I hid behind work this time too and searched the ship for what I could use to save us and make it to the rendevous point. One of the things I needed w...s to get the computer working for I didn't know where we were. The ship had been thoroughly destroyed and I was surprised that not only were some of us alive but that the ship had kept the four of us together.The small ship I originally fabricated was located on a lower deck. A burst of energy had gone through this area too and took out some of. It is incredibly hard tocome up with stories involving detection and masking. I've left the endopen ended though, so I might bring the girls back if something occurs tome. Rest assured that there will be more stories. I have a couple ofideas running around my head. It might take another month or so. Ooh, andfinally, the title is a tribute to the greatest consulting detective ofall time. Surprised no one picked up on the initials of my twodetectives. :)Her Last Bowby Hazel MTommy (a.k.a the Gun). What is that smell? Oh shit! Are you kidding me?“Jacob, is that vegetable oil you are marinating me in?”He laughed heartily and said, “I plead the fourth.”“It’s the fifth, dumbass. But I forgive you because that feels so amazing, and you are going to help me wash it all off later.” Another laugh from him asserted his agreement.“Natalie,” he said, running his hands out to my hips, where the bikini bottoms were held together only by string ties. “You see here, Nat, how easily this might come. It seemed like whenever I acquired new mates, at least after leaving Earth, things got lively. What would it be this time?Billy must have been impressive, judging by the way his two Forthan companions were hanging all over him at breakfast. His sisters weren't letting Allen out of their sights, either.Talk around the table got back to the military service, and I saw some faces fall. Billy perked back up, when I explained that we were starting a base on Forthan. I didn't mention that it was.