Without saying anything, she pushed my hands away, and looking up, giving her a tentative smile, she said, “Sorry.” I again worried she didn’t w...nt to do it, but seeing her smile, I knew I just needed to go slow. Standing up, grabbing her by the waist, I gave her a kiss, as she again closed her eyes. Backing away slightly, I casually undid my pants, and letting them inch their way down to my feet, I kicked them aside. Taylor now looked on intently as I adjusted my boxers, I think hoping to get. No signs of any people, though ... and then I heard distant singing.I followed the sound of the voices, feeling a strange urgency to reach their source as I hastened through the labyrinthine streets until, turning one more corner, I came to a huge square that was packed with people, all the town's inhabitants must have gathered here. The singing had stopped, and all was silent, no one talked, everybody looked straight ahead, towards the square's other end, in expectance of an event that I knew. " Yeah. The official conclusion was that the two cadets snapped, became delusional, even to the point of self-inflicting their wounds, jabbing formaldehyde into themselves. There didn't seem to be any other explanation."Eliana looked at the clock. "Basel, let's send the code now."Basel nodded and turned to his console. He lifted a clear protective cap and inserted a small orange key into an orange slot and turned it full left. "Ready Commander." On three, One, Two, Three!" Five meters apart,. Dad had pushed the idea for savings and investment. Now that I had twice as much money as before, I had moved yet again... into another tax bracket. The government was digging yet deeper into my pocket. Damn, but they had a good racket going. I gritted my teeth. I figured that for the most part, the money was going to benefit the whole; but, man!It was late in that same year, when I was approached by Mr. Smith, my CIA representative. He had given me a couple photos to look at and seemed to.