Once the people outside did what they do, the canopies were opened. A young female airman reached into unbuckle me from the seat and release my helmet... As I saw the pilot do, I took off my helmet and handed it to her. When she was down the ladder I climbed down as well.I hadn’t expected to see nearly fifty men holding M-16’s aimed at me when I turned around. If not for being really damn good at ignoring everything around me I probably would have gotten in deep shit. Instead I pulled off my. It was no great stretch of the imagination to realize that Rachel might be just what I was looking for - at least she appeared to be. Of course taking in another woman and a child – well what the hell I thought, in for a penny..."Rachel, what's your background?" My husband Jake died of an overdose ... all our money went for his drugs. He used to be a successful accountant..."When she paused to wipe her tears I lightly squeezed her hand and interjected, "Sorry, you misunderstand. What I meant. If the game players wanted a white whore, why did they choose me? And Roger? They could easily have bought a willing woman. What do they want with us? How much did Ted know? Was he the brains behind this? Or did he just connive with the Colonel?" Any answers were pure speculation. The pain in my bottom had receded a little to a dull ache unless I sat down hard. Eventually I drifted off to sleep disturbed by involuntary cries from neighbouring cells, exhausted from all that had transpired and. I walk around the corner to the back entrance holding a bag of tools in my left hand. I sigh as I go in the double doors expecting the worst. I find no one in the main registry office when I get there and all the lights are off except for one lit warmly in the corner by a brown purple and red tiffany lamp I’m sure the corporation paid a few hundred dollars for. I find the mouse on the mouse pad and move it around a little. The computer screen flashes on and I hit the icon for internet.