The wall of doom declared that to be the skewer. The nude girl was hung by her wrists by a chain directly over a vertical pipe with a sharp point at t...e top. Numerous tiny sharp bits were attached to the pole. When all ten lights turned red, Bard announced, she would be dropped onto the pole and skewered alive.Mindy was itching to see someone die for once on this show.But it still wasn't to be. No viewers bought any overrides during the station break, the first light to come on turned green,. Every now and then she would catch my eyes and hold the stare for what seemed like an age and every couple of times she would follow my gaze and smile discreetly.........I couldn"t believe the signals she was giving me by doing this but appreciated them all the same.Anyway, the next day I was home alone when I got a text off Catherine asking if I was ok and if I had recovered from the day before?Me being coy and slightly naive text back asking what she meant! She instantly replied that I seemed. Matthew was presently sitting in the captain's chair aboard the 'Gorrsenz'. The name had come from a T'aut term for 'Spirit'. It was not exact, but as close as a Tandra or a Human could come to the T'aut language. The 93 metre ship was complete after getting the crystal the Emperor had personally prepared. It had glowed brighter than any crystal anybody had ever seen or at least that was what the records stated. The ship had really come alive when it had been given to the computer for. It must have been an hour, before they stopped and sank on to the sand together."Gosh, Katie, I have such fun with you. Time for a swim!"The water was colder than any thing they had experienced and after twenty minutes, Katie yelled out "Let's get back Angie" Chicken! I'm staying in a lot longer yet!" So am I, then"But it was only a couple more minutes before, by mutual consent, they emerged shivering from head to toe and blue with cold.Mad as ever, they continued running away from the cottage.