The vine that had started at her feet from the other direction stopped its advance. Haley again started raining hammer blows on the remnants of the wi...dow casing, seeking to destroy the window completely. As soon as she started to strike the house again, the vine that had stopped advancing toward her stated moving in her direction again. Haley saw the movement of the vine in her peripheral vision and turned the spray bottle on the approaching evil plant. The spray stopped it again, and. She swallowed and steeled herself with a breath. “Okay, let me talk to him.”“Are you sure?”She nodded resolutely. I braced myself and handed the phone to her as the twins stood near, aware of the gravity of whatever was unfolding.“Hello?”She listened and her face drew into concern right away.“Pete, slow down! Don’t—”She shook her head, her eyes growing wide.“No! It’s not—”She cupped the mouthpiece and looked at me with wretched eyes. “Go to his house!” she whispered. “And hurry!”The alarm in. Our faces just a couple hands widths apart, we lock eyes. I’ve got the squirmy feeling that he can somehow read my thoughts through my eyes, or that he knows exactly what’s happening in my abdomen, and in my ribcage. My heart is positively hammering against my sternum, like it knows as well as I that this is my best and only shot off this rock.And then his eyes slide to the side and fix on something behind me, and even before I turn my head I know that Bane is standing there. Lord knows exactly. "All the guys there wanted to take the poor stray kitty home, but kitty didn't want to go with them. Meow!" Her speech was just a little bit slurred."Why my dear Dr. Thompson, are you drunk?" Gruthsorik teased."Noooo. Well... maybe I shouldn't have been driving. I wonder if the gate guard noticed. Meow!" More giggling. She staggered to the cell door and got it open after a few tries. She dropped to the ground and crawled the length of the entryway on her hands and knees, pausing several times.