Gunny Griffin and his team didn't get to see it, but he would have been gratified to see the response -- what amounted to an armored battalion taking ...ver the area and VERY slowly sweeping it for threats... The Mercury made no visible moves during the aftermath -- nothing that might connect it with events on the surface. Amazingly, the Sa'arm -- or the local hive, anyway -- hadn't stumbled onto the transporter system yet -- probably largely due to the way the Tulaki made like scared rabbits. "You just be nice to me or I won't take you to the Olympics." You have to make the Olympics first, Miss Overconfident." Oh, I'm going to," she declared. "It didn't count, because it wasn't in a meet-but at training this week I went under the World Record in the 200 back three times." Great!" I said."Hey, I'm going to have competition in the 100 back at Nationals, and I'm going to have a lot of competition in the 200 individual medley. But the 200 back? That's mine." Good." Then I realized what. "She grabbed her underwear and left my room still half naked. I sighed with resignation as I realized we had to get ready for school. I considered skipping school and just making out with my sister all day, but that was a very bad idea.I rummaged around my room searching for clean clothes to wear. I shifted through the piles until I found some clean underwear and a clean shirt. Yesterday's jeans would be okay for today. I was just finishing stuffing our homework into our backpacks when I heard. Elizabeth, Scarlett, and Kayla are going to be sleeping with us tonight. I need to talk with Felicia for a bit before we come up if you would like some time to chat. You’ll have most of the day tomorrow to catch up with your other sisters as well because they won’t be leaving until late afternoon.”Kitten looked a bit nervous as she crawled into my lap while everyone else went upstairs. “You’re not in any trouble, my dear; I just wanted to talk to you privately. I know I told you that our guests.