"What's the hurry, sis? Gotta get down there and play with your friend?" "Brad, just chill out. Please? I really need to use the bathroom now." "Yeah,...sure. I think I ought to talk to the folks. You know?" "Can you just leave it be? It's none of your business!" "We'll see. We'll see." She scuttled into the bathroom, almost dropping her lotions and shampoo. She felt like crying, but she wasn't going to. She wasn't. This was going to be a good day. Why was he like that? She completed her morning. Bennie was flying us today and he parked the plane at the same spot as before. Before doing anything else, we refueled and went over the plane for its next trip. We roamed around a little and saw nothing different and no tracks of people or even large animals. We got on the radio but were still quite distant for forty meters. Momma said that we could talk easily on twenty but that we had no antenna for that band and forty was working well enough for short reports. We told them that we would. We’ll have you down in a minute.”“What do you think?” Laurie asked as she moved a bed table underneath the net. “She asked to see the Queen. Who do you suppose she is – I mean, was?”“Two years?” Ivory yelped, and tried to climb out over the side of the net. “Shit! That can’t be! Frank can’t hold out for two years! I’ve gotta find him! Whoops! Help! Yow!” Ivory landed hard, halfway on the bed table and halfway in Laurie’s arms as the girl tried to catch her.“Damn you’re slippery!” Laurie grunted. A quick lightning flashes the sky illuminating the world like it was a bright Sunday afternoon. A second later, a loud thunder erupted, all the sudden a hand reached out from behind his left ear. It squeezed his mouth shut and pulled his head back, exposing his neck. A sharp knife slit his throat just below his Adam's apple. The pain was excruciating, but he couldn't scream. He tried to claw at the hand grabbing his mouth, but he felt himself growing weak and choking in his own blood. The last.