"John, do you have some Null amulets available?" Morgana asked."Yes, my Mage," I answered."Get them, then lock onto Mage Arch's team and hand them ove.... Do not attempt to do anything other than observe, John. I know you well enough to know you'll hang around to see what happens, but you are no match for Heinrich if he's there still," Morgana requested me."Yes, my Mage," I replied formally.It didn't take long to port back to my apartment and pick up several of the Null amulets I'd been working. "A short while ago, someone started "hijacking" me for lack of a better term. I 'woke up' if you will, in a dream one night to find a door in my room. I went through it and found myself in a freeze frame of another person's dream. I was the only thing moving, and there was only one other person in the dream, a woman. I checked her out and figured her for some kind of cop as she was carrying a gun. The scene suddenly came to life and I followed her onto a bus, only instead of a bus, I found. Andy went with him, since they were now in well-traveled country and there was no need for a scout. Andy was to provide the security of a second pair of eyes and a gun, since it was not safe for a person to travel alone, no matter how tough he might look. Andy would also have an opportunity to see the workings of a cattle sale, so that he would know what to do when it became his turn to run a trail herd.They arrived in Sedalia fairly late in the day, so the first thing they did was take a room. Never again seeing Suzie and Kathy and Kurt, never sharing their friendship, never sharing the love they felt for each other. "Jessie, I've decided to stay!" He shouted to the air.Kurt found himself in a cell like Troy and Jessie's voice told him the same about the solitude. The decision for Kurt was easier. His parents had been killed in a plane crash many years ago. He had no brothers and sisters and was not close to the rest of his family. Although he would miss his friends on earth, the.