If I good and nice boy could I see Mama and Papa???"I look at Samantha and ask, "Sam, can you help us out by taking Ivan to the medical plane to see h...is mother and father?"Sam smiles at me (I'm not sure what it means after all the fights we've recently had) and agrees, "Sure Liz I would love to." She and Ivan head toward the medical plane while Maria and I begin to push the gurney toward the same plane...Mmmm, this is so nice being connected to Ben again. He's remembering when we won the. The slicers were to be recycled for parts.I was pleased that the intruders made a profit and a loss. I eagerly awaited the news from Jessica and hoped that they were mercenaries or guards. I wanted adventurers or more mercs to come, hoping the word would spread with decent rewards from the chest and the good equipment from the battle slaves and the cores from the Slicers.Four anxious days later Ora and Jessica returned. “Report.”“Commander, by their actions and apparel, they were mercenaries.. It took all of my self control toease his hand away. "Later," I said.# # #It was during that wait that ConGen came e-mailing, demanding what weowed them. Maybe that's unfairly harsh. In truth, they treated us withrespect and were always reasonable with what they asked of us. It'sjust that, at the time, we were still very much struggling with ouridentities. They seemed to appreciate this, just as we tried toappreciate the scale and importance of the PR campaign which wouldcenter around. The next morning I got up and went to the shop. Since nagging bitch was home I figured she could get the girls ready for school. When I came home that evening Brandy’s stuff was in the master bedroom and nagging bitch had put her own belongings in Brandy’s room. I prepared an evening meal for us and relaxed in front of the TV. Kate usually shared my lap with Brandy. One sat on each leg and leaned back and we watched whatever was on. Kate fell asleep as usual and I carried her to bed and went in.