"I blinked."What?" You heard me. You're going to wear that outfit so we can fuck like mad.I'm going to put you on the moon tonight, love."I tried to p...otest, but only succeeding in stuttering and stammeringincomprehensibly."Now," she said, "You didn't buy my little rubber friend. I asked whatyou do, and you voluntarily said anything. I'm telling you that you'regoing to replace my little rubber friend. OK?"I nodded, stunned. Regaining the power of speech I said:"But... I thought you meant... buy. As we walked off the front porch, Penny fell in beside us. I had temporarily forgotten about her, but she apparently remembered me, because it seemed like Ben and I wouldn't be taking any unaccompanied trips without protection. When she hopped down off the porch to join us, I noticed she was packing. The sidearm was tidy, but I saw it when her blouse floated as she hopped down three steps at once. Clearly there was something here to fear. I was determined to find out what that was.We walked. Does that shock you?" he asked as he lit his cigarette. "Can I have one of those?" I asked pointing to his cigarette pack. And I quit smoking 10 years ago. But I was getting nervous where this conversation was going. I lit my cigarette, took a puff and had a quick dry cough. He sort of chuckled."A little nervous, aren't you?" he grinned."Look, instead of us spending $10 a drink, let's get out of here and we can talk elsewhere where it is cheaper." He said throwing a couple of $20 on the bar.We. Besides I had all of twenty bucksin my wallet and one nearly maxed-out credit card - nothing worth gettinghurt or killed over.The men laughed as I held out the wallet. My stomach took a nasty turnas their leader knocked the wallet from my hand. I had not been trulyafraid until that point."What do you want with me?" I demanded as bravely as I could. I had notseen any weapons yet and I was starting to wonder if running would be agood idea. The leader had something in his hand but it was too small.