None of them stood a chance against such advanced weaponry and they knew it. Several of them pissed their pants, much to my amusement.“Hand me your ...flashlight, buddy. Nice and slow. There we go. Now, you have two choices. You can be converted with the Converter here. Or you can be Atomized with this. Your choice. I really don’t want to have to clean up any more remains, so those are your options. Choose wisely, my friends,” I instructed the mere twenty or thirty odd survivors of the assault.“I. "Shhh," I said."I did everything I was supposed to, Ollie. Honest." It doesn't matter," I said, and her sigh turned to a whimper as the footsteps came down the hall. Stomp, stomp, stomp, faster now, with a purpose.The door burst open upon our little performance of two normal kids quietly minding their own business. We both looked up, putting on the proper scared face. Not scared, but sort of concerned about what might be troubling him."Where's the god damn bottle opener?" he said."The.... "Do you know what this is?" I showed him a small hand held electronic game unit."A children's video game system?" he guessed."That's what it is supposed to look like, but it is a ten in one data system. It is an infrared unit among others. It's how I know who is behind the walls. Working for the government has it's perks." I wondered about that. Very cool," he said. It was of course a kid's game set bought at Walmart for $90 before we left Aster."Let's go look at a temple," I suggested. I knew. " Nicole stared over at the man, and Anna felt her power at work. After a few seconds, Nicole smiled and said, "There." What did you do?" Take a look."Anna went over and looked at the sleeping man's face. From the first look, though, Anna could tell that the appellation "man" no longer applied. The man's face had softened and rounded, and, even under the grime, was clearly visible as a woman's face. Nicole said, "He used his manhood to offend me, so it seems only appropriate that he lose it.".