Her dark eyes were bright, and her cheeks were pink with excitement. She was going to pull this off tonight. She was going to buy herself enough time ...o get out of here. When she was satisfied with her appearance, she turned away from the mirror and headed out onto the veranda. Everything at the pavilion was perfect. The lanterns were lit, the musicians were in place. The whole atmosphere was magical. She found herself almost looking forward to tonight again. She hadn’t allowed herself to. ” He explained.“Sorry. I guess I didn’t do those things.” I said.“Oh you probably did.” He said.He turned back to Alex.“Hey what did we find out for him?” He asked.“Well, those beasts that he saw were definitely due to him being in temporal flux. By adjusting our sensors, we were able to detect some here in the base and track them down. We were able to seal them off from entering this room using some force fields. But they seem to be attracted to you being in flux.” Alex said.“What do we do. "Because I'm surestaring at the dainty little thing on the back of your head is exactlywhat got off my boyfriend. You're such the dainty little slut, aren'tyou?" I'm so sorry, Francesca," Ryan apologized. "Please, just let me takethis off and...." Oh, hey mom," said Francesca, snapping right back into her phony sweetmode, squeezing Ryan's arm as her mother came in."Tracey?" said Mrs. Stemler, looking at him and then her daughter. "Whatthe hell are you two doing in here, and why does she have. Yet.Now, to finally lay that issue to rest and bring everyone on board.“Mr. Thomas?” Sarah turned abruptly to face her only surprise of the afternoon. She’d actually expected the financial assistance to come from another direction but this was good, too. “What would you say,” she began with a twinkle in her eye, “if I were to tell you that, as of an hour ago, we have been promised all the sound, lighting and video equipment we need, plus the people to run it, free of charge?”His eyes widened.