."Martin and Tony could only watch as the RAPTOR plowed into the east pad and skidded along the metal surface before smashing into the side of the con...rol module. The resulting explosion sent huge gouts of flame rising into the air and Martin and Tony staggered from the shockwave that rippled through the station even from their distance a mile away."Holy shit!" Tony shouted as the floor they were standing on began to vibrate madly causing them to lose their footing."Command, what the hell is. Therewas something, he realized, definitely not right here.Returning to the door of the cottage, he rapped again his lucky threetimes. And, as before, the beautiful woman answered."What brings you back so soon?" she asked coyly."I was just wondering, my lady," said Shatok inquisitively, "if youmight permit me to make a quick examination of your premises." I don't see why not." she replied with a broad smile. "As is knownto all hereabouts, I live here by myself. And until you and thosewith. None of the others who joined them seemed to be her Master, so she left. She still felt something was going to happen soon and decided to follow Angela the next day. Carly arrived just in time to see Angela leave. If she had been a few minutes later, she would have missed her. She noted that Angela was dressed in jeans, so was probably not going to see her Master, but followed her anyway. When she saw where she went, Carly watched for awhile to make sure she was staying. She figured it was. In fact it grew tighter the more he pulled. Finally the hand ropeunfurled itself and wrapped around to a loop and slide over Ryan's headand neck. It forcefully tugged him forward as the tape dropped to thefloor. He pulled and leaned back but the force was too much, making himtake step by slow step out his door down the hallway towards Allison'sroom. The door slowly creaked open as the girls turned and chuckled asRyan was forcefully led in."Hey big bro, have fun SPYING on us?" Allison glared a.