. if the noise could be called speech."We're full up here, go away." We'd just like a look ... oooh ... that's an unfriendly action." Evidently, you h...ave ... excuse me," said ground.In the muffled background, there was just enough 'speech' getting through for April to translate to us."Ground is speaking to someone who was very impressed by the destruction of whatever they launched at us. There are several voices used to using power and command and they decided we're worth capturing ... and. ’ The basement had been remodeled into a game room, with a pool table as the centerpiece. The backyard sloped away from the house. Through the windows, a swimming pool sparkled in the afternoon sun. ‘How long have you been a prostitute?’ ‘Shit!’ thought Hannah. She didn’t answer for a while. Then, using her arrest record as a point of reference, she said, ‘On and off for about two years. But, I’m not anymore.’ Annie opened a bi-fold door, to reveal the laundry room. Clothes lay in sorted piles. This was crazy, everything — everything was still there except Ken-Gi, O'Kei, Tia and Erika. I grabbed my gun belt and then took care of my injuries with my aid kit. Twenty stitches, an ankle air-splint in only ninety minutes and I was repacking my backpack. Less than 30 minutes later I was tracking the group that had attacked me and taken my friends.Four hours had passed since this all started; could I make up that much time with my ankle the way it was? I had to try. The group had gone down. "You just lay there and try to guess where the next kiss is going to land. It's not one of those games where you have to keep score or anything, in the end, everyone wins!" Aren't you going to *punish* me if I guess wrong?"I lifted up her chin with my forefinger, acting like I was offended. "Of *course* I am! Did we think we were going to get *away* with something? You'll just have to be *teased* until you start learning how to play the game. Ok, now it's time for your first guess."A moment.