Sensei Tom reached back and grabbed my hand as we threaded our way through hundreds of closely-packed, slow-moving bodies. I could feel Lisa’s hand ...n my upper arm and hoped Jack was keeping up at the rear, as the four of us tried to stay together in the crush. My heart felt like it was going to pound its way out through my stomach in its excitement. The floor below swarmed in a riot of color as people dressed in street clothes and a wide variety of white and colored gis found their places for. Another look at the ghostly form of the last member had Sam wondering if they really had a chance at all.They all emerged from the worm hole half way to the IP homeworld. Sam bristled slightly. He could feel a massive build-up of the IP forces surrounding the world.All right when we next emerge, we will,” Sam started then found other thoughts intruding.Sam? Came the thoughts, Sam searched through his mind these thoughts felt familiar. Sam? Came the thoughts again, this is Atata, I and the. In a way, I found it all too familiar after a long career in the military service in a far future world but it was fascinating none the less.The dismounted Infantry was finished with their breakfast and had already lined up near the line of departure with some sort of eager urge to be the first ones on the battlefield. I was curious at their attitude but I put it down to their wanting to get the fighting out of the way so they could be reunited with their beloved mounts and ready to move on to. Is something going on?”“I’ve been putting my brain through the paces.”“Oh dear,” she grinned as he plated up. She nodded, “You’re like you were at the beginning of summer.”That had been when he had arrived back in the past; that first day his thoughts had been focused like a laser beam.‘Like the arrow that springs from the bow,’ he muttered to himself. She only caught half of what he said and repeated.“Like an arrow?”He shrugged, “Another thing I heard once.”“Do tell?”“All my life I’ve had.