Despite the situation both Scott and Gabrain were a little awe-struck as they began to rise higher and higher. Soon they were above the archers on the...slopes and Scott stopped heating the air for the moment. As the rope was still being played out this meant they were now drifting down the length of the pass rather than rising higher. The High King's men were soon in sight.The pair looked at each other and then back at the advancing host. The narrowness of the Pass meant that men could march up. 38, and maybe it was, but they haven't found it yet. The other one looks like a much smaller caliber slug, maybe a .32, or even a .25, and it's just barely penetrated the skin. We're waiting for another surgeon to remove it. It looks like it had gotten slowed down, or had ricocheted off something else. We'll give it to the detectives for their ballistics tests." He waited as the PA system squawked out a page, calling for a Doctor Mullins to report to the ER, stat. Then he looked at the. "Bye, Jim, I'll call you tomorrow."The doorbell rang a few minutes later. I had gotten Frank's clothing hidden just in time. I forgot about it until the last minute."Wow, Karen, you look good enough to eat," Larry said with a wicked grin. I flushed at the memory that ran through my head. Larry was very skilled with his tongue, and Karen loved it when he used it on her.Larry stepped close and took me in his arms. I wrapped my arms around his neck and we kissed, passionately. My heart was racing. He did not have time to ask what they were doing. Grefel looked as though he was going to be sick, while Jacob was looking white as a sheet.Jason concentrated and sent a broader psychic wave to encompass all but one missile but every single remaining boarding ship, missed by the narrower cone. He saw the wave form and move much more quickly than the previous time.He saw missiles from his ship hit capital ships of the enemy seconds before they were hit by the psychic cone of energy. Nothing.