The clouds released from their wild flight obscured the dying moon. A luminous eerie glow filled the deserted woodland crossroad. Into waiting silence... become thick with expectation, she spoke the rune. Words ancient beyond the count of years, that only another adept would understand, poured from her.The silence shuddered. Something. Shifted in the listening silence.Something. Strained against the inky void of darkness.Something. Moved along the forests gloomy edge. The corpse made a soft. We sipped and looked at all our bodies.Missy and Amber were very similar in height. Amber was a little taller than Missy. Nick was bigger than I was, but I was a little taller. He looked like a man who was big not from exercise but from just doing rough work. His thick dad belly was tight, and below what looked like a layer of fat you could see his abs.Amber and Missy were both pretty fit looking. Missy had mostly stayed at home while going through school and had focused on her fitness a few. With a grin as wide as could be humanly imaginable he made a few steps toward her.He stood five inches taller than her at 5 foot seven inches. His blonde hair was cut short and although he was dressed casually in jeans and Blue T shirt it was obvious that he was a business man. He broke the ice. “Well all I can say is that you look good in your pictures but even so they don’t do you justice.”Judy knew he was right but all the same she still glowed with pride. A lot of the apprehension she. This would be OK, since it was really amateurs fighting amateurs; if the Slayers had been facing seasoned veterans, they would have been slaughtered. John had studied all he could find on the art and science of amphibious assaults, going as far back as WWII on Earth. He had tried to incorporate all of the applicable good ideas he could find and counter all of the possible enemy countermeasures he could envision. He also crossed his fingers!The Excers were just as anxious to get started, so they.