Lauren came down the hall shortly after, wide awake and buzzing. ‘What did you give us?’ She asked quickly. ‘Death Wish.’ ‘Is there more?’...Her hand was trembling slightly, no doubt from the caffeine rush. ‘Yeah, but I don’t think you need more. You’re awake enough already.’ ‘Should I bring some to Samantha and Jeffery?’ Winston asked. ‘Only if you want to. Remember, you’re not their butler on this trip,’ I said. He rose with a nod and filled up two coffee cups, bringing them down the hall to. They knelt there and accepted their fate, powerless to resist their superiors.James nodded to the slave boys in front of him, and both of them scurried to their side of the room. Using a brush which they held before them in their manacled hands, they pushed the pile of food along the channel so that it was spread before all of the cells before returning to their own cell. With a sharp whistle signalling food time, each slave knelt down in front of their cell and manoeuvred their heads down. He looked out the visipanel filled with blackness and glittering stars. There were so many stars. But Man had still not run into any other race capable of spaceflight. Of course, we were still exploring and settling a very small sector of a very large galaxy in an even bigger universe. The closest to advanced intelligent life had been those things on the Dog planet. They were called dogs for want of a better term. They built dwellings from mud and sticks, had a language we had managed to learn,. .He saw a movement out of the corner of his eye.Glancing out the window, he suddenly noticed Annaliese standing on thefront lawn.She was dressed in a black cloak and had a peculiar gleam in her eye.Reaching into her cloak, she suddenly pulled out a long staff with whatlooked like a precious gem mounted on top of it. She lifted it highabove her head, her lips seeming to move, as if she was recitingsomething...Suddenly time froze.In and around the frat house, nothing moved. Everyone stood stock.