Looking around while returning to his car, he realized that now he was just across from the entrance to the golf course where he had been scheduled to... meet Vito a half-hour earlier. He started the car and drove it onto the grounds.As he pulled into the parking lot, he spied Vito, swarthy face easily recognized under his typical white-pomponed tam, standing next to his Cadillac. Jack parked his Taurus beside the other car and met the man on the hot sidewalk. Jack grinned sheepishly. "Sorry I'm. This was so different from the wide-open spaces that he called home, that it could have been a completely different planet.“Even the trees are ugly. No wonder they drink,” Donny said while staring at a tree that was stunted from a lack of water and care. There was a scar on the tree trunk that suggested someone had once hit it with a car.“I don’t see how they can even walk around, here, considering all of the broken bottles and trash that’s all over the place,” Joe said after watching a guy. ”“Ar-Thenna, we have been tasked to attack the Vultoqi, but the plan itself simply means our death. We were wondering if your followers or allies could assist us?” Crnnch asked, playing to the gallery somewhat.“Do you all accept me as your goddess?”“Yes,” came a number of stumbling replies as the Adepts finally spoke aloud what they’d all been thinking.“My allies will assist as best they can, but, this will be most dangerous for you. I suggest you retreat as soon as the other hordes are. The three boys swung freely, making contact with whoever they could.Charlie slowly got to his feet and limped away, rubbing his side and jaw. Looking over his shoulder, he saw the scuffle increase in intensity, already bloodying the three faces."You jerk," Charlie chastised himself in the empty hall. "Why did you run? You could have stopped it before it began."He felt hatred towards the boys that he had never felt before. Stopping suddenly, he spun around. The three boys were on the dirty.