"James Ryan, I'm going to say this once, and once only."Like her Dad, Anita rarely used second names, with this being the first time in her life that ...he had addressed him that way. But desperate times required desperate measures. Right now, she felt desperate."My name's Anita Lorraine, not Megan Dianne! She might have left you ... us ... but I'm not going anywhere. I've had all fucking day with that realization pounding in my head. Maybe where we're going is a little unorthodox ... okay, a lot. They overturn one of the tables next to the dance floor and using belts and table cloths, tie me to it.The guy that had approached you from the back grabbed you and pulled you to him, swaying to the music. As he ground himself against you, one of the other guys came up behind you and he too started to grind against you from behind.I don't know why, but I have this crazy image of a life size ice cream sandwich as I watch the three of you on the dance floor, your soft pale skin highlighted. "You've impressed the hell out of us with the amount of work you've been doing." If you keep practicing like you have been," added Dad, "we'll pay for two half-hour lessons per week, too--either at Hank's or wherever you think is better." Thank you so much," I said. Given Ursus's vast knowledge, I didn't need lessons, but I wasn't going to argue about it, then.Fortunately, I was soon out of the spotlight. Mom handed Mary a package. It was a book, Easy Piano Songs, with a note attached to it.. The person in front of you is Doctor Jane Blacksmith. It is the year 2040. During the year 2020 theworld's largest war ever erupted, a war which violated all rules of nature, a war which changed the healthy planet into a fast decaying world. Over this time many powers rose and crumbled, powerfull races vanished without leaving any traces. The earth’s atmosphere was torn apart and thinned greatly. Over 99 percent of world population was wiped out of the face of this planet. All other living.