That was exactly why extraterrestrial invasion doctrine dictated that forces landed so far out."That's part of what we're coming out here to find out,... Lon said. "If they haven't unloaded any tanks yet and if they haven't even started to, General Jackson might give the order. He'd be an idiot not to." Lon shrugged. "Of course I'm not convinced yet that he's not an idiot." You have to admit," Horishito said, lugging the SAW across his back, "he was right about holding back on the shift of. It was a ship, an orb filled with a living mucus in which I floated. Ailerons on the hull guided my craft through the air ensuring a direct hit. I would enter through her nose, a pair of massive holes on the front of her flat face. I was so tiny in comparison it was almost impossible to miss. But I was blind to all of these things. Operating the craft was not my job. I was just a passenger. I was just a piece of the machine. I was sucked in as the Kraken prepared her next roar. Inside her head. " He pulled his hand away so he could get off the bed and return to the couch, but she grabbed it. He looked at her curiously. She didn't ask him to stay but grabbed his hand and laced her fingers through his as she turned on her side facing him, and laid her forehead against his chest. Dave lightly placed a kiss on the top of her head before settling onto the pillow and falling back asleep.When Kayla awoke again around 1pm, she couldn't believe she had slept in that long, she hadn't done that. Nothing more was said and I had forgotten most of our first visit. By this time three weeks had gone by and then the phone rang. My wife answered and she talked for a few minutes before telling me Bonnie wanted to talk to me. I took the receiver and listened and had little to say."Bonnie asked me to come over for a few minutes," I told Linda after hanging up."What does she want?" I don't know. She said something about her and John but wouldn't tell me on the phone. You want to come with me?".