"One of those, huh? Sorry again, Sarge. I will patch her up as good as I can. I can already tell she needs a couple of X-rays, a SART visit, and proba...bly a CAT scan. Did they get in her?" I don't think so, but treat her like they did, Mal. Do what you can with what we have here and we will hump her out after I get in touch with base, hopefully on a bird," I told him, ruefully adding, "I doubt we will be staying if Hall was that excited. Pass on what I said about names to Raval and Fernandez. “That thing has to be around here somewhere. Keep your guard up or else that thing will take you out!” Liana yells out.“Right!” The pair yell in unison. A figure slithers around the room as its movements echo across the glass chamber. It slinks around as they pull out their weapons, ready for anything to come at them. With tentacles dropping down from above, trying to wrap up around them. Moving instinctively, they slash up at the tentacles cutting them as they retract, moving up towards the. They were in the front room. I pulled out my cell and shot them through the sliding glass doors at the back. Thank gawd for modern cell phones! He was banging her from behind while she knelt on the couch. I got about ten pictures, put away my cell and entered noisily through the sliding glass door. They heard me.The two turned, looked at me, and continued doing what they were doing. I went upstairs. The nerve! I thought. I seethed, but I waited. About fifteen minutes later, I heard the front. She was still on her knees in front of me when I looked up to see Emmylou standing in our doorway, naked.“Josey, I hated to interrupt you like this, but Jillian and Josalyn are here. Do you want me to bring them up now, or give y’all time to get dressed?”“Bring them up. You and Rondo come up, too.”Jillian and Josh rushed into our bedroom wearing oversize pullover shirts and what looked like pajama bottoms. Both of them were crying.When I saw Jillian with a black-eye, I was mad enough to go.