Tran was there, as was Sarge. I went up and shook his hand, and he told me that when he saw the request for volunteers he flew down to help personally monitor the operation.“We have 30 Paladins from all over the region here. " What could happen? I'll probably just go to the Sonic," I protested."Good, I can always use a diet soda," she countered. "Alex, you seem to have a way of getting yourself into trouble, besides the fact you're still suffering from a concussion and shouldn't really be driving. We all depend on you, and we'd be lost without you. Our entire future, no, the entire future of our species depends upon you. While we all share some unique abilities, only you can activate them, and only you can handle. His crime was a bar fight, but the real crime was kicking the ass of a local politician’s son. Well the kid’s broken arm might have figured into it. He did three years of his his five year bit at the prison farm. He was a model prisoner. The parole board took that into account along with the fact that he was a war hero. Even after his release Ty battled PTSD. He was a complex character.Meanwhile back in reality I rode my trike and cursed the cold. Janet got tired of the early morning bike rides. “Is this a ghost town?” Gloria asked as they entered the town square. The main road entered the square from the north and made a left turn and headed east heading down to the water of the Gulf of Mexico.“It sure looks like it.” Willa shared. There was no one on the streets, no dogs barking, nothing moving, not even the wind. They did hear a child crying.“Look, there is a man over there. Let’s go ask him where a Café is?” Brad suggested. The four pulled their rolling cases along behind them..