One U.S. destroyer had sunk. The entire Chinese armada had been obliterated. As stated by the Chinese, they retaliated, or tried to with a nuclear lau...ch. None of the missiles the Chinese launched got through. In addition, the US launched and destroyed several of the Chinese missile sites. That message had to have gotten through to them.The initial attack by the Chinese had exhausted Steve's entire compliment of missiles. He had also destroyed several missiles with the new lasers the military. Author's Note: None.Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses,places, events, locales, and incidents are used in a fictitious manner.Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events ispurely coincidental.RT-----000-----I knew my sister somewhat hated me in a loving kind of way. I didn'tthink my parents did.She was the jealous type, always scheming, always plotting, alwaysdoing something Machiavellian although she knew not what that meant(which tells. "Hi. How can I help you today?" I asked."Well, it's just that I need to drop your regions course. It's not too late, is it? I don't want to get a bad grade on my record." I shook my head. "No, it's not too late to drop but what's the matter with the course? Any problems I could fix?" Oh, no Sir. No problem. I love the class. It just conflicts with another course. Not one I need take but one I need to go to. I mean, I'm getting my degree in fine arts and I need some extra money. I can get a nice. He got straight A's in every subject and was almost a prodigy. He was 19 years old and had skipped the eighth grade.Jennifer, on the other hand was just the opposite. She was beautiful and was one of the most popular students in school even though she was only an 18 year old freshman and soon to be 15. She seemed to be friends with Brian although no one could figure out why. She was spoiled and a was one of those "princess" types. You all know the type of girl that I am referring to. She was.