“Maybe now you’ll respect human fighting prowess.”She raised a clawed hand to strike me, but the Krell who I had been playing pool with let loos... a blood curdling roar and charged her, slamming his weight into her and throwing her to the ground. She went down hard, she hadn’t been expecting that from the usually docile and sluggish reptiles. Her pack of Borealans moved to back her up, but a group of humans and Krell blocked their path, shaking their heads ominously. The Borealans, outnumbered,. " And you aren't there, now, either, I bet," Talina ventured."I think we've been hijacked," Elaine said, and closed her eyes, hoping for a vision that might clarify what was happening to them."You mean, 'kidnapped', Mom," Terisa corrected her in her bored, sarcastic voice. "Hijacking is what you do to things and Kidnapping is what you do ... well, what happened to us, obviously, and if someone is actually trying that, they're gonna find out just how sorry their lives are gonna get, 'cause I'll. Highwaymen were known to kidnap law-abiding citizens such as him for ransom. They were the terrestrial equivalent of the pirates that terrorised the high seas and thereby helped to make imports so prohibitively expensive. There were rumours of an illicit trade in human body parts used by unrecognised physicians for plebs who couldn't afford proper health-care or, worse, used as raw material in the bio-labs such as the one at the business park just next door to Phil's office.Those kilometres. When I was done, I got to thinking about Grant again. When all of a sudden I ran to my bedroom, found the brand new bikini I bought last year and never wore. Slipped into it, threw on a pair of jean shorts and a tank top and after grabbing the car keys ran out the door. Hoping I might be lucky enough to run into Grant again today. With a smile, ear to ear I sped down the road until I got to the exact same spot I had found just the day before. Looking around and again there was no one in site..