" Throwing a few items into a bag, she went to David, "I'll pick you up in the morning if you wish to go into work SIR. I'll bring the car back then i... you don't. Good night SIR." No Steph, don't go..." Stephanie could hear him calling to her as she closed the door.Her phone rang a few minutes after she'd entered her old flat. It now seemed a cold and uninviting place but at least it was hers and she could have her own space away from that harridan. She guessed the call was from David and cut. She jumped up and looked very happy to see me. I asked where Allison was and Jenny explained she was over in Rotorua, about an hour and a bit drive away, but was going to be back in the afternoon, as she hadnt expected me until 3:00pm. I remembered then that I had told we would get down later in the afternoon, but Phil had changed the time on me. Why has she gone to Rotorua? I asked. Oh! Uncle Fred left his wallet here and was too busy today to come and get it. So mom had to drive it over. When I walk out to take up my usual position beside the boulder I spot a watcher in the distant sky. At the boulder I take a seat and await events.About half an hour later, judging by my internal clock, I spot four of the Kukulka flying this way. They land and approach me.The older one from yesterday stops and tells me his name, which is very poetic and very long. I shorten it in my mind to ‘Morning Breeze’ as their names use a process that’s a cross between the Japanese and the American. He finally finished, satisfied with his results. "Forty five minutes to pump the VX agent the three miles with only 10 percent expected to be lost in the soil." He tapped his pen on his clip board in satisfaction as he looked down at the entrance, the fused soil on the inside glistening like glass." These fucking aliens have built a virtually airtight tunnel."Within the saucer the experiments were moving at pace. The rail gun continued to launch the collection of cocoons one by one into the.