We’ll have to wait for someone to come.” She had gotten her sister to the barn door by now, and they both stood in the bright, artificial sunlight...of the Southern crystal sun. “In the meantime, we can keep him in the cage so he won’t kill us all in our sleep.”“Most likely he’d kill Roland and the boys,” Amber growled, more under control now. “He’d save something special for us.”“Well,” Ember replied cheerfully, “We got something special for him, too.”Rick Colby crouched in the stand of trees. "I'll see you in the morning then." I'm looking forward to it." He took my hands in his, and held them just a touch longer then what a friendly gesture would be. "I mean that. I'm looking forward to seeing you again, Cleo."I was really frazzled driving home. I'm sure Tony knew what I wanted, and seemed to like the idea. How was I going to advance this? I had been so busy through high school and college with my baby-sitting and part time jobs that I hadn't really dated much before Dave swept me. His greatest worry was of course the security of the Eden MPG base, which stood less than two kilometers from ten thousand WestHem marines. His worry was increased by a call from Sprinkle."What's up, Jack?" he asked, seeing the intelligence chief's face on his computer screen."The marines are moving a little faster than we'd thought," Sprinkle told him. "I just got a call from a few of my contacts that are part of the fast reaction division. They say that all of the Martians have been rounded. The other was pushing 300 pounds and looked like he was sweating profusely."My fried has a question for you," Hannah said, smiling. "Go on."Madison froze. "These guys are gross!" She thought. She shot a pleasing glance at Hannah, as if to say, "Please, can you find someone else? I have to ask these guys?" Now," Hannah said. She turned the vibrator up again, and Madison took a couple of quick, short breaths in response."Okay, Okay!" Madison practically moaned. She knew she was about to moan.