The waiting period to take delivery of the newest member of our family was moving forward at what seemed to be a snail's pace. On the eighth month cur...osity got the best of Jean and me so we went to the doctor's office for an ultrasound. We had pictures of previous tests but you could not determine much. It looked like Jean was going to deliver a blob. Jean got up on the table with what resembled a basket ball poking up. The doctor fired up the ultrasound machine and the picture on the screen. ’ The plane descended further, giving Niko a birds-eye view of the terrain of southwest New Mexico. It was a barren-looking place, devoid of most signs of humanity. He’d never seen it from this angle. ‘You think your pal, Johnny, was telling us the truth?’ he asked Brick. ‘Yeah,’ Brick answered. ‘He knows better than to cross me. I just hope we managed to get in under the military radar.’ ‘How we gonna handle this?’ Olan asked. ‘I figure we ask a few questions around town, feel this guy out,. Sheathing the sword, I returned to Anna and Sandy. "Welcome to my home," I said in a voice I didn't recognize. Then, handing each of them a flashlight and a blanket, I tossed the saddlebags over my shoulder and picked up my sword. Then I offered each one an arm as I led them through the newly formed opening and down the ramp into the cavern.After a few dozen steps, I felt a disturbance in the air. Stopping, we turned and looked at the opening. Or where the opening had been. It was no longer. The girls led me to a little yellow house halfway downthe block. So this is where Dawn lived! Kelly knocked onthe door, and some girl I’d never met before open thedoor. There was a party going on. There were food anddrinks out, and presents stacked on the table by thewall. There were ONLY girls there; about eleven of them,including Dawn.“Hi David,” yelled Dawn, “come in; we were waiting foryou.”“David,” said Leanne, “this is Dawn’s.