"There is no way I can make it up those stairs," I suggested."I know, come on I'll find you a space somewhere." she said leading me into the dining ro...m. She was right the table were all filled."Tell Jack to get the preacher's guys over to build shelves for standing room only customers," I suggested."That is an excellent idea. We are also going to turn the upstairs into another space just like this. You will be able to drive up to the second level parking lot, if all the spaces are taken down. ”“She doesn’t need a messenger. We have direct communications with her office,” Major Morgan said.Betsy looked at him like he was stupid and said, “There are some things that you don’t say where others can hear.”“Like what?” Colonel Stewart asked.“Like this isn’t an exercise. This is the real thing,” Betsy answered smiling at the two men.Colonel Stewart laughed. “That’s funny.”Betsy handed him a piece of paper and said, “Here are your orders. They’re signed by the Governor herself.”Wondering. The network is still expanding, so if we find new planets, I think Defenders are the ones we should send out to explore.”Adam smiled, “It looks like it’s time for me to retire, besides with these gates, I plan to do a lot of travelling to other planets now.”Kaleb looked contemplative, “Yeah, I guess that is part of being so revolutionary. It’s not like the old days when you would spend weeks travelling between planets.”“Exactly! If I need to go to Atlanterra for a meeting or event, why would I. ‘Spirit. Am I going to die?’ he gasped. She was not someone who often lied. ‘I don’t know.’ ‘I don’t… want to die.’ His eyes were becoming less focused, his breathing more ragged. ‘I will do everything I can to help you.’ ‘Gentle… Spirit… protect me.’ Despite everything she had done she honestly had no idea if Alex would live through the next hour. Not for the first time she wished she had retained her powers. Being able to heal and connect with everything she touched had once been as.