Fast-pitch softball, whether played by men or by women, tended to feature too much domination by pitchers. This game had been typical -- Maryland's tw... runs had been produced with a minimum amount of offense: a walk and two singles had done it. Florida State had two scratch hits to show for the day.But the quality of play had been good. Geneva's granddaughter could throw hard! I wouldn't have wanted to try to hit her -- not even with that grapefruit-sized ball they were using. Both teams had. ’I proceeded to give her a brief update on Anh’s status and told her she could phone the other girls if she wanted before I returned my attention to the others in the car with me.“Sorry,” I told them, “it took a bit more time to talk it out than I thought.”“That’s OK,” Allison replied. “I actually picked up some of it. I guess I was listening in somewhat.”“Are you kidding?” Cate asked, leaning forward in her excitement. “You just stopped talking to us a few seconds ago. Man, I’ve got to figure. In the meantime, I checked each individual for weapons, unloaded them, and kept the clips replacing the chambered cartridge from each weapon in its clip."Jeese, what did you do to them?" the first arrivals wanted to know on seeing the crowd frozen in place."I used a freeze spell on them after they had surrounded me. I made it strong enough to also freeze anyone else in the building. We'll need to check the lower floors for anyone else affected by the spell," I told them."Which ones are armed?". " It's a good thing that Caleb's head is so much larger than Kim's," Alice added to the 'let's roast Al' diatribe. "He wouldn't have fit if there was any less room." Do you know what I think?" Caleb asked sorrowfully. "I think I got a defective alien."Caleb had to laugh out loud at the feel of Al sputtering in his mind. It felt good, for some reason."Al," Caleb said, after his Companion felt like he was in control again. "Would you show all of us the portal as it opened last night, and if.