"Any leverage that the Overlords have had in the Imperium is gone." Hrm. That would seem impossible on the face of it," mused Overlord Doran D'jorus a... he rubbed at his face. "One would think that he could not possibly be so thorough." Do not deceive yourself, Doran. Z'haas has been planning this for some time. Perhaps as soon as he had heard that the Conclave had convened." Yes, which is information he had no business knowing!" Doran thundered. "Damn Gronnus' traitorous hide! Perhaps we should. A.T. cars, trucks and vans coming my way, so I leapt up to the roof of the nearest building, and jumped from rooftop to rooftop because I knew I wouldn't be able to kill what was coming for me just yet.--------------By nightfall, I was all over the news, and ninety-five percent of all the police in the county were looking for me. I was public enemy number one. I sat in the forest 20 miles from my city under the roots of a hundred and fifty year old tree. A strange thought crossed my mind; This. I asked her, “Anu, I want to ask you something and you must answer frankly and without getting angry or upset, since you had promised to do whatever I ask you, ok?”“No problem. What else you want?” she asked me. “It is about my friends, whose athletic physique you had admired a lot. Incidentally, you have invited them for lunch. Today is a Sunday and free day in the hostel,” I told her.“Yes, I’m aware of it. So what?” she questioned.I hesitated and asked, “How do you think it’ll be if you. They were still talking about it an hour later when a police detective came to our front door.That's when I learned Marsha went home from my house Saturday, still trying to decide between suicide and running away. But this morning she finally couldn't take it any longer. She broke down and told her parents everything. She spent most of the day at the police station. They brought in dozens of detectives and took statements. Then they started rounding people up.She tried to leave me out of it..