"I think we can all see that removing the savages from this planet is not going to be as easy as we first thought. The ship's AI has been analysing wh...t happened earlier and has put forward a theory to explain events."The AI suggests that the people of this planet have developed technology that is beyond our own. Our tractor beam was defeated by what could only have been an even stronger tractor beam deployed by them. The AI suggests that that also explains how the missile was controlled."Now,. As Aphrodite was making its way into the heartland of America, all reports coming out of Asia stopped. Then one by one, each of the other infected countries went silent.In the small mountain town of Broken Creek, Kentucky, it took the virus less than two days to run through the entire female population of the 4,000 person community. The Broken Creek Medical Center was filled to capacity as doctors tried in vain to treat what their colleagues from around the globe had been unable to treat.By the. " She giggled and shook her head, "I will, whenever they hurt and . . . I have a feeling they'll hurt often after this weekend." "What're we gonna tell Mom and Papa Ralph?" "Well," she shrugged, "they say that the best lie is one that's real close to the truth. I just won't tell them about sleeping with you, that's all. I mean, I sat on your lap and wiggled your feet. That's not very suggestive . . . is it?" "No," I shook my head, "I guess not." The rest of the weekend went like that – with. When we sat down in the loveseat again, Alex surprised me. She cuddled up to my side and put her feet sort of under her and put my arm around her shoulders and rested her head against me. I took her hand in mine and shut my eyes and relaxed. I felt so good having her next to me, sort of like she was where she wanted to be, and I wanted her to be next to me.I heard a noise and opened my eyes. Mr. and Mrs. Andreas were in the door looking at us. I didn’t move and neither did Alex. I was proud of.