SHIP is my friend too.”I raised my hand to interrupt the banter because I knew SHIP would now get all mushy and we’d spend twenty minutes on reaff...rming our affection.“Back to the subject at hand. Shea please scan and examine the one ahead of us in great detail.”“We are already using any distance analytical tool we have, but I would recommend a physical examination of the artificial structure part of that gate. It appears to be quite large and has internal compartments, perhaps even quarters,. I love you with all my heart. You can do this, Michael. Feel my love," she told me."I love you, too," Abby told me. Then one by one, I could hear the others that were in the room. Their love was adding to the power of the shield, but I sensed it was not going to be enough.Poor Vickie was frantically trying to rally everyone she could reach with her limited range. But Anna was out, Catherine was too distraught, Kalani was preoccupied with Catherine, and my cousins were all in Tennessee and out. With a sigh of relief I heard them approach and then pass, appearing to be on their way into the project without noticing us.But then one of the four yelled, "Hey, Herschell, look at this!" He suddenly appeared in front of me, headed deliberately toward the kids hovering around the game.One of the other four yelled, "Hey, JB, what the hell 're you doin'?" Just a minute," the hefty boy named JB yelled back. "Lemme see somethin'." Oh, what the hell!" swore one of the toughs. "You're wastin' my. " Bertha, "Is that so important to you?" She gave Bertha a snarl and shrugged her shoulders. Thewaitress interrupted them as she brought the coke and coffee.They fell quiet for a second sipping their drinks and takingstock of one another. Jennifer asked Bertha what she wanted and where shewanted to do it? Bertha said, "There will be plenty of time for that afterwe eat our dinner." The older woman began asking the usual questions aboutthe girl. Where she was from and how she came to be.