It is well into the space age. Justine, like the majority of the world's population, lives in the metropolis of Metropolis, a large city-state that is...the center of the world's economy and everything else. Metropolis has a very limited government that does little to stop the criminal groups and corrupt moguls who are slowly taking over the city. In fact, the current president, John Radon, has several staff members with links to a notorious criminal mastermind, known to the populace only as. .. I don't want ... oh shit."Cathy burst into tears and walked swiftly out of the kitchen, all the way down the hall and into the bedroom where she fell on the bed, tears rolling down her cheeks. The anger and nervousness of the last few hours had her nerves so agitated she couldn't even allow her husband's caress and playfulness."Cathy?" James stood at the door of their bedroom and spoke his wife's name, concerned about her being so upset. Could she have been looking out the window when he. He thought that maybe he should cool it a little. Not get heavy about anything. But they had done all the small talk before. That night. In his sitting room. With the Absinthe. He shuddered when he thought of what had happened after she left. It took a few days to get the stink of Absinthe out of that room.He suddenly looked up and realized she was asking him a question."Do you still have your dogs?" she repeated when she saw that was thinking about something that was obviously bothering. Hide." We are working on that now. We are going to move you upstairs now and tell everybody else that you walked away with us."All I said was, "Good," and went to sleep.I woke up later and it was dark. I was also moving over an uneven terrain. The pain had decreased somewhat and from the minds around me I knew we were travelling in a large wooden cart pulled by a thin horse.Another cart was close and the girls were in it but hidden."Where are we going?"I felt relief and Megan said, "To a barn..