Naturally, I did not know who were the men coming there and there was no surety of any security, I refused but when Ash told me that the men were actu...lly the college guys mostly living in the dorms and he also explained to me that it could be a big door opener for me to join a gay group of college boys or the fraternity; if they had one in the School; my interest peeked and I agreed. This is when I knew that Karan was the most active member of the group. He would close his business at sharp. We don't know when Liz will come out ... Or if."The last two words were said in a much quieter voice. Morgan was looking right at the entrance to the noodle shop. I turned to look and immediately recognized the grey wall that blocked the entrance."We just missed another pickup," Ashley said."Liz and Cassidy are in there," Morgan said."Which means, Liz won't emerge," I said. "She's got a qualifying score and will be picked up." She'll take Cassidy," Milli said. "Those two have bonded."We could. Did he hurt your feelings?"I thought about it for a second. "Uh...I don't know," I said. Suddenly Igot choked up. I realized that I DID feel hurt... But I was a boy, boysdon't get hurt feelings over stuff like that -- do they? I rememberedbeing so afraid of Alex, why? I didn't say anything about this to DoctorMark, but I thought about it for a while. What if Alex was right aboutme? I mean, I had been crying, and boys don't cry like that either. Whatwas up with me? The thought was so upsetting. “If you’re lucky, at least one will get under and cause it to be dropped.”“Yes, sir!”It didn’t quite go to plan. It was the bomblet that was thrown high that got through, but the ones thrown low also helped, the lower edge of the shield was blown back and it toppled forwards from the initial blast.“At them!” the Senior Monitor roared and several Troopers darted forwards to take on the alien defenders. The defenders though also advanced swiftly to take on the Troopers, using their mandibles and.