Things weren’t perfect. Despite my best efforts and well-placed controls, the project was behind schedule, partly due to the increased demands of tr...ining: eighty-five percent of the project’s workforce was local. A few militants had tried taking potshots at the infrastructure and its workers from beyond the security fence surrounding the project, but they had failed to damage anything, and the attacks were deeply unpopular.I allowed myself a brief moment of satisfaction as the main group of. I ask, "Ivan, do you know piggy back ride?"He answers, "Yes and positively."I stand him on a table, back up and order, "Okay I'm giving you a piggy back ride out of here because I need both my hands free in case we meet any bad men."Ivan giggles and counters, "Unca Ben, you no need to give piggy back ride, I can run good and fast to keep up with you."Hell that's even better! To be truthful I wasn't looking forward to carrying him especially if we got into a fight. However, we did need to take. "Diego!!" she squealed when she opened the door to find him waiting restlessly.Before he could say anything, he heard a male voice call out to her. The voice sounded like it had just woken up."What's going on?" he demanded."Oh my God, we must've dosed off after all that studying" she said yawning."Gabbi?" Diego asked."Thanks for tonight" Aaron said hurrying past an angry Diego with the same pile of books he'd come with and left."What are you doing here so late?" she asked, closing the door to. Sister Maria thinks you'refleeing trouble."I contemplated my options. I'd brought down a man Father Flaherty's sizenot long ago, not to mention getting the drop on Michael, but I stilldidn't know how. Those skills were in me somewhere, buried deep andtwice now they'd saved me, but I didn't think I could access them atwill. I'd tested myself and I was no stronger, jars were still as hardto open as ever, so without those skills I had no prospects ofoverwhelming Father Flaherty and escaping, even.