.. so, I’m in a nightmare?” He stared up at the blood moon as he walked along with the two monsters. Trying to be prim and proper, all business an... such, wasn’t going to work anymore since he was soaked to the bone in blood. And despite himself, he licked his lips to taste it. Tasted ... weird ... and wrong, and provided no filling sensation, no tingling warmth in the core. But at the same time, it did fill him with something else, a colder sensation with stings of pain, like swallowing frozen. The only ones spared were the ones paying protection money to the cartel.At 0600 there had been a change in orders from their President. It was a two part order; the first part was the troops were shooting on sight anyone with a weapon of any kind and they had been turned loose in the streets. The second part was a complete curfew at 1200; any violators would be shot. It was a last ditch attempt to restore order.The next part of world news was devoted to the massacre at La Jarita. The Mexican. Oh, and he was looking for you." I can't have upset the Trade Minister this much," Gerry thought. "And I don't think I've given Suzie any real cause for complaint." He went in search of the Ambassador and found him in Suzie's office."Ah!" Sir Patrick exclaimed on seeing him. "Good. Come on. We're going to Miss Berkham's apartment." Gerry followed him out of the Embassy and down to the Bentley convertible that he had parked outside.Suzie's apartment was in one of the older timber framed houses. However, it is very difficult to come by, because it is only occasionally found in surface deposits in arid areas, or if by chance you came upon some animal heading for a salt deposit. All animals have instinctively forged trails to natural salt sources forever to satisfy their need for salt. However, my new mind acknowledged that salt also occurs naturally in underground deposits. And, my new mind knew how to locate these underground deposits. I even remembered seeing just such a deposit a.