"Julian knocked over the coffee plunger."That's OK love, just clean up and make more."Loo and Cathy had been part of what they used to call "the tribe..."Sarah and Julian, Mary and Jack, Loo and Peter, Cathy and Mark. Theparties, the trips away, the trips they had without leaving home, thedrinking, the clubbing had lasted probably longer than they should havebut at the time they were well up for it. All history now.Loo was now 72 and Cathy 73, they were both divorced and had been foralmost 20. The demon with the electronic torture device must have used it to silence the offender. I secretly hoped it was Mira's Major M because he deserved it. It was his fault we were captured and humiliated by this situation. At least he shared in my misery.The ride of Baskerville was quite harsh and I was thankful for the pad underneath me. Yes our captors treated us very well which further confounded me...Flashback – Jack – Undisclosed locationThe damn L.Cpl. wouldn't stop making noise so I shocked. "I speak for all of us we will die before we allow you to harm our master!" Turning the leader had a look of disbelief on his face, Gen's power had skyrocketed! Looking at the rest he could feel all of theirs increasing with each passing second. Then he felt an even stronger power emanating from Sheeka by the great Jinn it was true! "Relax little ones," the leader of the council told all of Jake's Jinns. "As I said we can't believe that a mere human could do this, but Master Jake is no mere. You know how Francesca got upset because you hugged Amber? That’s because her mom is teaching her that you only are ever with one person like that.”“Why?”“Some people believe that’s the best way. I don’t.”“Why?”A common tactic of the five-year-olds everywhere - the endless string of ‘Why?’ questions!“Because I think it’s something you can do to show how much you love someone. But you have to remember, a lot of girls will be like Francesca. If they do that with you, it means that you’re a couple.