" Sean, we can't go after him, RCS is damaged, you'll kill us." Seanstopped flipping the switches engaging the fuel pumps."We have to do something, we...can't let him die out there." Megan grabbedSean's shoulder and gave him a comforting squeeze."Sean, Mitri's right, we all want to go after him, but if the Verniersare leaking fuel, a burn will destroy the ship. We have to think ofsomething else." What else is there?" Gene piped in with a voice of dread behind it."I say we survey the vessel for. I even contemplated sicking Laurie/Lucy and her gang of hackers on the IRS. Eventually I calmed down enough to reconsider that course of action, after coming to the conclusion that the country's economy might not survive.So instead I gathered up our audit notices the next day and dropped in on the IRS.I sat down across from the chief auditor and handed him the notices. He glanced over them carefully then checked his computer records."They are legitimate." he announced stiffly."I'm not disputing. "Ok, pull it up, I want to see this letter you sent to Brannon. You had that little drek eating grin on your face when you came back."I pulled up the letter and Blake read it over my shoulder. 'Dear Isaac, ' I had written. 'By now your toes must be sore from stumbling around in the dark. Someone must take pity on you so I am taking this opportunity to give you some information that should prove helpful. Alain de Chateau and his alias' are listed here. He made a lot of calls from the telecoms. ‘Nice name’ I said, taking a step towards her, ‘don’t be frightened; have you done this before?’ ‘Done what’ she said. ‘Made love to another woman in a hotel toilet’ I said reaching out my hand and stroking the backs of my fingers against her cheek. She mumbled something I couldn’t catch, her eyes suddenly downcast, as my fingers curled around the back of her neck and I applied a gentle pressure. She lifted her head, her eyes now fixed on my mouth as the space between us lessened. She stepped.