She walked up the ramp onthe other side and turned right into the outskirts of Pondgate.Her house wasn't far down that first road. My idiot son was st...llreading, blissfully ignorant. I watched her go into her house and thenpulled up outside.It was a tall decaying building, vegetation eating into the plasterworkfa?ade, just one of hundreds like it all over the district, aching togive in to time and collapse. The whole suburb was settling intoobscene degradation, both the buildings and the. ” the voice started.“Cut the crap! The real queen would never apologize to me, she is far above that.” Risen said as he killed another twenty soldiers.There was a sigh then another far raspier female voice spoke to him. “You are correct humanoid, If you can deliver on that which you have said, then you will be welcome. Though your extermination of the many soldiers will further the readiness of the colony, you will be safely escorted to me.”“I might suggest that you keep that escort to a. Maybe she wouldn’t remember me, or just tell me to leave.I parked my car outside the villa and pressed the doorbell. A few seconds later there was a crackle from the speakerphone set in the wall. A small camera buzzed above my head focusing in on me.“Linda Yxi to see Mrs. Larcon -Morris.”“Do you have an appointment?” asked a female voice.“No, but we are friends from last summer.”“Please wait.” It took a couple of minutes and then the voice was back. “Mrs. Larcon -Morris, declines seeing you.. ’ he explained, not understanding why he was opening up to the creature so willingly. It had to be the fatigue of the last few days. ‘Have you always been able to sense us?’ she asked, suddenly filled with genuine interest. ‘Yes and no.’ he answered with a thoughtful expression on his face. ‘I’ve always had a sense of something… I just didn’t know what it was that I was sensing until…’ he started but stopped himself short. ‘Until recently. Do you sense me as well?’ He asked curiously. ‘In the.