Claire came into the stock-room looking bored as was I, we started talking and she soon started telling me that she as been getting into a lot of figh...s with her husband lately and that he's never there anymore and coming home late from work. She said he was cheating on her but she had no proof so she could confront him on it, to lighten the mood and make a joke I said she should do the same and with a little wicked smile she looked at me eye to eye and replied "I just might". I was rock hard. I move in front of the new team formation. "That went good now starting from right to left you will be numbered 1 through 8 that is your team number. You have ten minutes, find a place to sit and talk. At the end of 10 minutes we will start the tournament keep in mind we are listening." With that I turn and head back to the judge's box. Taking a seat between Ursor and the Headmaster I look around at everyone. Ursor nods to me. "Well done Heath making them choose random people for their groups.. We were all a little “wowed” by their appearance.Marie smiled and said, “Hey guys, we have a fifth of whiskey, you guys want to doctor up your cokes?”Of course, at that age, we all thought that drinking was pretty cool, and wanted a little shot. We gathered around Marie’s car while she added the whiskey to our drinks. After another half hour or so, we were all getting a little tipsy.Pat commented, “Why don’t we go somewhere that’s not so public, I’m afraid that the LCB (Liquor Control Board). Am naked locked in cell. Promised visitors to rape me later. Out.’Io took a few seconds to decipher the message and a few more to decide what to answer. Io sent back only one word: ‘Persevere’ in Latin. She didn’t dare send more with the possibility of listeners; certainly she couldn’t mention the possibility of rescuers.The computer intelligence was really angry. Unfortunately, she couldn’t do anything directly. Instead she found the number of General ‘Black Jack’ Patton’s head comm and began.