"Within an hour Charles had the plans but then they had the Emperor to deal with, "Alatem what happened?"Sighing Alatem knew that she had to deal with...this sooner or later better now than then, "The ship was attacked by raiders, I barely escaped after Allie destroyed them, but Papa Allie sustained damage." Alatem started to cry hiding her face she almost whispered, "I may have lost her Papa, the tech that is here managed to get the systems back on, but that's it. Oh Papa, I can't lose her, I. He was closing up the gate as I pulled up so I asked if he had time for a quick oil change. "Sure Mark, anything for you, but I have one ahead of you if you don't mind waiting a bit.", he told me. "No problem Joe, here's the keys, I'll go get a cup of coffee and wait in the office." I replied.The waiting room has those old school, large leather couches with chrome arm rests that are now a relic out of another time. He has 2, one across from the other and I sat in the unoccupied one. Sitting. The first few years after the bastard cleared out were very tough as he had left us nothing and my parents were in no position to give us financial help, even if my pride would have let me approach them, and until Mike was old enough to be left alone after school we lived a 'hand to mouth' existence. Deprivations and hardships drew us together and we were best friends as well as mother and son, doing almost everything together and taking care of each other. When I was eventually able to leave. This was purely for discomfort, as there was no possibility of escape from the cage, even unrestrained. She was then left unattended to ponder her fate. A decision was made to confine Master Cordoba indefinitely on Lugash, while Angela would be placed in a Mexican prison. She once again begged for mercy, but was told she would have a ?trial? before a cartel tribunal. No such trial would be held, with the complicity of the corrupt prison warden, she would be listed as having been sentenced by a.