-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"She still didn't answer," April said, hanging up her phone. They...had been trying to reach their mother for a couple weeks now, to tell her that she was pregnant. Adam had finally decided to just leave a message. He hated to tell her this way, but there was no other hope for it, when she refused to answer the phone.Adam hated to admit it, but he really missed his mother, and not just because of the phenomenal. I was sore for days... The rest of the trip was a bit embarrassing really, for all of us, I think the story "went the rounds". Paddy was first officer and was 2nd in command of the whole ship... one didn't "do" such things in the "Officers Mess". We ended up leaving that ship (and BP) a week or so later when we got back to Tilbury, I think he was "asked" to by the Captain. (A lecherous, jealous old bastard!Paddy had a coastal Masters ticket and went skipper on the coast for a while but didn't. ‘Did you guys go through spring cleaning or something? There’s usually something good in here.’ As if to refute him totally, he pulled a plastic bag out of the cabinet, it was labeled–to both of their surprise– ‘lima beans.’ He grimaced and tossed them back. ‘I stand corrected.’ Rainey couldn’t help but laugh. He was like a little kid looking for hidden cookies–a six-foot-tall kid, she corrected. Without giving herself time to think about what to say, she asked, ‘What are you in the mood for?. Now they knew how to shut off the ray. He used his tactical radio to relay the information to all of the other Special Ops, and they raced up and down the line, turning off the ray transmitters.Now that their pistols would work, all of the humans slung their crossbows and began using their pistols. This was all they needed to eliminate the Wasp guards as fast as they showed up or were found. At the first word of the elimination of the disabling ray, the main troop concentrations had started to.