Shawn, clad in jeans, was rummaging in the clothes hamper inthe closet, his head nearly buried in it as he kneeled in the closetdoorway. His feet wer... bare, and he wasn't wearing a shirt. What in the name of God? Alicia thought. He wasn't going tofind any clean clothes there. That was her personal hamper for herdirty clothes. The boy mumbled something and straightened up. As he got tohis feet, he swung shut the closet door. Alicia pulled back before he could turn around. She. I think the helicopters were American, no doubt carrying soldiers of the Great Satan. We need to move. That way," he said, pointing to the warehouse opposite.All four of the teenagers responded without thinking. They looked up and down the road to make sure it was clear and then began to scurry across to the warehouse opposite, not noticing that Assam wasn't following them.The men of the 7th SFG couldn't believe their luck. They let the tangos reach the mid-point of the road and then stepped. “Hey Jack, don’t know if you’re aware of it, but Gary Pullin is a real head case, there are rumors that he has been in several fights, he put a real hurt on one of the other guys I heard. Don’t expect him to fight cleanly, like you do when you spar. Expect it to be a real dirty gutter fight, if you’re actually planning to take him on.” He warned, “Someone told him about our sparring, and you beating me, I heard he just laughed and said he wasn’t surprised as he always knew I was a little pansy.. Even that wasn’t a 100% safe. I just had to mention Alyson’s name. That helped her decide to storm off. Of course Mica was jealous of Thia without knowing exactly why. She obviously sensed something unspoken between us.During the next two weeks I did a little work for the local lawyers. I realized without the Hammer and Tong money I would starve. Well without my pension, and the extra money from the Hammer and Tong, life would not be pleasant. It would even be life on the edge of.