The blue group returned fire, but deliberately aimed high to ensure they missed the white group. Seconds later the white group did exactly the same th...ng and both groups began to move towards each other.Simon was still wearing the night-goggles and he saw the moment when the squad leaders were ambushed as they tried to scuttle away in the darkness. Four squad leaders were dragged to where Simon and Kirsty were standing, two of them had been roughed-up a little too much perhaps, but Simon wasn't. And in the course of that, I've talked to an awful lot of rape survivors. Some of them blame themselves for fighting back. Some of them blame themselves for not fighting back. And it's a shame, because as far as I can see the only thing to do is blame the rapist."She was utterly silent for a moment and then nodded slowly."We still have a lot of stuff to figure out. But... don't worry too much about that particular issue, OK?" OK," she responded quietly. A moment later she brightened up and. Jill laid her arm across the back rest casually, just beside Kathys shoulder. When I graduated I stayed with the team as an assistant for a year before getting a job selling apparel. She touched Kathys shoulder, pulling on her jacket. You guys are now one of my accounts. I sold you this jacket. Small world, huh. Kathy noticed her hand lingering, and was aware of the under current in the conversation, but wasnt really uncomfortable with it. Jill was being pretty nice, and she was quite. She was both frightened and thirsty. It was such an effort to raise her head that after an initial try, she let it drop back onto the pillow. Tears from the searing aching all over her body ran down her cheeks.She felt weak as a kitten as the howling wind outside made things rattle and shake.She tried staying awake but her body was beaten and broken. She closed her eyes to listen to gusts blowing just outside the wall her foot was touching. The cold on toes felt strangely comforting like an ice.