Automatic weapon fire shredded the trees about her, the Pentagram forces obviously under orders to take her alive or see her dead otherwise.She pushed...onwards, the roar of weapon fire suddenly falling silent. Laura realised that she was holding her breath, waiting for another eruption of bullets. She squatted down and tried to calm the mad beating of her racing heart that was pounding in her ears. It was a good as time to finish off the toilet she had started by peeing over the lead soldier.. And we can't even ask them until Monday."Multi-phasic non-linear rectifier? Don't hold me to that. I'm not anelectrical engineer. That's just what it sounded like to me."Well, we better hope they have one," I said, resigned to remaining inthis body for the next couple of days. "You had better call my officeand tell them 'you' won't be there Monday. I'll call your office andbeg off for you. There is no way I could bluff my way through your joband I doubt that you would want to try mine!"Valerie. "Hello." Laura said, pickingup the phone. "Oh hi, Carolyn." Running late, huh? Uh, huh.yes..sure. Bye theway, Kay brought some dresses and shoes for you to look at and Marc is herewaiting for you. Uh, huh.yes.. ok. I'll tell Marc. Bye, bye, see ya soon."Carolyn will be awhile. I guess there was an accident on the freeway nearthe mall. She is stuck at the mall until traffic clears. It might be a fewhours." "Or days, if I know Carolyn." She added. "She asked that you wait soyou can help her pick. Eventually she asked me to come up to LA for a weekend visit, shewould dress me up and we could have some fun together. I decided to takeher up on it and took the bus to LA. When I arrived in LA, I called heragain, but our schedules were messed up, she was expecting me thefollowing week. I decided to wander around the bus station before Icaught a ride back south. I went in to the cafeteria and sat down to havea coke while I waited for my bus. A man came up and asked if he couldjoin me at the.