When Sally told her about her brother and cousin beating up Todd and Frank, Cindy laughed."I wish I had a big brother to beat the shit out of my ex-bo...friend. It must be great having someone that looks after you," Cindy said. "Follow me, I'll bet I know where my friends are."The two girls walked through an area full of trees and brush until they came to a clearing. Sitting against a palm tree were two girls, both of them smoking a cigarette."Hi guys," Cindy called out as they approached the two. "All right Garth, how bad are we?" Alex stepped up next to Garth and kneeled beside him holding on to the support rails in the light gravity."Look for yourself. Emergency power is on and holding. Gravity is minimal but stable. COM's out. Auto nav is all but destroyed. It's like the bus ate itself up. I've never seen anything like it." Is there anything to maneuver with?" asked Alex."Minimal at best... Maybe enough to dock with something... If there was actually some-thing to dock with."The. He went on to explain about his family taking in Harry when his parents had been murdered by a dark wizard and how they had tried to squash the magic out of him but failed miserably. He told them how he had come to terms with the magic world when Harry saved him and also when he had to go into hiding.He told them he lived with a wizard and a witch for over a year as they protected his family from the Dark Lord. Then about eighteen months ago Petunia started showing signs that she had inherited. ‘Are those allegations true, Benni?’ ‘Yeah, more or less. The Judge more or less ruled that I had justification for burning down that schoolhouse. I can get you the Judge’s report and newspaper cuttings stating that I’d become a local hero for what I did. People wrote letters to newspapers saying that would have done the same thing had they been in my shoes.’ ‘Really? Well, that explanation is good enough for me, Benni. It must have been a terrible time for you.’ ‘Don’t say that, boss. Everyone.