She turned to face them and took a big breath as she got ready to start, looking around at the attentive young faces of the women whose world she was ...bout to rock.“As you all know, I joined the team just over two weeks ago. I took detailed tests to evaluate my physical state before I was changed in any way, and that let me establish a baseline for this experiment,” she said, starting her analysis.John and the girls all nodded, being well aware of her tests, and sat listening to her avidly.. The doors open and the men come out.Saul is the last to climb out. I am moving so fast that I knock him down, when I run into him. He lets out a breath, as I catch us with my hand. He is still out of breath by my greeting."Chronos?" He looks into my face.His shock changes to a sweet smile of greeting. "You are so much trouble," he says and hugs me close.I bring his face to mine and kiss him. He spends half a second breathing before he starts kissing me back. I have his head cradled in my hand. Overnight, the baker's pay woes disappeared. Henry attributed his change of luck all to Venus.Melissa's class now included four other students. Dr. Klingman hadn't anticipated having more than one pupil, but quickly embraced his new charges.The driveway went for a quarter mile before it stopped in front of a large ranch style house. Five cars were parked alongside the drive. Henry pulled up, and parked behind the last car.As they were getting out, Livia came running up, and gave her child a. The Captain turned the block over, smiling at me a little too much. “MAN THE CANNONS!” And the crowd went wild.I didn’t know what was happening. Wildly, I looked around to see where the pirate pointed. A rope connected to the fake rigging of the pirate ship background was hoisting up a large black ball.Aimed right in the path of the Jenga. “Oh no…” I moaned. Nicole heard me, coming close, putting her arms around me. “Sometimes it misses.”The crewman let go of the rope, flinging the ball.