"The best we can hope for is to have everything we need unloaded by 2130 and to start our march at 2200. That's if we break all speed records but, for...unately, at the pace they're going down there we might just do it." That's good news indeed," Browning said. "But it still puts us behind the greenie reinforcements." Just barely, sir," Wilde said. "And remember, that's a worst case estimate for Martian reinforcement arrival and even if its correct, they will just be trickling in little by little. “I’m surprised it wasn’t announced during Home Room. Coach Budd must be really gutted after all the hard work he put in. Still, cross-country’s a cinderella sport, it’s not like we can earn a living at it.”“So what are your plans after school?”“University. Something to do with science. Then try to find someone weird enough to employ a mad scientist.”Our conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door. “Room service.”Joanna opened the door and a uniformed woman wheeled in a meal trolley.. I have piercing green eyes that seem to always get attention. I’m pretty pale, I don’t like tanning. I like how soft and white my skin is. I have no tattoos and the only piercing I have is my tongue which I got done when I was 16. Almost seems like it’s apart of me now. Given how long I’ve had it.My Master is six foot two inches tall and comes in at 165 pounds. He is extremely skinny and very lanky but has strength that amazes me. He has dark blond hair that He keeps pretty short but enough to. The ground has been well surveyed during the weeks leading up to this battle. The Leutnant's men have carefully mapped out all the creeks, races, hollows, hills and other possible ambush sites. Spangenburg, however, is cantering to just one place. The perfect site, he thinks, to spring a trap.Back at Rungwa, the evacuation of the town is going well. Most of the town's civilians have been transported across the river for their own safety. A number of the whites have taken up arms, and the more.