.. stalking. I pulled Pepper out of line and started backing to a corner of tall walls. She was looking at me as I felt more stalking us, “what is i...?”One of the instructors started towards me and I spun and my hand snapped out. I caught a small dagger and let my spin continue to turn me. The dagger spun in my hand as I caught Pepper and yanked her behind me, “you stalk like little girls!”We were still moving to the corner and I shifted and the dagger vanished when I threw as a slight blur. The sarongs were all packed and a conservative attitude had joined her conservative khakhi pants. "I'm waiting for my son; he's picking me up here."I let go. "Well, ok. I guess we'll just wait."An eternity went by - roughly five minutes. Alex and Beth went to get a cup of coffee. A car pulled up and out popped three young kids shouting "Granma!" They wrapped themselves around Barb.A man got out. His skin was lighter and his eyes were almond but the family resemblance was there. He managed to. I caught her wrist and twisted it just enough to put her off balance. Then I pushed her away. I wouldn’t have minded smacking her, but I would have caught hell when Haley heard about it. “Don’t touch me!” she screamed. “I took a women’s self defense class!” I laughed at her. She lunged and tried to punch me. I sidestepped it. She tried again, with the other hand, and I sidestepped again. She tried to stomp on my foot with one of her heels. I moved my foot and she broke the heel of her shoe. Those are for girls!"The girl brushed her blonde bangs back out of her eyes. "I know," sheanswered softly, "but that's what they want you to wear." Her face tookon a pleading expression. "Please do what they say, otherwise ... well,you've seen them, right?"The young man stifled a moan, and nodded in resignation. Silently, hestarted taking off his clothes. When he was down to his underpants, hehesitated. "Those too, I'm afraid," said the girl with a grimace. Sheturned her back until he'd donned.