Yvette went into her study and turned on the computer. She had once been told not to use a computer in athunderstorm but that was an old wives tale. S...he grinned."Let's see what I can do to poor Timmy now?"Lighting crashed nearby! Yvette looked up, startled, and saw somethingusually seen only by aviators and seamen, ball lighting! Ball lighting!She had heard of it, but didn't believe it existed! It sailed towardher as if somehow drawn. She tried to back away but was too late. Itenveloped Yvette. What was happening to me? It was like I had no muscle tone at all. Ifelt so weak and helpless. Fear gripped me as I realized Margaret andall of her friends were now stronger than me. A bunch of stupidgirls! I was completely at Margaret's mercy! For the first time in mylife, I felt real fear.The girls all cheered my utter defeat. It wasn't often they got tophysically control a boy - much less an older one. It was clear thatthey enjoyed the experience.Heather spoke up excitedly: "You're going to. It was wrong. It was dangerous. I’d regret it in the morning, but boy would it feel good tonight. I knew there would be no turning him down.I stepped back to try and regain the contact, but he moved back with me keeping the distance. I knew he wouldn’t touch me again until I folded to his demands.As if in confirmation, Xander leaned forward again to breathe into my ear once more. “Say it.”I waited for the feeling of emptiness to fade. I waited to not need his touch, not need him. The relief. And people can't start thinking about procrastination astime is a factor in our project." You had me up until the boat," Alex finally answered sarcastically. TheDoctor ignored the jibe."And that leaves us with the question what to do with you. Punitively.There's no need for you to go back to work, that much is clear - thathelps with one of our problems, since we can repurpose some othercolonist with a low workload. Keep them busy, stop them thinking aboutways to kill their own braincells. .