" Victoria gasped and shook her head, "Janet, ladies do not fight." Janet smiled at her and said, "Honey, you just might be surprised at what real lad...es do. Besides, who ever said that I was a lady? I'm a woman, and I'll fight for my family." Victoria thought about it and realized that her only ideas about ladies came from her friends, and she knew how wrong they could be about other things. Maybe the idea of learning to fight wouldn't be a bad idea, it certainly couldn't hurt, but she doubted. I’m sure they’ll come up with something better in the next couple of centuries and then this equipment will seem old,’ Said Earl. They turned their attentions to the bio-mass scanners. They eased the saucer along at six thousand miles per hour. They were coasting along at one hundred twenty thousand feet when the bio sensor alarmed. Earl stopped the ship and they carefully examined the bio-mass. ‘Great!’ Earl exclaimed, ‘It’s the right type. Let’s go have a look.’ The ship descended into the. If he wasn’t already infatuated with Georgia… He shook his head. ‘I don’t know,’ he finally said, his thoughts still rumbling around his mind. ‘Maybe… you could romance her?’ Bill looked at Jack. ‘You’re kidding, right? That’s…’ Jack shrugged his shoulders. ‘Well, then, we better start looking for another cook. She’s not going to stay, not matter how nicely I try to let her down.’ Dinner that night for Jack was uncomfortable. Every move one of the girls made became suspect as he tried to. "Is that all right honey? It's only about 2 miles to the party from their place"Maria shrugged her shoulders and said okay as they drove two blocks down the road and pulled up to a house where the two guys waited outside. Maria felt like each of them looked her over as they said hello. Chris had to sit up front with Maria and Tom. Maria scooted over to the middle of the front seat.Tom rubbed his hand on her knee, looked at Maria and smiled. "It's gonna be okay, honey. Everything is gonna be.