Something was trying to tell her ... something was warning her. She had a flash of a golden threat tinged in red, but she dismissed that. She couldn't...put her finger on what was wrong. She shook her head again, dismissing her worries. They were in the middle of very civilized Vienna. This wasn't one of those cow towns where people walked around with guns all the time."Well, hurry back," she said. "I have a new dress I want to wear tonight, and I have something important I need to tell you."He. Humanity had been expanding under the banner of the UNN for quite some time, never encountering any sapient species. The eager colonists had found the world already occupied, but when they had attempted to make peaceful contact with this new and undiscovered race, they had been mercilessly attacked. Forty thousand people had been lost to space, their civilian vessel defenseless against the Bugs. It wasn’t clear if that system was even the home of the Betelgeusians and that was increasingly. It was as if the man had been hit between the eyes with a two-by-four. He put out his hand and Jan took it in her firm grip. Pete just looked into her eyes and held onto her hand.Bob said, "Jill, why don't we rearrange the match. You and I will play Pete and Jan. I guess we ought to switch the bags around. What do you think?"Jan said, "Mr. Stewart? Mr. Stewart! Will you play with me as my partner?"Stewart just nodded dumbly. Bob started to move the bags when an attendant came out of the shop. My mother left my father and I when I was only 4 to move in with her new boyfriend. I had never really seen my father date since then.After my father and I got home, I went to take a shower and head to bed. It was about ten in the morning and I awoke to this strange feeling. Something was holding my arms up. I felt a hand on my lower back. Trying to figure out what was happening, I went to turn my head around but as I did something was put over my eyes. I heard my fathers voice behind me say,.