” “Done already?” I say getting back to my office. “Are you this author?” showing me my nick name. “Yep, that’s me.” “Shit, this is ... great story. Did you also write The Niece one?”“Yep, that’s me.”“These are pretty hot. I’ll read them when I’m alone at home. I’ve taken a note about the group. I’ll see you there.”“Why don’t you just keep going here?“Well, I’ve got cleaning to do and if I keep this up I won’t be able to finish in time”“Don’t worry about it, you can ignore the basement this week”. Back in the hotel room she saw the message light flash on the phone. ‘Robin, what happened?’ asked the voice of Carmen. ‘We lost you in the crowd! Look, come find us. Just walk straight to the beach in front of the resort. We’re gonna find a spot to lay out. Hurry!’ Their contingency plan had worked. If anyone got lost, all they had to do was return to the room and wait, then someone would use Carmen’s phone card number (which they’d all memorized) at a pay phone. But Robin didn’t hurry out. Tonya skated out; her legs were shaky, from the effects of everything she'd been through, but she stood up with little problem.The Doctor and Nancy were now in the judges box; he flipped a switch, and a speaker came to life."Tonya," he said, his voice reverberating through the chamber, "this is your Final Test. I'll let you get used to skating with all the equipment you have on and inside you for a while, then we'll get started with the test itself."Tonya's muscular leg pushed off, and she went. At first she was glad to see the light, the area she was driving through had been so dark it was scary but as the light got brighter Pamela realized the Moon was New this night and the light couldn’t be the Moon or anything else natural. Pamela’s pulse began to race as the light suddenly became so bright it was blinding and her pickup truck cut off and coasted to a halt in the middle of the road.“What the fuck is going on” she said out load, “this shit is not funny!”Pamela tried to restart her.