The pirate ships were dead in the water, on emergency life support, and didn’t have a single breach in the hull,” Nathan bragged.“The boarding p...rty used stun weapons when they could, and more than half of the pirates survived. They’re shackled and under guard in one of the cargo bays.”Since I left the two small freighters in orbit above my parent’s home, I had the corvette send a skeleton android crew to the three captured ships and then accompany them here. The two pirate vessels were. They both slowly raised their eyes up from each other's chests, and shared self conscious grins."Sorry about that," said Collette finally. "I did say we were just going to study, didn't I? I didn't mean to come on to you if you're not ready Patty." Despite her words though, she continued to look hungrily up and down Patty's body."That's okay. I, uh, I think that maybe, I might, uh, I might be ready for maybe some things. I'm not sure about what, uh, you know, everything you might want to do, I. The woman watched me like a hawk. One time she caught me rifling through the archives room, and I caught hell. The archives room contained a documented history of the Brown family. They were of African-American, Indian and Haitian descent. And they were definitely a stoic bunch, having endured hell on two continents before rising to power in America. I don’t know what I expected to find in the archives room but this wasn’t it. It was a very accurate genealogical portrait of a very proud black. " The four of us continued to talk about the school and the city for minutes before I remembered Jill's original question."Why am I lucky anyway?" I hear you've got 'The Angel' in your homeroom." She does?" the other two asked, clearly interested.I knew immediately who she meant but still asked, "Angel?" He'd been sitting in the second row next to the window when I'd entered my class at eight forty-five that morning. He was a young god."Tall... Long curly blond hair... Beautiful blue eyes....