I'll be at the hotel, so look me up when you're finished with your assignment. We'll have a few beers and tour the city." You've been told that 17 kid... have been taken by terrorists," began the smiling man as soon as Chip left the room. "We're going to take you to where the families are gathered while they wait this out. The state department thinks that your experience in dealing with terrorists will help reassure the relatives."Steve was suspicious of the explanation, but still climbed into a. “Beking, Hamumni, over there are the remaining humans, beasts and Deformed Beings that are alive. Right now they are in cataleptic state. Examined their faces and retrieved those of them owned by or joined the Planetary Battalion”. General of the Armies Nikari ordered. “Also, one of them had just experienced a successful Evolutionary Ascension. You won’t be able to sense his Heavenly aura; hence, no matter the affiliation of those you recognize I want you to point out the ones you might be. He loves his daddy, already almost as much as his mommy does.’ I smile and place my hand over yours on my tummy. I see the sparkle in your eyes as you lean down and kiss me softly on my lips. After a few seconds, they part and I feel the tip of your tongue caressing mine. Suddenly we both feel a kick in my tummy and we can’t help but laugh. I turn to my side carefully so that now I’m facing you. I catch your eyes moving towards my cleavage, which admittedly, over the last few months seems to. Taste. Touch. All my senses begin to rouse themselves from slumber. A dark, massive cave. Water dripping from the ceiling and the crinkle of dead leaves and grass underneath me. A sickly-sweet stench, like the birth of a lamb in the dead of night. The metallic taste of iron in my mouth, blood. And lastly, the delicate touch of eggshells underneath my naked back. “Eggshells? Did I land on an egg?” No. To my left is the empty husk of some massive egg beyond anything I have seen, the shredded.