I felt a bit of compassion at that, but firmed my resolve. I was not going to have anything more to do with Markus if I could help it.I was sitting at...my desk in my apartment an hour later and was musing. I got up and went to a small storage room. There was my cloak and my staff. I had not had them out or used them in sometime. It was time I made sure they were in top working condition.I started by charging my staff. After I got lines of energy feeding power into it, I turned my attention to my. The crews needn't have worried; the radiation spillover was minimal and was fading even as the tail fins settled on the beryllium surface. A final whine from the gyros and all was quiet save for the squeaking of the contracting drive tubes. Aaron unbuckled his safety harness as the gimbals on the pilot's seat shifted it to the horizontal. He stood up, stretched, yawned and said "Nice landing, Ikky." "Piece of cake, Skipper," a gray metallic ovoid replied, detaching itself from the control. She made another note to herself to bring tissues and wet wipes next time. He came spurting his stuff into the back of her throat where she involuntarily swallowed it. She licked her lips as though it had been a tasty meal. The man shoved a couple of notes into her hand and she thought about sewing a pocket on the inside of the dress. Dropped off in the street from where he had picked her up she just managed to thank him once more before he drove off. She was caught in the headlights of. " She said.Chris went to Cathy, "What do you think?" He asked quietly.Cathy shook her head, "I think the twins are doing their best to tell us ... Without telling us! We're supposed to have worked this out for ourselves but I think we were taking too long to sort it out." She said.Chris sat down on the bed, "So if we're the twins from the prophecy. Why aren't our powers doing more?" He asked.Cathy sat beside him and took his hand, "I don't know. There's something blocking us." She said.Unseen.