The sound of the dial tone told me that it was not to be.I spent the next three days alone with my thoughts, wondering why I had let it happen. It was...the Fourth of July and the neighborhood was in holiday mode. Everyone I knew was away or spending their time with their family. I had plenty of time to think. Saturday night was the worst.When it first came to light that Josh had told his mother about what he had seen Colleen and I do in the cottage I thought Mrs. Ford would reconsider. I even. He drove home, put his groceries away and waited until 4:00pm before driving back to Julie's office waiting to follow her home. Julie must have had work to catch up on since she did not close the office until after dark. He had moved into the parking lot at the back of her office when it got dark and waited for her to come to her car. As she came around the corner of the building going to her car he made sure nobody else was around. He wet the handkerchief with chloroform and caught her before. The other two shackled her ankles to an ankle spreader that hung from the ceiling. Andrea was again completely at their mercy. The head mistress instructed the other girls to take their seats, and vanished from Andrea's view for a moment. When she returned, Andrea noticed that she was holding two red candles. The mistress set one right on her belly button. The base was about four inches wide, so there was not much of a chance that it would fall, but Andrea was worried about the wax spilling. Standing in front of it, so his guests cannot see, he spoke very quietly."Replicator, I need Federation System General Insignias."The replicator came on and a box materializes on the pad. Picking up the box that had formed on the pad, Ken looked at it for a second. He then turned, and walked back to the general."General Polk, I am putting you in charge of our mechanized army. Our mechanized army is a lot different than one you are used to. I want you to build up a defensive and offensive force.