“I’ll show you,” she said, her voice husky.“You don’t have to do this,” Bobby said, his voice cracking.Molly looked up at him, her face se...ene. “You found my little girl. I’d never have found her without you before ... I’d never have found her. This woman thinks I am your wife. That subterfuge must be maintained if we are to leave here tomorrow. She has gone to great lengths to prepare me to receive my ... husband. Once ... just this once ... let me show you how grateful I am for what you have. .. Just follow the directions and don’t simply head straight to the cave. Though Elder Master did not have more of those Pure Cores, he did had countermeasures for Sublime Soul Sense that other members of the chai-’‘Enough talking!’ A new, feminine and impatient voice interrupted. ‘Follow the map, Zax. I’m Lusiana, my companion is Eviatar. We are leaving. Good luck!’‘Lusiana? Eviatar?’ Zax called via his communicator but the two no longer responded. ‘Perhaps the fluctuations from the blast zone. She started to walk out -- Jim stopped her with a thought.Jim took her hand again and led her down the hall to his room. He opened the door, ushered her inside, then closed and locked it behind him.“Who’s that,” Veronica said, pointing to the unconscious Cheri laying on one of the beds.“Oh, her? That’s Cheri, my assistant. She won’t know we’re here. Don’t worry about her.”Cheri was laying on one of the beds, perfectly still. Her eyes were closed. For all intents and purposes, she was sleeping.. “Holy Fuck that was close,” screamed Krissy.“Fuck, smell it, I can smell the lightning,” Monica said her voice shaking.“It’s okay, it’s the ozone you can smell. Lightning ionizes the air,” I tried to reassure everyone.With that my calming words of reassurance went up in smoke. Literally up in smoke as one last mother of a lightning strike hit the powerlines. The transformer exploded in a shower of reds and yellows as flames shot up in the air.For what seemed like ages nobody spoke. We just sat.