Be careful." Don't worry, I intend to." Miss Ames to see you," came the voice on the intercom."Ah, yes, I've been expecting her. Send her right in," s...iled Betty. "Well, well, well if it isn't the stripper turned slut." Say whatever you want Betty. It's over. Matt and Brittany are on their way back to Oregon and I have a job prospect in New York. You can't hurt us anymore, so why don't you just..." You listen to me slut! You're bought and paid for! You are going to do exactly what I tell you to. "Joshua. Oh, Joshua." God says."Huh?" Joshua says."You're one tough fighter." God says."But how did I get back here?" Joshua asks."Oh, you're dead." God explains."No ... What about my teammates?" Joshua asks."At this rate, they'll be dead too." God says.Joshua stands up."Darn. No! That can't be!" Joshua says."I assure you, it is." God says."Man, if I only had one more shot." Joshua says."The battle is hopeless if you fight like that." God points out."But I know that I could've made a. That is all.”Ten minutes later, the impulse drive still seemed to be operating flawlessly. “Okay, Helm. Kick it up to one-half Impulse. I do not think we can catch them, but maybe we will be successful in following them. Any information we gain will be more than we have now, but it makes little sense for them to be out here — particularly with only impulse power. They could move a few light seconds away from the asteroids and go back to warp, but they have not. There are no planets, dwarf. And burning lunch, I think.(ninja660) Wow! The room is filling up, 25 people! :)(Darkside) Who's chat is this? :)(BDerksen) Jack L Chalker, silly. :)(DonnaReed) Amazing the sort of draw a "mainstream" author gets! :)(Darkside) We're all mainstream in our own field!(nanomage) I met Jack at the '84 Worldcon, got a copy of Midnight signed!(Jean_Rea) I met him at a con in LA, a neat time!(ninja660) nanomage, I still have my copy of "The Identity Matrix" :)(TgMaster) I love that book!(ninja660).