" Joshua explains."You look familiar." The rookie says."I should. I've been all over the news recently." Joshua says, staring at Saitx."We should spea... privately, Joshua." Saitx says.Joshua takes the officer by the arm and helps him to his feet, throwing his arm over his shoulders. He opens the back door and helps the officer lay down."Whatever you want, Saitx, but first we have to get him back to the police station. It's not far from here." Joshua says. "We can talk afterwards." Joshua. I had a 4" x 6" irregularly shaped titanium plate where a piece of my skull used to be, but I wasn't in any pain and I wasn't physically disabled. The scabbing was already falling off at the edges of the plate, my salvaged scalp over it already growing stubble. I also knew that I was psychologically fucked up: I kept up a silent conversation with the Master Chief, I wasn't really comfortable with the lights off, and sudden noises made me jump. And that's only the things I noticed, who knew what. They'd cracked the false trail the two girls had given – strangely, Astrid and Sam were their real names, but they had a past full of blackmail, petty theft, fraud and one case of robbery. They'd both done a few months in a state penitentiary in Ohio, and after that, embarked on a career of pole dancing and soft-core porn. April had been right with her suspicions of their past, when watching them perform on the island.But April wasn't happy. It might have been something to do with that last. I was pretty excited especially because she addressed me, "darling" from inside the house. A tent was already forming in my trousers which I did not want to hide because we two would be alone and nobody else would be present - I wanted her to know how I felt about her and that I was a "man". It might have taken a few seconds for Sarita to open the door but to me it felt like years. Ultimately, Sarita opened the front door to her house and let me in with a broad and affectionate smile and said,.