He accomplished what he sought to."How about we go get some food?" Alex asked. "If I stay here and everyone keeps congratulating me, my head will expa...d so much I won't be able to fit it in the elevator."The others laughed and they headed downstairs, looking forward to meeting everyone else."Becky? This is Alex, I understand you wanted to talk to me." What, you don't want to talk to me unless I've got an agenda?" she asked."No, of course not," he replied, blushing from his oversight."Turn on. Mary said it was pretty funny, but she was sensitive and felt so lonely. She hugged me and told me that it was great to have company, even if it was with a young stud like me. She asked about my girlfriend and I told her that we had broken up. Mary said she had not been in a relationship for almost a year and used the dildo way to often. She longed for the real thing, but never found a guy that was worth letting into her pants. I told her too bad she did not have pants, because I could have. I left my position in the tall weeds only after the two Swamp Thing men were well away from the Chemical Plant. The quiet hike back to the cruiser was pure misery. I was humming music to myself in order to keep moving. I was just forcing the rhythm to keep my mind off the pain. In the back of my mind the words "Walk or die" played over and over.I made absolutely sure we weren't being followed, then I pulled into Helen's commercial kitchen located beside her home. The two Swamp Thing operatives. "What is it this time?" I asked as I closed my door for privacy."I caught her sneaking in through her window as I was waking up the girlsto get ready for breakfast," stated Miss Rina."Tizzy, would you care to explain why you keep sneaking out, please?" Iwas practically pleading with her. She'd never offered any explanationbefore which had earned her detentions and demerits."Please Momma, I have to insulate them. And I need to get her psychictrace off them before it's too late," she was reaching.