”The Togar said. “It will be best you go just before dusk so you arrive when it is dark. I’ll organize a guide and disguises for you.”I felt l...ke coming home stepping into my quarters and I realized how tired I was. I hadn’t slept in quite a while, eaten very little and had only the most rudimentary hygienic care. After checking with Circuit who currently held the Conn and a very short department meeting, I had a long and relaxing bath and almost fell asleep doing it. I could not believe how. And now there was light from outside -blazing, blasting light that lit up the tent walls getting brighter andbrighter all the time and now the sound rumbled like thunder - only like ahundred thunderclaps all rolled into one - it was deafening! The tentwalls glowed brighter and brighter and then there was a blinding flash oflight so bright both men squeezed their eyes shut from the pain of it. Asecond later there was a smashing explosion - it blasted the tent away andknocked the men twenty or. One of the gold chains had a state-of-the-art jump-drive hanging from it. He saw me looking and automatically reached a hand to his neck.“What’s that?” I asked pointing. I studiously tried to focus my attention back on my computer screen. I glanced back up. He had a pursed-lip smile that I recognized as Simon when he perceived he had been too, too clever.“That is my life insurance policy,” he said. “If anything ever happens to me, all you have to do is look on this and you will know exactly who. This baby's got a 3.0 liter V8, 5 speed manual transmission, 3.42 posi rear-end, 16 inch speedline wheels, stainless manifolds, sports exhaust, air conditioning, power windows, power steering, power brakes, and it only has fifteen thousand miles on it."Then Jen and Kim driving the Mercedes pulled in and I knew this had to be some kind of girl conspiracy because all the girls were grinning like Alice's Wonderland Cheshire cat. I should have known something was up earlier when Pat had told me.