I needed to know what to say to her, to know what she wanted to hear. I opened my mouth to say something else when my whole arm erupted in agony. The ...arkings shifted into Mesmer’s face.“Wow watching this is just painful. Tell you what, since you’re so hopeless I’ll help you out a bit more.” The pain shot up to my head and then faded. “Ugh what is wrong with you?” I snapped my attention back to Lauren. “Ah sorry about that, I had a... headache, it’s gone now though” I smiled sheepishly and got. They were suddenly startled as twelve huge metal pillars dropped down from nowhere embedding themselves into the ground and surrounding the group. They were 5 metres high and had a dull black coating dropped down with antennas on top. A large airship floated silently hundreds of feet above them from where they must have been dropped.There was a hum and a crackling of static when arcing electricity formed a link between the pillars.The group aimed and started firing their assault rifles at the. ’ ‘I think Ernest and I should go,’ Frank said. ‘We can probably get across and back faster then you girls can.’ ‘You’re not leaving us here all by ourselves,’ Sue announced in no uncertain terms. ‘I don’t like that idea either,’ Sally broke in. ‘There’re bears in these woods. I’d be scared.’ ‘You’re not the only one who’d be scared, sister dear. No, that idea’s out.’ ‘Okay, then, it’ll be one man and one woman who go and one man and one woman who stays. Which will be it be?’ Frank posed the. She told her parents that I tried to kiss her. She was eleven forGod's sake. As if I would... shit! That was the beginning of the end. Itwas awful - you couldn't believe how bad it got."It didn't get to court; her word against mine; no evidence of course,and she kept changing her story so it didn't stack up. But mud sticks andthe school weren't prepared to support me. I had to leave."Life became unbearable. The neighbours would cross the street to avoidme and my girlfriend, or shout abuse.