The visitors went first and made three outs. The home team is next, right?” I nodded. “They are the Braves?” I nodded again. “They’re the te...m you like. Where are they located?”“They are located in Atlanta where I had lived before moving out here. I still have sentimental ties to that area.”“We were there last week and were on the way to Birmingham. I think the plan was to fly after that.”“Is that your car out there or a rental?”‘It’s rented. I insisted upon driving. My keepers can’t stop me. The rod travelled through space for an eternity. Billions of years passed it by. The construction of a billion galaxies, a trillion stars, a near infinite supply of planets and asteroids and debris.It found itself inside exploding stars; on planets burning alive; on worlds so cold the only movement could be found in asteroid strikes every few hundred years.Eventually, the rod travelled to a new system. This time, though, it found something.Life.In its infinite travels, the rod had developed a. "Ya sure,"I said as I began to make my way out of the room.I watched a late night talk show as I waited for him to be down in the shower. When the show ended I began to wonder what he could be doing in the shower for the hour. My thoughts immediately scattered to his naked body under the warm running water. His smooth tanned skin and the muscles that covered his body, not an inch of fat on him. His chiseled jaw and his short hair soaken wet made me dreamily smile at the visual. Suddenly the. Other than a toilet, a table and a couple simple chairs, there was nothing. He walked to the other end where the tub and the room’s solitary window resided. The basin was half full of blackish muck. A mud bath?The window offered a wide view of a bustling, smog choked city. A quick look down revealed the room was dozens of floors up. That explained the lack of restraints. The only way out was a thirty floor fall to instant death. He watched hovercrafts and small ships whiz through the sky. They.