"Aye, sir," another tech said. She put her hand to her headset. "Say again, Thunderbolt ... how many casualties?"The room fell silent for a second, aw...iting a response. "Six dead ... eight injured..." We've got their location... 87 klicks east-northeast of here." Do we have any units in the area?" Major Nakamura pulled up the 3-D terrain map."No, sir." What about the Federation?" General Kravchenko asked."Not yet, sir," the tech replied."If they think everyone was killed, they might leave the. Just as we got on the floor Nelly's “Hot In Heere” came on, and Terra got in front of me and Stacey behind me, Matt went to dance with someone dressed as Cleopatra. I had a slight buzz from downing two cups of Vodka one after the other, but I was still well aware of everything. While we were dancing my hand accidentally grazed Terra's tit (it really was an accident), and I immediately tensed up.“I'm sorry Terra, it was an accident I swear!”“It's ok, you don't hear me complaining do you? Here,. There, that aught to prove it I thought and from now on I was going to keep that blind closed all the time.That afternoon as I walked by his place, after I had finished working at the food bank, I could see him sitting on his front deck again. I intended to ignore him and walk quickly bye."Come here Alice, I have something I want to show you." No I won't. You promised to leave me alone." I think you will want to see these pictures." What pictures?" I said as I got a cold chill at the word. She cleared her throat nervously and took another step backward, freeing her arms from his grasp. She flashed him a brief grin and stepped around him. ‘Well, have a good day,’ she said before turning to jog away. ‘Wait!’ She turned back toward him but jogged in place. ‘What?’ ‘I can’t let you just disappear. What’s your name?’ Nick asked, giving her the grin that had always gotten him results with women. She eyed him with amusement, cocking her head slightly to one side as she appraised him..