"The mission has been a great success and surely Allah and the Prophet are smiling down upon you," came the sweet voice again."The mission... the miss...on... yes, I succeeded in releasing the virus, I remember now," she thought."You have killed millions of the infidels, sent so many unbelievers straight to hell," came the voice, its message somewhat at odds with the musical quality to its tone."The voice, where have I heard the voice? Mission... I succeeded," her thoughts drifted."All of the. "Follow me or receive the same fate; harden your heart, you can grievefor him later." She started to pull Danielle along behind her butDanielle whipped her hand from Katerina's grasp and purposely ran besideher."Where are we going?" Danielle gasped for breath."We are taking an adjoining tunnel which comes out near the river. ButI have a surprise for our followers." Katerina pulled Danielle into atunnel that branched off from the main tunnel they had been following.Katerina motioned for them. "I'm sorry," said the younger woman. "I know much of this is my fault..." No," Claire interrupted, "I'm getting exactly what I deserve. I didn't have to let you seduce me, have sex with you, but I did. I've always been weak and now I've put my whole life, our children, our happiness in jeopardy."Tears began flowing amid great sobs of grief."Why do I always screw things up? When we were first married, I almost destroyed our marriage with my drinking and affairs. Now I've cheated on my husband. I wasn’t ready to meet what was waiting for me. My first conscious thought was simply, “Pey.” She wasn’t yet eleven years old and she was gone. I’d known her only two and a half years and she was gone. She wasn’t finished with fifth grade and she was gone. If I ever found those bastard powers that be, I’d do my best to kill them all.I sensed hands before I actually felt them in mine. They could apparently tell I was waking up because they both squeezed. There was nothing I could do but sigh and.