.of course I am, why would you even ask that?" Faith saidsurprised. "Well, I figured that maybe you might stay...you know...as you are." Why would I......I mean...this isn't even my real body," Faith saidflustered."It's your body as long as you don't change it, but that's your decision. You don't have to decide that right now, but since this might be your lastnight as...my partner, we should go out and celebrate." What are you talking about? One of those alien machines is out in thecity and we. ”The young extremely attractive brunette with the slender body of a cross-country runner turned over in the narrow twin bed and peeked with one eye open at the small digital clock on the nightstand.At that very instant the dial flicked from 7:00 to 7:01 and the pretty young senior student bolted out of the sheets to reveal all she wore in the nocturnal hours was a skimpy pair of pussy-cat panties and an almost invisible fourteen carat gold anklet chain given to her by Josh Randell on her. She loved burying herself in the Ministry's library, sitting at her usual table in a remote, seldom-visited corner, surrounded by stacks of old newspaper articles and records. In the last few years internal ministry papers of all kinds had been declassified, not because the Ministry was becoming more open (in fact the opposite was the case), but because most Ministry records were sealed only so long and then automatically became public, and so more and more highly pertinent documents were. "Where the hell did Geraint come from, he's dead - I know he's dead!" Simon shouted with surprise."Kill the shape-shifter, kill it now!!" An'natha roared.June's vision narrowed; she seemed to be peering down a long shiny pipe. From nowhere, the desire to flee permeated her. Every fibre of her being cried for escape! She rammed hard into the ranks of confused bodies in front of her, sending them scattering. June could see the carnage, the limbs flailing, the bodies flying away from her with.