And when I saw the tower, that was the moment when all hope at last fled from me. An impossible structure dozens of times taller than the highest skys...raper... it was descending from the clouds, through some conveyance that defied human understanding of gravity. Amber and yellow and needle-like off in the distance. The extraterrestrial object slammed down, embedding itself in the earth as pink lights began to glow from within. They were setting up some kind of permanent base-camp. And it was. "Just get undressed, and you'll find out," came the terse, but not unfriendly, reply.It took only a moment or two before Walter was undressed and standing, expectantly, in front Dominique; who directed him to a sturdy wooden bench-like device that was setting in the middle of the room; a beam of sunlight shining in through a window created a spot-light like effect."I've never seen this before," Walter said, curious."It's new. I spent all last week designing and building it. Your going to love. If you stayed “single”,you were as good as dead, and there would be no one to protect you. It was bad being in a gang,but impossible outside of one. Flo told her that she was a member the Fem Underground, a gang controlled by a big dyke named Gloria. Once you were a member, nobody from another gang would touch you for fear of retaliation. The only problem was that being a member, Gloria and her partners could make you do anything they asked. They could make you fuck a guard for d**gs, or eat. It would be very difficult to getclose to the band again so we decided to head out.The parking lot had only a few cars left and we were able to get outeasily without fighting the traffic.?Let?s go get a drink somewhere,? Sara suggested.?Seriously?? I asked. ?I can?t go somewhere like this.??Why not?? she countered. ?You?ve been to a club last night, been onstage at a concert in front of thousands tonight. Why not a clubtonight???Those places I was expected to be like this,? I argued. ?Now, it.