"Do I remind you of someone?"For some reason, the name Karen leapt to mind, though they really didn't look alike. Strange."Oh, no... I'm sorry," I man...ged, as I stalled for time trying to think of some way to explain why I had, indeed, been watching her. But she took me off the hook by extending her hand and smiling."I'm Kate. I work in IT with Pyramid Corporation up on twenty-five." Sarah," I answered, relieved that she was willing to move on. "I'm with Ackerman & Williams... advertising.... That's when he grabbedme again and said 'come on girl, you know that you want tofuck me. All women want to be fucked.' He was holding myarm, trying to pull my arm down so that he could look at mybreasts. That's when I surprised him and struck at his facewith my sharp fingernails."Her normally hoarse voice dropped to a mere whisper as shelooked at her hand recalling that incident."I remember his groan as my fingernails made four bloodytracks across his upper cheek. He grabbed his face andstared. I can also spare some fuel, if that will help.”“It will. See you in a few.”“Now Admiral, it sounds like the playing field has changed again. You may become a sea Admiral again.”“Only if it’s to serve my King,” Victor responded, leaving Grant wondering just how serious the man was.“We’ll discuss that later. Pick those you need as a crew, so that everyone else can be preparing to leave.”“Barbara,” Grant called as he left the bridge.“Yes, Your Highness,” she giggled.“Now cut that out!”“Jack Benny. I see you’ve found your way into my library. You all look lovely tonight. Can I offer you a drink, something to eat? Oh. You’re dead. You can’t. Sorry. Well. Let’s get down to it then. PAIGE Wait a minute. What is this place. Am I damned or not? VERONICA Yeah. Look, I just got here. Give me a minute to catch my breath…. so to speak. What are we being held here for? The other women chime in. Yeah. What gives? This isn’t right…. (And so on and so forth) PAIGE Who the hell are you anyway?.