The troops just move up to the wall and get ready for battle. He may be only thirteen years old, but they know he’s tough, and much more importantly... they know what he saw back there as some of the 4th squad troops have talked a little bit. The Jeep is set up just behind a one and a quarter metre high stone wall then covered with a tarpaulin while the troops spread out beside it along this wall at the yard’s eastern side.The convoy is ready to move out with the farm vehicles sandwiched between. Lenore had evencalled me the night he'd put Sarah in the hospital, to tell me that waswhere she was with Annie and Tommy. I'd gone to their house while hewas still locked up in jail and put in new locks.In reality I wasn't sure of myself, Lenore hadn't even been gone fourmonths. Would she understand? I didn't want to marry someone I didn'tlove, just to give my child a mother.I had looked up at Sarah and the look in her eyes told me that sheunderstood, and she herself wasn't ready to move. "You are going to have to exercise more control Harmon we can't have you roasting everything in sight even our enemies." Varick told Harmon then looked inside again and reset a few more checks for Harmon, a lot like he'd seen in his sister when he'd looked. "What in the hell did you do now?" Harmon asked. "Hmmm I see I have more control though I can feel the link of our abilities to these new emotions." Varick nodded then looked at Truda but obviously Alan had already set her abilities, Also. I was only 5ft 6,"tall and no more than 10 stone in weight. I had almost no body hair andonly shaved about once a fortnight. "Smaller and slimmer than Jill," Ithought to myself as it slowly dawned on me just what the day may holdfor me. If only I'd saved a bit of money I could probably have taken thesacking and lived on my savings while finding a new job. But I hadn't,so I had to go through with it.I got to the branch on time and went in through the staff exit at therear of the building. I went.