Should I pick you up at the house?”“Of course not. I’ll have someone drive me to meet you. Tell her I have a new girlfriend and I need to talk t... you. All of which is true.”“You have a new girlfriend?” he asked, surprised. “Do I get to meet her?”“Maybe some day. She may drop me off or I may have Mom do it. Where?”“The Mall food court again in an hour?”“Make it two,” I said and we said goodbye.I took the phone back upstairs and told them that I’d set up a meeting for two hours at the mall.“I’ll. "Sorry about that, but it's unavoidable at this point. The name's Steve Miller, by the way."Steve waved Julie into the room with a curt gesture. "Am I to understand that this is your doing?" He didn't wait for an answer, but turned to Kim and asked her, "And what was your part in all this? Was anyone else involved?" Steve was in full angry-father mode at this point, and didn't think to ask the victim any questions. She took care of that problem by speaking up. "I think I heard Kim trying to. As you know, he is the officer we have detailed to deal withdisciplinary matters."The lights came down further, and a screen descended along one wall. Theboard secretary fiddled with a laptop, and a grainy image appeared."Sometimes we do not get a clear image for a few seconds," the viceprincipal stated, "but all the important parts of the incident are here.Ah now, see? Ms. Mullens is attacking Ms. Grubb, kicking and hittingher. Now she knocks Ms. Grubb unconscious."The lights went up and he. Captain Jones, we have chosen you for the very first human test. The first test we are going to perform is for Captain Jones to transit from the Atlanterra gate to the Earth gate, where the Poseidon is waiting nearby. When Captain Jones exits the gate here, he will dock with the Poseidon and head straight to medical to get checked out.If he passes medical, both of you will perform a variety of tests as you transit between the 3 gates. If all the tests are successful today, we will begin.