Clancy was still in the admiral’s cabin and looked at Thomas with sympathy. Admiral Pellew stood when Thomas entered. He too looked grave.“Captain...Grey, it is my sad duty to inform you of the death of Commander Theodore Grey and his wife. It would seem that they were both killed when a tree branch fell on their coach during a thunderstorm. My deeply felt sympathies, Captain.”“My condolences, Captain,” Clancy added.“There are several letters for you that came in the last package, Sir,” the flag. Although I am still fairly young she was just way below an age group I should talk to. All the guys at the store would just drool over this girl and I even over heard this guy who works in the hardware department that he would give his left nut to bang this girl. She would often come and see me and would ask random questions. I figure I should act like a dick to her so she would leave me alone and also not get tempted to doing something stupid. The more I treat her like crap the more it seemed. Brenda saw me and invited me to stay for dinner.”“Sure, you’re always welcome, you know that. How is your son Tom doing?”“Very well, he’s just about to start his last year of college, he’s so eager and handsome. He just never stops going going going.”Considering the last time I saw Tom was with Meghan at one of our get togethers and despite the variety of partner choices, he almost never left her side, I’m amused by her double entendre.I could return that serve with one of my own though. “Of. They had to keep them locked up. They couldn’t allow their powers to stop the Institute from completing their mission. The Judas Protocols had to be completed. None of the Gods could have the technology of the Halos. Only twelve were ever supposed to be produced.And only Dr. Blavatsky and his wife understood the technology enough to recreate them from scratch. And they were gone, passed beyond into the next phase of existence, waiting for the rest of mankind to join them in enlightenment.Will.