’I felt nauseous but was unable to throw up.It was time for action. I opened my laptop and started searching airlines, looking for a flight home. Th... earliest flight wouldn’t leave until 4 am.I contacted two male colleagues, who were also attending the conference, and they agreed to cover for me. I went to the hotel for a power nap, setting the alarm for 3 am, but was disturbed by another text message. It said, ‘I am going to fuck her tonight. She already told me she was more than willing. I am. The building was made of simple stucco walls, and painted a non-descript beige color. The sign hanging outside was sponsored by a large soda company, and read NAFFY'S STORE in a bold font.He had never been here before, and didn't know who the hell Naffy was. This store was in an area of drug users and teenage pregnancies. There were men with no shirts and numerous tattoos hanging out on the side of the store, smoking and laughing. One guy strode an old bike that he had been riding.Eddie knew. I looked across and saw Billy slowly fall to his knees. I hadn’t heard a shot, not distinctive crack of the bullet passing close by, nothing at all. Running across to Billy whilst shouting to the other two guys to cover me, I grabbed my by the collar of his combat jacket and dragged him behind a garden wall. It would give us cover for a little while, until I sorted things out. I quickly looked him over, looking for gun shots wounds, signs of bleeding but found nothing, and then when I realised. One by one they landed in the vacated fighter bay. Once all five were down the bay doors closed. Atmosphere was established and the exiles jumped out of their fighters. Two females and three males. They looked at each other, but they kept silent. They knew each other. They had governed the world and put to death the other three exiles. There was small stability in their partnership though.They followed a corridor until they came to the bridge. There they found Tr'Nichsa. Once just a simple.