Try and stand up. I'll help you."She got up and tried not putting any pressure on her leg but the pain was severe. John scooped her up in his strong a...ms and carried her in the dark up the road to where his car was parked. He had been waiting there since midnight, afraid she wouldn't show up. Then he had heard someone cry out in pain and that's when he left his vehicle and ran down the road to find her. 'Thank God he did before anyone else had!' he thought as he carried her and gently placed. But it was a slippery slope, and a clear violation of the bylaws.Ben walked to the door, and rapped loudly three times. A young woman answered. She was blonde, and lovely in a short cut red dress that was sexy without being slutty. In other circumstances, Ben might be attracted to her. But he had a job to do."Hello, Ms...?" Marley," the blonde concluded."Ms. Marley," Ben echoed. "You're new to the building aren't you?" I moved in a few months ago. Why?" It's just that we don't allow decorations. Don't touch it with your bare hands. Use a tissue. Very carefully."Security were on the spot almost immediately, and Police less than half an hour after. The man was arrested. The object was identified by one of the security officers. "Not that I'd seen one before," (neither had any of the police) "but it's a disrupter. Developed off-planet, on Electra. A very nasty device altogether. Will cause pain, stun, kill or disintegrate according to the setting."We found out later, once it had been. I screamed! I screamed, and he got me round the neck and tried to choke me. Then he threw me into the river. I couldn’t swim and I thought I would drown. Thank God two people saw it happen, and they got me out, and the bastard was arrested. Mother was so angry… I can’t stand the idea of getting soaked ever since — it always gets my hackles up…’ It still brought tears to her eyes after all those years. She sighed deeply and gave him a wry smile. ‘Sorry,’ she said. Rob shook his head. ‘That’s.