"Tonight's dance is known for its assertive women. You'll find the female crew members compete on a different level in the night club. Normal rules of...behavior are forgotten for this special evening. It's Ladies' Night, so we get free beer, too."Not sure how to respond to her I opened the door and waved them both out into the hall, taking up her challenge. They laughed again, not taking the hint. Instead, they opened their purses and pulled out masquerade masks.Merritt handed me my mask. "Put. That thing was going all the way down to my feet too. She said it made me look like a Goddess, but I just felt naked, even with the matching bra that she made me wear.To finalize my outfit, she found that very special rubber mask. When she placed it on my face, the whole store had a crazy strong reaction and wanted pictures of me. That was pretty much what sold it to me because I was still not convinced.Exploring the mask with my fingers left me confused. It had some sort of fine muzzle with. I had to kind of insist this was a private call as Top hovered over me, trying to listen in. I mentioned the privacy problem to our friend and the sergeant found something really important to do in the other room. Once I could talk, I filled him in on what the Army was attempting to do to me. After listening to the whole story, he told me to just paint my rocks and trees and not make any waves. He promised to check into it.I’d no sooner hung up when I was ordered into the CO’s office.“Since. He came to rest on the dirt path, curling quickly into a tight ball as hedid, awaiting his fate. He shrieked as he covered his head, expectingthe specter's grasp.Nothing.He held firm, a trick perhaps?Nothing.He chanced a quick glance, but all he saw was utter darkness.He picked up his head. Indeed, she was gone, vanished into the night.Perhaps his intuition had been right; the bridge was some sort of barrierto her. Whatever the case, he didn't hesitate to finish his escape. Hepicked himself.