Stop it." Oh."The ride was a lot more pleasant after that. Brandy even had the decorum to give Heather and I some privacy in front of the security lin...."I'm going to miss you," I said, just as she was saying, "I think I'll miss you more this time than last time."We laughed, I took her hands in mine and leaned in for a kiss. "Take care of yourself, okay?" I should be telling YOU that, Andy." She look at Brandy, then back at me. "Be careful." I'll try."Soon, she was lost in the throngs of people. " I know," I said. "But is it necessary?" I don't know," he said miserably. "I just don't know enough about this thing." Can we try? What will it hurt?" Well..." he paused. "Nothing, I guess. It will either work or not work, I guess." He still looked troubled."What?" I asked."I just hate doing something without testing it," he said."Well, your Professor Frink routine got me here safe and sound, didn't it?" Yeah, but for all I know, I tested the hell out of it first," he replied, finally. Needless to say, I hadnothing to worry about. Chrissie dragged me to the foot of the steps, and hermother came down to meet us.And my jaw dropped for the second time that day.Chrissie's mom was the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my life. There'ssimply no other way to describe her. It wasn't conventional beauty, like you seein fashion magazines or TV shows. No, it was much more subtle than that, sort oflike the tones of a Renaissance painting or the scales of a classical aria. Istared at. John had been a guard at the prison mental ward. While he was in the coma stage of the sickness, the Baron and his three followers had managed to escape from the mental ward and released the others. While searching for weapons he had found John and his daughter still in the coma stage of the sickness. That's when he decided that he would make John act as his sergeant, with his daughter as a hostage to ensure his compliance.While I acknowledged that they were victims as well in a way, I felt.