.They were known simply as "the Trio".No one in the little town knew what had brought three such differentwomen together, but they seemed more than ca...able of handlingthemselves, and were willing to help the town out against some localbandits - for a price, of course.First, there was small Besh, the gnome sorceress, whose familiar Max (asmall cat) tended to ride on top of Besh's hat. Then there was Goruza,the half-orc barbarian, who normally could be seen swinging a verylarge double-bladed axe.. God their dorm in her final year at college would have made a brothel look like a church, only she had no idea of how much of a cesspit was a house of ill repute. Conscious that her parents were continuing to fully support her, otherwise she may have starved to death or fallen into prostitution (that may have meant an early death anyway), Mandy ignored the bar and walked down the street for fifty yards before temptation won through. She crossed over and walked up the street and entered the bar.. .. Maybe three times.ArtemisWell, Zeus had come out of it. His fever had broken. There never was much doubt that he'd come around. The infection in his leg wasn't that bad, not life threatening.Ramon was a big help. He was a nurse at Phoenix Veterans Memorial Hospital. He was also Midnight's partner. At first, he didn't understand why we just didn't take Zeus in to get medical treatment. There'd be full time care, and doctors, and he'd get the right drugs; as opposed to us guessing at what the. I hope you are insured, I really do," the woman said."Uh, well ma'am, I was kinda hoping we could work something out. See I've had a couple accidents recently and I don't want to..." The woman cut her off."Oh great, I see how it is. You probably are about to lose your license aren't you? And you're insurance too." "Yes ma'am, so I was hoping we might be able to work this out. You know, between ourselves."The woman suddenly had a very dark look on her face. Her eyes went up and down Sandra's.