Her hands and arms were strapped at her sides. The machine only supported her from the waist up. Her lower body was held in place by other rods extend...ng from the machine to her bound legs which were side-by-side. Tripp was in the process of attaching wires to her thighs, breasts, and forehead. He used small silver squares of tape. The camera zoomed in on her face. There were tears in her eyes, but she was silent. Tripp began to turn a crank on the side of the machine. Slowly, her legs were. Pick me up at nine-thirty? Sharon gave me a ten o'clock deadline." No problem. See you then. And I'm glad you're coming, Em." Thanks. Bye."She sighed as she made her way to the shower. Neil was right, even if she didn't want to admit it. She had been hiding away, cowering, however one wanted to say it. It was stupid, too, she thought as she turned on the water. All of the people she'd known with Ben had been her friends as well. Depriving herself of their company and comfort was just an. She was staring at me with blue eyes that looked twice as big as they really were.I looked around at the other passengers. David’s team all had the satisfied look of a job well done. Most were smiling. A couple had no expression at all. I realized that these troops were veterans at this kind of operation. David had assembled an experienced team.When the shuttle disengaged from the dock, there was a muffled clunk, and the shuttle shuddered slightly. Mary let out a little squeal and clutched at. "Terr..." he agreed as Miranda lifted the heavy sack again and the ghost lightened the load with a small portion of his mental might."That's better," commented Miranda, smiling happily at the haunter, "Thanks Wraith."The haunter grinned toothily as Misty gave him a thoughtful look. "Do you suppose he was a psychic type when he was alive?" she pondered, trying not to react as Wraith popped out one eye and began playing with it like some kind of morbid yo-yo."There's no way of knowing, really,".