Now with Security's new assignment, we get to use the latest version as soon as the Colonel's team gives it their blessing."Just as Arlene started to ...nswer, an alarm siren began to sound, but was cut off a half second later. "What was that?" A warning of approaching aircraft, but the aircraft was obviously quickly identified and the computer shut the alarm off. We're almost to the 'bridge' as we call it. We'll stop by and check it out."A few seconds later, the group followed Lieutenant. I wanted him to understand that I wasn't interested in his mission. We made one more revolution and still no Gary, so I said, "Ok, let me out!" "What? No, I think it's time to end this. I promised to get you out of this and that's what I'm gonna do damn it! Now buckle up!" He made as if to pull out on the expressway on ramp which was right where he had picked me up."Kit, I like you, but if you don't let me out," I reached down and grabbed his balls, tight, "I'll scream rape!" I looked in. Petty watched me as I lifted it up onto my shoulder, stroking my arm as I held it there and steadied myself."I knew I kept you around for something," she said with a smile."What? To be your roadie?" I grinned back at her, her lithe body moving quickly in front of me as she walked towards the door to hold it open.The sun had set outside now, a few harsh rays still filtering through over the horizon in the sun's last gasp at the day as I lugged the speaker to my car. I opened the door for Petty. ..”“You burned blue, too,” Miranda informed her, “and you looked beautiful. I watched as you changed shape and became my sister again. You can’t imagine how happy I was to see that. I thought you were doing it on purpose.”“Maybe I was,” Murielle confessed. “I wanted so bad for things to be like they were – before everything went wrong. But I don’t remember what happened after I started burning – except that I woke up and you were sitting beside me – alive and unburned. I thought maybe I’d had a.