“I will do all and everything I can do to find her!” Zan nearly shouted.Derrick looked at Zan and nodded, “Until we find her, I’m afraid that ...ucie will continue to hate you. I’m sorry to say that can’t be helped. As I am sure you noticed they bonded quite closely.” Derrick looked at Mary as she nodded.A moment later both Rayburn and Kimison appeared. “Yes Sire; you called us?”Derrick nodded as he pointed to Zan. “Zan contains information, about an old enemy that has a new defense, you might. . that meat, by the damned way, that did not arrive at my door today as instructed?” Bobby moved his position in order to get a better view of the blonde.“Now ma'am, if you remember, you stipulated one day a week and for my visits to be a surprise, 'sides you also said that your daughter Tara was to work for me on a Saturday with no pay other than for a mutually agreed reward. Today is Saturday, ok?” Bobby stared at the silhouette of the long slender legs under the blonde's dress; he licked dry. “When have you ever seen such soldiers, John? Is it your imagination overspilling your head?”“My darling, such warriors with such weapons and tactics existed in my world a long, long, long time ago. They were known as hoplites. They were able to defeat forces three times their own size with ease.”“Oh. Do you propose putting together such forces now?”“No. Those fabled soldiers were all men, and were effective in their own time. Our warriors are effective in their own way, with weapons that are. People have made improvements on it. The original patents aren't in such high demand anymore," Ed said."How bad is it?" Sid asked with a frown."We saw a five percent drop this year. I expect that the money will drop to about ten percent of what we see now in ten years," Ed answered.William sat back in his chair wondering how he had missed that coming. Looking into the possible futures, he didn't see anything about the Fusion Foundation failing. In fact, he saw it playing a large role in the.