Who gets stuck with the Jap?"Tony's brow furrowed and he looked down at my hand as if a bird hadshit on his sleeve. "Jap? Oh... you mean Jodie. She's ...not Japanese -she's Chinese."Brooks snorted. "See? She's a Chink - not a Jap." Yeah," Tony said. There was an unpleasant note in his voice. "JodieChang. She works for the Pontiac store next to us. What's theproblem?"Hell, I had started it. Me and my big mouth. I had been hanging aroundwith Brooks so long I had forgotten how to be politically. My heartracing and my head darting rapidly looking for the source of the noise.Madison's cell phone. Blasting the latest Katy Perry song. I exhaled andblew the hair out of my face. The phone said "Chloe" was calling. Notwanting to blow our cover I answered it in my best Maddie impression,"Sup girlfriend?" Did you just say 'Sup Girlfriend?'" the voice on the other like asked.Stupid. Stupid. Stupid..."Sorry, I'm still half asleep. What's up?" Not much, just wanted to see if you started any of. I got up, grabbed my computer and Masha immediately questioned, "Jack my love, what are you doing?"I smiled at her and said, "Well I need to let the Major know I missed getting deployed with team Vympel."She got a concerned look on her face and asked, "What will you tell him?"I dejectedly shook my head, "I was going to tell him I was sick but I don't have any proof."She smiled and offered, "Jack, do not contact him until I return. I will obtain a report from the hospital which states you had a. ” Jake bit his lit pensively as he continued to tune the shortwave. “No idea of the source; we're assuming it's terrorist activity, although it doesn't quite match their known profiles – damn, seems like HQ is offline now.” “I'm thinking more along the lines of an infestation – seems unlikely a terrorist group could coordinate an attack of this magnitude.” I swerved violently to avoid several more cloisters of attacking nymphos. “What's the plan?” “Primarily, focus is on preserving our.