She heard soft footsteps moving closer to her and she tensed and sucked in her breath and held it for a moment. She shivered as she felt a soft finge...tip trace her shoulder. He walked behind her as he ran a cool finger along her upper back, up and then back down her neck and across her other shoulder. She felt him standing in front of her and then softly moaned as he ran his finger across her chest, lightly brushing her rock hard nipples and then tracking a soft line up her neck, across her. The best she could accomplish was to turn her angelic faceinto a tomboyish one and despite her best efforts and after a veryunladylike investigation underneath her skirt, nothing that reallymattered had really ever changed.Not knowing what else she could do or try she screamed in frustration andher vision clouded as she looked for some release. After-wards shesimply stared in awe at the growing pool of water that was still fillingthe hole she'd made in a sudden fit of frustration. The rock. I need to plug that hole."The inner core said ... very deep voice here... "I - WANT - OUT-!" The iron core shifted ... trying to get out before the magma plugged the hole. It didn't move far ... about 100 kilometers towards the missing Juan de Fuca Plate ... just enough to change the axial tilt from 23.4 degrees to 20 degrees. What could it hurt?A plug formed ... temporarily ... the word from DC was, "It's plugged. Things will be fine."The message from the people? "Take my guns? The apocalypse. . ZZZzzzzzIt was 3 a.m. and Zoe needed to pee, so off she went down the hall past her dad's bedroom, then straight ahead to the bathroom which was flanked on either side by her big brothers' bedrooms; Zeke's was on the left and Zach's was on the right. As she tip-toed past, she thought she heard the sound of heavy breathing and moaning coming from Zach's room. The night lights were on in both her brothers' rooms so a dim glow appeared each night at the bottom of their doors.Zoe found it.