Katy, however, seemed to be Doug’s soul mate, with a vacant ‘nobody’s home’ look in her eye. ‘Hey John, it’s going to rain…’ Doug said...with an accompanying bright flash of lighting followed almost immediately by an earthshaking peal of thunder. He always had the keen eye for the obvious. ‘No shit Doug, really?’ Claire laughed and Katy glared. ‘John, let’s go grab some lunch, Katy and Claire are hungry’ ‘Doug, with this rain they’re going to send us home for the day, I’d really rather just head. What does that mean?"Bob laughed, "That means that it offers protection against high powered rifles, grenades and land mines. We use it as a demonstration vehicle. Level B6 will usually let the occupant of the vehicle escape with only minor injuries if they run over a land mine or a grenade." How much does an armored car cost?"Bob watched her face as he answered her, "Well, a Mercedes S-class limo, fully armored to Level B6, can cost as much as a million dollars; I could probably get you one. I’ll give you two options. Check yourself into the Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam, or have someone stay with you for the next day or so. When do you fly to Munich?”“Tomorrow afternoon,” I said.“Is there any chance of delaying that until early on Monday?”“I suppose.”“Do that, please. And don’t be alone until Monday morning. Or check yourself in. I can call the hospital and talk to someone. There’s a doctor I know in trauma there who can grease the skids.”“I do NOT want to. And then, she was walking past me. I launched myself from the shadows and had my hand over her mouth before she could sense anything happening. The anger and hurt that had been fueling her angry march up the sidewalk had no chance to start to change to bewilderment before I had her in the alley. As Ka'lath had done with his victim, I pulled her behind a slight outcropping in the wall of the apartment building, one which created just enough of a blind to keep anyone passing by the alley mouth.