”“Not at all. Come on in, we’re nearing Atollon.”Following Serra into the cockpit, Rex now saw that Malik was seated in his usual copilot’s ...chair.“Morning, Rex. Sleep well?”“Very,” he replied with a grin, taking the seat behind Serra.“Ok, coming up on Atollon,” Serra said.“Planetary readings are coming in,” said Malik. “Barren planet, very hot and dry, few signs of life. Pretty much the opposite of our last stop.”“Where was your last stop?” Rex asked casually.“Sorry, but it’s kinda classified,. She took careful aim on the Intern."What does this switch do?" Jennifer tapped a small lever with herfingertip."It switches the weapon from kill to stun," Christina replied.Jennifer flicked the switch to stun and shot the Intern."Let's get out of here and finish the mission." Jennifer held out thephaser to Christina.Christina took the weapon and stroked Jennifer's brow."Allan was right...you really are a loopy cunt." She kissed Jenniferagain softly and stroked her cheek and then Christina was. “Come with me.” She said. I looked at Patty, shrugged, got up and let her lead me out of the room and up the stairs. Before I left, I saw mom go over to Patty with Jack and she seemed to be explaining things to her. Dad was with them, also. I wondered what they were saying, but Maria was intent on getting me up stairs so I just let her lead me away.When upstairs, Maria took me into what must have been their master bedroom. It had a huge bed and nice furniture. I thought we had good stuff at our. "Are you alright?" Ethan whispers after a while. "Mmhmm," I hum, my face resting against his large, hard chest. I'm more than alright. He kisses the top of my head, and I wish I could reciprocate, but I'm still not sure I can move. "That was ..." he starts, and I wait for him to finish, but he doesn't. "Yeah ..." I nod, not sure what to say either. I don't know of a word that exists to describe what just happened. How can you share a moment like that with someone and not feel something....