When I found out a studio apartment had opened up in my building, I helped her get it. Now she lived upstairs and dropped by at least once a week. Usu...lly, she came to chill with my roommates and I or to watch trash TV. The energy of this visit felt a little different.After a moment in the hall, Becca brushed past me and into the living room. “Are the boys here?” she asked, referring to Matt and Simon.I responded with a polite “Nah,” while I cleared some plates from the coffee table.“Okay,. And then we saw him ... on top of you ... doing that ... to you.”Maude stood up and went to her daughters. “I know, I know. I haven’t handled this well at all. Dusty wasn’t hurting me. I yelled, but it was because I felt so good I just had to yell. I’m sorry.”Tawny spoke again “But Mama, he had to be hurting you. He had his pecker in you and it was real big and it was going inside you real hard! She looked confused, suddenly. “It didn’t hurt?” she asked, her voice younger than her biological. This planet is infested with Brocals a meat eating plant/creature. It grows from a type of tree, and upon reaching maturity, is detached to become one of these plant/creatures. The tree must be feed human blood for nourishment. There is a dwindling tribe of humans on this planet that are being used for that nourishment. Your mission is to rescue them. They will be moved to a new planet. I will download the coordinates for a teleport location to that new planet to your map crystals. The leader. Still, I knew the basics. I didn’t have any cash; only credit and debit cards. I figured if my cell phone didn’t work here my plastic wouldn’t either. I searched the man’s body and found a money belt and a Bowie knife. There was another little gun in his boot so now I had three guns. I was collecting quite an arsenal. There was no identification and nothing else of interest or value. I dragged the body behind some bushes and mounted the horse.“Giddyup,” I said and the horse started.