. when you were dead and Ithought I'd never kiss you, talk with you, gaze upon your beauty or doanything with you ever again." Warren gazed at Willow ...nd marvelled ather beauty. Gone was Dark Willow. The Willow facing him was a gorgeousredhead with an amethyst necklace around her throat and a velvet dressthat went with it.Beautiful. Sexy. There was lovelight sparkling in her eyes like he hadonce seen in the eyes of Katrina, his former girlfriend. She held hishead still and planted a long, warm. “Not as far as archaeologists have ascertained. They left behind no data, no pictures nor images. It is not even known if they terraformed the planet as it was discovered as is.”“How do we know they weren’t human?” I asked.“The controls in the various fusion plants and other buildings were not designed for human hands.”“Oh, right.”“Hope they don’t return and evict the Protectorate,” Kirim giggled.“As do the Protectorate no doubt,” I replied with a grin.We were soon lodged at our hotel in the. Reynolds, ‘ Todd replied. ‘Liz?’ Liz flushed, mildly jealous that Hollie was going to be taking quality time away from her when she desperately wanted to make absolutely sure that they were okay. But Todd seemed like his old self. Still, time along with Tammy was dangerous. She was a feisty one! ‘Erm…well, I guess not. Although I do have class in the morning and a few other things to take care of,’ she informed Tammy and the group in general. Tammy nodded, ‘Well I won’t keep you out too late. ” And then, she’s quiet.A quiet Nikki is a troubled Nikki, at least until she processes some data.Getting into the rental car, she said, “Dan, my Mom showed up at the office this afternoon. Tina says that Donna is taking care of her right now, but it doesn’t look good, at least initially.”“Whew, Nikki. If we didn’t have to fly in the morning, I’d suggest a Scotch or two, for this one. What do you think?”“You know I prefer margaritas.” She’d tried them. Still not the legal age to drink in most.