But no, there wasn’t any rain. The little patch of sky she could see through the tent door was clear. And then another crash. Not too far away. And ...he sound of running outside. What was happening? In the tent, all she knew of was frantic activity outside, the occasional thundering crash and accompanying flash of light. And then the sound of gunfire. “Oh No! Oh No! We’re gonna die! We’re going to die!” cried Sharon in utter fear, a patch of urine suddenly releasing itself from between her legs. Pressed? Hell he must have made some damn heavy threats if she was this pissed.At the other end of the line an Auburn haired woman took a very deep breath. Why in the hell wasn’t she able to impress upon her daughter the seriousness of her situation? Those twenty three hostages had held a few VERY important people in their ranks; including a US senator. As it was now, the jury was still out on whether they would be executed or not. The General was the only one who was holding back the. I followed her to the point where I was standing right behind her, and she knelt down to pull out the towel. I put my hands on my hips (which I do a lot) and waited. She laid her head back into her neck and looked at me from below. Since I didn’t know what to make of it I looked at her quizzically which caused her to laugh heartily. She finally got up again and handed me my towel. I gave her a slight bow to express my thanks, and she giggled. We looked each other in the eyes for a bit; I could. They had found the abandoned pod with a fair amount of blood all over the inside. Upon further analysis Mary could find no one in the data base that matched the blood though she had expanded her search to other systems that might hold the answers that she required. Mary herself was worried she hadn't detected any movement or anything getting close to the pod. She felt that she had failed the Emperor even though he was not upset with her. She had done extensive scans of the pod after the.