Now Elaine was here, wherever 'here' was, light-years from New Eden. Having discovered a teleportation device the Arcadians had stolen from another ex...erminated species (they're xenophobic, and genocide was the standard practice when Arcadians encountered any form of alien intelligence), she had determined to 'rescue' the device from their possession before any of them figured out what it was. Unfortunately, she had set the controls on the device and sent it to New Eden (she hoped), but had. And this new guy ordered a lot of murderous action Other action was also on the agenda – as when several other goons got the order to abduct and amuse themselves with a sweet little Canadian aid worker. Oliver hadn't been part of that operation, but he heard how much fun the dudes had enjoyed and was jealous.So it was with a particular delight that Oliver found out he'd been chosen for another abduction. The target was another woman, an American staying at a hotel. Apparently she was some. “Son of a bitch! You couldn’t wait could you!? Alright Mary I’m into the network, tracing now. Good I see you managed to turn the advancement off. What the hell?!”“What’s the problem?” Both Tempro and Mary asked.“I thought he had the parameters set for just Zan. It appears that the program breached the parameter and he was entering Sherry’s library when you got to him! You stupid son of a bitch! I should kick your ass to death if you survive this! How could you not notice that you set the. Well, that wasn't true, his last girlfriend Melanie had lived there until her dad got a job cross-country and packed up the whole family. Mark hadn't wanted to go near the place again, and the new owners hadn't asserted themselves in the neighborhood. "Dude, what are we doing at Melanie's old house?" He asked, not offended, but confused. "Okay, okay, this is kind of wierd, but I was walking Danny through the alley, and I saw something AWESOME. Here, just follow me, and you can thank me later.".