Twenty-five aliens, no bosses or heavies.”“Move the second squad up; begin clearance of the right-hand corridors,” I ordered.“Yes, sir!”“W...y the delays?” Teelae asked politely.“We’re having to check each wing of the approach to Silcom. The aliens, for reasons best known to themselves, appear to have gone into ambush mode. That means we need to check each room on all the levels with access to our route. If we don’t, we could be attacked from behind or someone gets home to a really nasty. “Look--”“Dude, I’m sharing Raylea,” Felix said. “If Talsy’s down once the new relationship energy burns down, we’ll talk about trading.”Raylea poked me. “I need to know Adelaide better before we ask her.”“Um,” I put up my hands and down my half-drunk beer. “You’re on your own.”I left my socks and underwear in Talsy’s room. My sneakers felt weird on my bare feet. I hit the door.“Fine, we’ll catch up soon.” Felix said. “Looks like I told you, babe.”I stopped before I turned the knob. I took a. Myers turned to Jenkins. “Do it,” he said.Jenkins, visibly sweating, pushed a few buttons. Then he reached over to the wall toward the one-way mirror adjustment, but Dale snapped at him.“Get your hand off of that control, Jenkins! I plan to observe their behavior very closely.”With that Myers unzipped his fly and sat down in one of the chairs.“I suggest you all do too,” he added.Lana already had her hand discreetly in her pants and didn’t need to be told twice.Raven’s shock didn’t wear off by. Hisinterests and talents are in synch with Vladimir's. We are not buildinga new persona with our guy. We don't have to mess with teaching him acover life. The foundation will be rock solid. The only changes we aremaking are cosmetic.Bill made a sour face and thought back to the photos of the torturedundercover agent.Steve continued his briefing. "There isn't any requirement forplayacting, which is where so many undercover operations screw up. Ourguy has to only be himself. He just does.