"SIR Incoming" the tactical officer said."What? On screen!" the commander shouted.The view screen came to life, showing highlighted targets rising fro... the martian surface, except it looked nothing like the Mars they knew, the surface was scorched black with plumes of smoke coming from several places on the surface."What the hell?" The commander said startled."Sir in coming vessels are unlike anything I have ever seen, and they are powering up their weapons." the tactical officer said.The. Some of the social outcasts preferred solitude, some responded with bitter denial to their classification, and some with mutually abusive natures erupted with more resultant conflict than any of the "jocks" had ever caused.As in most communities, like-minded people tended to form their own small close-knit groups and so it was with the Geeks & Freaks.Harry, Ginger and Henrietta arrived together at John's house a little before seven.Marie and Will (whoever called their kid Wilberforce nowadays?). Making the exterior surface of my flying sled frictionless reduced the drag and turbulence considerably. The turbulence wasn't totally eliminated, but a 95% reduction was wonderful, especially when flying 700 mph a dozen feet above very hard water.I cut across Florida between Gainesville and Ocala, slowing down considerably because the land isn't as flat as the water and it'd hurt to fly into something. I paused at one place to do some quick research on Northrop Grumman's El Segundo facility.. Just watching the nimble and nubile females glued to their partner's bodies was enough to make Fiona's juices start to flow.Magically, a gin and tonic appeared on her table.When she asked the waiter if he was reading her mind, the staunchly blank-faced young man replied,"It came from that gentleman over there, Madame."Fiona peered in the direction of the waiter's finger and saw her massage specialist from the beach visit. He waved at her and she beckoned him with her hand wondering what his.