Monique had gone but a few yards when she found the cause of the strange noises, to her horror she saw a young slave boy, he had obviously just been b...aten by one of the overseers. Monique was stunned and rushed to the boy’s side, he was startled by her but was in too much pain to run, he just lay there and awaited what he thought would be another beating. ‘Do not be afraid I won’t hurt you, my name is Monique.’ Monique had spoken in French, and the boy didn’t understand her, she tried again. "***"Green Leader, command, ", crackled over the comm as Torreswatched his destroyers and fighters begin manoeuvring andfiring at the enemy ships. "Engaging the covering screen." Move in at quarter speed, Helm," the admiral ordered."Scan, watch those nebulae closely. I want to hear it ifanything moves in either one of them, got that?" Aye, sir," the scan chief acknowledged. "Still no activityshowing."***"He's forming the line," Lochnadd nodded as the Human shipsbegan to form up with the smaller. She ran a finger across my knob and through the sticky fluid. She continued to trace down my shaft exploring the ridges and veins. Cindy finally wrapped her hand around my shaft and gently squeezed with her fingers."It feels so alive," Cindy said.Her hand moved up and down in slow gently strokes. She turned her head and looked at me with those big brown innocent eyes. She smiled and turned her head back to concentrate on the task she was performing. If this was her first hand-job she could have. Approaching the light, one could see why, for it came from the lanternof a man. Only man, of all the beasts who walked the earth, sought suchpetty victories over nature. Maybe because few other beasts were asill-suited to deal with it. Thus he harnessed fire for warmth or tocook his meat. Or on a night and in a place like this, he used it tochase away the dark, to expose terrors that lurked inside the shadows.However, for this particular man, the lantern provided nothing morethan light to see,.