Not soon after Diane and her boyfriend had a pretty messy breakup, Connor had swooped in to try and get somewhere with her. They had been practically ...nseparable since.Next to him was a much more official couple Bobby Kelly and Heather Daniels making out across the backseat. Normally Billy wouldn’t have really minded, but 90 minutes of them making out while Connor and Diane whispered and giggled had started to drive him crazy.Billy realized he probably should have gone in Julian’s car, or maybe. "We got word he'll be in the San Diego airport, with his daughter, in five days' time. Form up in the local HQ as soon as you arrive." The 'local HQ' was the exercise room of the small building they rented.The next day, when Joe and Oscar showed up, they went straight to the exercise room. El had outfitted the room with a table for his 'war plans.'"Okay. Here's what I think. We go in with fake DEA papers, hide in plain sight. That should let us in with guns and vests. When him and his daughter. It had been a vague hope that she would be able to disguise herself well enough to pass for a boy, but the swell of her hips and buttocks inside the jeans and the tell-tale shape of full-mounding breasts showing under the boy's shirt could not be hidden. It would have to do, she decided, knowing that time wasted now could be her undoing.Her mind was clear, and she was alert and ready. Picking up the light bag, she eased herself from Donnie's room, her ears attuned for any sound within the old. She was quite an attractive woman, kind of reminded Mark of Cortana from the Halo video game, except in a Federation uniform.Mark asked, “Hi Maren, who is your friend?”Maren smiled, “She’s actually your friend! That’s Cricket!”Mark was surprised, “Whoa! Cricket you’ve got a body! You’re cute!”Cricket smiled, “Since the drones can project holograms, I figured I should have an avatar, as that’s much better than speaking through invisible drones all over the place.”Mark nodded, “I agree, I like.