Clevis had staged the SWAT teams about a half a mile from the entrance to the ranch. There were three teams on this 'training' exercise. The cities fo...rth team was on standby for any other emergencies in the city that occurred during battle. They just happened to be maintaining their standby status near the home of Tony Rizzo. They all knew the main battle would be at the ranch but they didn't know if Carlos had sent a team against the Rizzo home as a diversion.As if the call from Jonas was the. Just keep a lock on me and keep a link with me." Derrick replied. "I always try to maintain that Derrick just return to me. I really don't want to have to go in blasting to save you. As far as I know I don't have a memory of that happening, so I hope all goes well." Shelby told Derrick. "Yeah I am hoping that nothing like that happens either. I have to get all these discs into Tempro and Mary. Many of the things I have seen in our time seem to point toward myself having left messages. I just. " The priest's laughter bubbled evilly through the gloom, fading as the plump priest waddled away on some priestly errand.Hoarse screams rang out from the gloom ahead of him, ending in a splashing sound as his chains pulled him forward a few more feet. Green burning torches flared higher, throwing ragged flickers of light over a huge figure that squatted in the darkness, brooding over the scene spread out before Him. The crude idols of wood and clay that Shantar had seen had only hinted at what. He was fortunate, though, in that he had been offered a choice - loaded though it had been; he hadn’t been beaten and held down and raped to the point he needed medical attention - and believe me - that was not an uncommon occurrence. Kevin had heard the screams of men being beaten and raped at night, heard the stories of some of these victims having to have their rectums sewed up after a violent gang rape, and he considered himself fortunate to have escaped that himself. but at what cost?Kevin.