The last thing he needed is to have barged in and come face to face with a group of drunken squatters. Hearing the tele making a racket but no voices,...he knocks on the door.Opening the door, The Rat, with his usual charming look, sways in the doorway."Oh hell I've not seen you in a while, what do you want now?" slurs the Rat"We need a chat can I come in?" says the mystery manThe flat was dirtier than ever and nothing had changed except for the crates of lager, piled up like a Lego block tower,. I was a total wreck." You can't imagine how relieved I was when I saw your e-mail with the dinner invitation. I want to try to fix this. Make it work and come to an arrangement of some kind where we still go exploring without causing serious hurt feelings." I think that I need to hear from you how you see our future and how we should go from here. Like I said before, I feel very strongly that we need to explore our desires, fantasies and state of minds. If we stop that and just go on as we have. It's fairly small so it shouldn't take long.Chapter One: Worst Fears A heavy and steady rain pounded outside the double and reinforced windows that lined the large high school Richard attended in the heart of a major metropolitan center. The dim fluorescent bulbs that were positioned at even intervals overhead pounded down on his eyes and a small headache was building at the base of his spine. The noise of close to thirty students didn't help either, but Richard did his best to ignore those. Not too far ahead, there was a village station with its recharging unit, which would allow the batteries at least some time to recover to a safe level for getting to the subsequent station and another boost. By the time it was at the final destination, power levels would be back to normal.The huge reptile raised its head for a better look at the long and shiny beast, seemingly fascinated by this sleek fast-moving monster flashing along in the distance. The snake-like behemoth was much larger.