There was a steady stream of two way traffic along the web of roads leading to the front as units went on leave and others took their place.There were...still raids and counter raids among the outposts as the two sides probed for weaknesses and the occasional bombardments but, for two weeks, nothing much happened.As Benin waited for her turn to be relieved, she waited anxiously to discover whether the mysterious New Zealand Air Observer was John Greenhaugh. She had not seen the Russian, Gregory. Dayna had some thoughts about staying on the “fun side” of the California/Nevada border to do some gambling and try to double her Christmas bonus. And Dawn thought we might be able to kill two birds with one stone by heading into Reno to do that gambling and also drop off Nick and Deedee at the airport so that Jared wouldn’t have to, although that would preclude the others from having the chance to say goodbye.Ideas were on the table, but I suggested that we not make any lasting decisions. ” Amy silently concurred. She grabbed her backpack.As the girls scurried past the table with the two men, Amy was certain she heard the word “pute”. She glanced back at the table. One of the men was openly staring at her. He mouthed the word “salope” at her. She trembled as she hastened her step. Margaret was falling behind, lugging the suitcase that she had packed at Alexander’s. Marja grabbed the suitcase handle with Margaret. The two girls struggled to catch up with Amy.Margaret was out of. She pulled out her radio and called the orbiting communication satellite that would relay her report back to base. NOTHING! Anfon could not raise a signal from the satellite. Uh-oh, we could be in deep shit! The transporter depended on knowing our position as generated by a radio signal sent through the orbiter. Without that precise positioning, there was no way the transporter could find us to pull us back to base.Just as Anfon pulled the radio away from her ear, it started to melt! She.