“Warn your allies Grorkin is one big trap for them. It has three planet destroyers below the surface poised to tunnel to the planetary core when you... forces occupy the planet. I will sacrifice my life to ensure the evilest of the Grork are destroyed.“Yektapok is too valuable to be destroyed. The Grork have not had time to establish defenses on the planet. Safion bodies may also be in vaults as they are on Porquenta. I have a bomb in the room with me. If the Pericles dies so do I. If he leaves. I cursed to myself and went back to drag my chair across. It took melonger than I thought it was going to and I found myself gettingirritable by the time it was in place.I climbed up, careful not to lose balance - I didn't want to hurt myselfon the hard ceramic tiles - and took out my glass. When I'd pouredmyself some and gulped it down I felt a lot better but I was still alittle frustrated by my limitations. I was tempted to go right out tothe garage and bring the ladder in, get the stone and. There were tubs of cold beer and soft drinks everywhere and a bar complete with stools and the Frankenstein Monster tending it.I took a seat and ordered a drink and then commenced looking around the barn. Everyone was in costume and masked and I began to feel better. That's when I spotted the girl dressed as Emily, the Corpse Bride. Now, I knew all of Chuck's friends, but under her heavy makeup and mask, she was unrecognisable.I summoned the courage to approach her and was rewarded with a. I heard the van pull out of the drive and they were gone. The boss …… Derek was in no hurry to go. He announced that he and Deb were going upstairs to bed for a while and that I was to stay down here and carry on with the unpacking. He pulled to her feet and they both hurried off up the stairs. I was in a bit of a shocked state and did not know what to do. Go and tell him to leave, do as I was told or join them. I just sat there for a while pondering the situation. I had to know what was going.