After I move, Maria sits up and groans, "Damn, that's the last devil dog pile I want to be under."I ask the doctor, "How are Matt and Jim?"He replies,..."Matt is doing much better than Jim. When the bomb detonated, a piece of the carbon fiber hand guard of Jim's rifle broke off and embedded itself into his leg. The shrapnel unfortunately damaged his femoral artery. He's unconscious but we have temporarily stopped the bleeding until he has surgery."I gulp and question, "Will he survive?"The doctor. I fumbled with my hidden tape recorder and she grinned as the metallic click betrayed my secret. "Don't worry I'm not about to give away any important secrets. The principle alone took me two years to develop." "Where did you build the ship?" I asked. "On Earth; in a farmer's barn. He let me indulge my whim - for a price mind." "Some whim. It must have been a big barn." "It was a big price." She countered. A shadow clouded her face and she shuddered momentarily. 'There goes that secret again'.. Such amazing adventures, and from the pictures it was impossible to tell this was a man. Oddly enough, in all the time I had been dressing up, I had never felt inclined to try makeup or wigs or anything to complete the illusion. I was satisfied with how the clothes felt, how good they made me feel. Could I do as well as Virginia? I didn't think so, I knew nothing about makeup and had no one to teach me. Besides, I knew I could never leave the house dressed up. It was unthinkable, so of. . something Faith knew she needed to help Buffy with.Tentatively, Faith strode over to the bed. She kneeled down in front of Buffy.The older slayer looked down at Faith; tears still pouring down her cheeks. There were so many emotions in her eyes, but only one was beckoning Faith."Faith, I need..." she began.Faith covered Buffy's lips with her fingers. "I know, B. I know."Then, Faith moved up onto her knees, putting her hands on Buffy's face, and kissed her.Buffy whimpered, her hands going into.