No sooner does she reach for the edge of her sleeping bag and pull it up to cover herself that the stranger is standing there in the water only a few ...feet away. Even before he is able to retrieve his soap he sees her. "Hello there. I thought that I was all alone here," he smiles unabashedly and makes no attempt to conceal his nakedness. "I was... I was just... uh... uh," she stammers nervously, visibly embarrassed. The hiker smiles and steps out of the stream. Water drips from his body and. ” Yim said.He then rose from his chair and started to walk towards the crystal screen on a far side wall he then menacingly spat his words, “Considering they took my brother away from me, I’ll take my time killing them.”“Captain.” His navigator’s voice woke him from his hateful ramblings.“Yes.” He said in a low voice.“Their ship increased speed. They will be here in few minutes.” Navigator said.Both Yim and Amon gazed at one another. “Why would they do that? Are our generators functioning. Norfleet looked over at Timothy as I had. He didn't look any better toher than he had looked to us on Saturday. His face was still grotesquelyswollen and there were tubes, wires, and bandages everywhere."Poor thing really has suffered terribly," she said. Then she turned backto me. "There is an awful lot involved in becoming certified to takefoster children. It is a lengthy process. But when will you know theoutcome of the vote?" They vote at 2:00 this afternoon. I'll know when Nathan comes to. I glanced at a shocked, relieved Mataoka cradling our precious child. Then I looked over at Walla, who was sitting up intently. Walla caught my eye and drew his finger across his neck in a very clear instruction to me. Without thinking about it, I leaned down over the vanquished and gave the necessary coup de grace. There was, I realized, no way I dared let Ahanu wander the earth and wait out his revenge.The braves still stood around me, spears in their hands. I looked around firmly. “Mataoka.