MacPherson had deliberately plotted a slightly arced course to bleed off most of their accumulated speed before the vessel would be near enough to Ear...h for possible detection; it had added three days to their inbound trip, but allowed them to finish deceleration and achievement of Earth orbit on only the one thruster. The intent, of course, was to simulate a crippled ship barely limping home, to which the reduction of communicator transmission strength was also intended to contribute."You're. We left him with the girls near the tree line hogtied and told them if there was trouble to shoot him and run to the beach our friends would be waiting and would get them out of here. They smiled and wished us luck.I set two claymores just outside of the bunkhouse door at angles to take out the doorway and everything behind and to the sides. I also set two in a delayed chain so the third one would go off 3-5 seconds after the first two blew, the fourth would go off 3-5 seconds after the third. " And then he jumped in the cold clear water.James was completely surprised as he surfaced to see Jessica doing exactly what he'd suggested. She was a bit overweight—that would change quickly in their current situation—and as he'd thought, closer to forty than the thirtyish age she looked most of the time. Probably because though she was slightly chubby, she still ate healthy and was active. She probably just ate a bit more than she should and didn't exercise. He'd never seen her amongst the. " Hi-Fi tells the van, "The adrenaline, the action, the intense nail biting situations..." she purrs out, "Mmm Mmm Mmm..." You and I both" Rev replies from the driver's seat as he's carefully weaving the van down road after road, doing what he can to evade the less than normal traffic during this after midnight time. "Shit like this is intoxicated, better than any drug, better than any sex." Clearly you haven't been having the right sex then." Void chuckles out causing Hi-Fi and Stack to laugh.