I stroked her hair and kissed her again, trying to show her I loved her.I didn't know what Protocol 14 was. I didn't understand any of this. But she o...viously knew, and it apparently was terrible. I felt her body trembling as she worked up the courage to go on."Protocol 14 was designed by our... ancestors, just for this reason. Very few knew about it. I may have been the only one left to know of it, besides the leader, and he had forgotten about it. They knew we would reach this stage someday. It would run for at least an hour. That way, even if he managed to do what he wanted inside of fifteen minutes, she would still have the evidence she needed to put part two of her plan into operation.Sure enough, at lunchtime he (or Jessie as she mentally called him) turned up carrying a roll of cable and some tools. She asked him if he would like a coffee before he started, as she would have to go out again on another hair job."Yes please," he said while sitting down without being invited. You never knew what might turn out to be a significant bit of information. Things were going along at the usual snail's pace as was typical at this sort of convention, then we were called into a special meeting at the end of the day. I was told to stand in a certain place, but I didn't think much about that, since every one of the other bodyguards were told the same thing.As soon as everybody was in position, the MC (master of ceremonies) picked up a megaphone and shouted, "OK, LET IT LOOSE!". Sean looked at the two of us and said, "I think that we all could us acelebratory drink. Let's head over to the bar area." And as we made ourway over, Sean leaned in and said to me, "You looked gorgeous in thatdress. You're every pirate's dream." Then he gave me one of those"ARRRRGH"s." We both laughed at that while I quietly answered back,"Watch out. It may be his nightmare." He turned and winked at me andsaid, "I don't think so."There was quite a crowd at the party. There were a few people.