.." ... they just told us to be at least a hundred miles away when it functioned," Diana finished for her. "And one of them took me aside and quietly...told me that he thought his associates were underestimating the device's capabilities, and suggested that we 'run like hell' when we set the timer, and to keep running."Selina barely acknowledged Diana's comment as she concentrated on her inputs. "There," Selina said as she pointed to her forward screen. "There is a wider gap in the near patrols. Programming for the various orbiters could be sent to the surveilled system, and then propagated via the integrated navigation & communications satellites.Jervis Bay approached the planet in stealth mode, covered by ZIRCONIC optical and radar shields. It was a tense time, for they did not know even if the Sa'arm had planetary patrols, much less active sensors that would shower them with fire as soon as they were in range. Nevertheless, Terry took a deep breath, and began moving in. "All. Im pretty sure you wouldent want to hear about a bunch of c***dren showing off ( if you catch my drif;) ). Anyeay, we went into his house, and his mom was one of the most kind people i have ever met. She saw the bruses on us, and my brothers freshly broken arm. She asked us what happened, and we told her the truth. So she called DCF and we went through the whole process. It was pretty traumatizing, but all us k**s were glad to be out of that hell hole we call we called a home. Unfortunately, we. The blonde raised her hand and rubbed it across her lips. Her heart beat wildly as she moved her eyes from man to man, watching them stare at her like a piece of meat. Then she thought of Tina; of the way she'd found her, beaten, bruised, tied and tossed away in that foul way. Instinctively she moved her hand down to the burned place on her belly and rubbed it over the sore area."Let's give her a taste of what her friend got," Rick said, turning around and winking at Doug. Then turning back he.