They awaited their rescue. It came from one of the Dermas' ships, at first.Jim sat watching the display from the remote sensor. He was sick at what he...was watching. But before he could fall into depression, he ordered Fleet to scramble six battleships to the sector, plus two carrier groups.Jim and his wives were sickened by what they watched. Leah seemed very upset about the loss of The Defender. Perhaps it was Jim's fatherly instincts, but he knew it was more than just the lost of ship and. “Yeah?”“I want your opinion on something. Do you think we should take the slide or try the path again for home?”“Uh...” Jenaro took a quick look at the path in back of them and shivered. The foam maze was scaring him greatly, and he was desperate to leave it. But showing Ricardo his fear would be a huge mistake. He needed another reason. “Well, I would think the slide might be safer, and after all, we did come out here to explore.”“True enough, compadre,” Ricardo replied with a smile. “True. When Dad walked into the kitchen a short time later, he lookedshocked."Good morning," I told him with a smile while turning back to the eggs Iwas scrambling. He just stared agog for a moment at the food that I hadprepared. Mom was the one who usually did all of the cooking. This wasthe first time that I had prepared a whole meal for the family, so Iunderstood why he was surprised. I just hoped Mom felt the same way.Mom was the next to enter the room, still in her robe. She displayed asimilar. I was on my way over to her house and she lived with her brother too. His name was Bill and they seemed close as well. Their cars were there, so I went up to the door. As I got to the door, I knocked but no one answered, so I walked in. “Wendy, Bill?” I asked. I got no answer, so I tried calling her. I heard her ring tone coming from somewhere, so I walked towards it, I got near the two bedrooms and it began getting louder. “It's just Jennifer, I'll call her back,” I heard Wendy say. So she was.