An image of being dragged feet first through cold mud accompanied her frightened plea along with the fact that her sarong had slipped right off over h...r head, and she was getting very nakedly dirty in some very personal areas. In fact, the mud was getting everywhere!'Talina! Terisa! Teleport straight up! Now!' Elaine shouted into both their minds. 'Get off the ground! It's not safe!'Terisa closed her eyes and concentrated on up! An instant later, she could see her mother, wings extended, flying. Again, no one watched him leave ... or so he thought. After the doors to the elevator had closed on his face, Brenda and Jessica shared glances. The rest looked toward Brenda, and she shook her head to their unasked question. It wasn't time yet.Rob ate lunch alone. Despite the overcast skies, he hadn't really expected Elaina to show up: they had spent a lot of time together this last week and he knew she had things that needed doing. He already knew she patrolled her 'turf' for trespassers, but. "It took a second before I realized who she wast talking to. "Mom! Oh, canI talk to her please?" Without waiting for an answer, I hobbled towardsAunt Joan in a rush. I must have swung the crutch a little too wide.Without warning, it had slipped out from under my arm and I was fallingsideways.The next thing I knew, the phone was bouncing on the thickly paddedbedroom rug and Aunt Joan was down on one knee, holding me in her arms.As she lifted me up and started to carry me to Cori's bed, I heard. Or should she double reverse it and stay to the right? No. She pressed up against the wall on her left and walked as silently as she could, taking slow breaths and focusing her ears to the very limits of her abilities. Realistically she thought her odds for surviving the next hour were slim, but they weren’t zero. She was going to try her absolute best.Meanwhile, approximately 12 km south and 22 km east at the Yellow Mall home complex.Toshi, Farideh and Peggy had spent several minutes testing.