."Agent 71 stopped him in mid-flow with a simple, but stern look of disapproval."Clearly please, this is an official record. Do you need a sedative? T...ere will be a charge, of course. But it might help." No, sorry. No more seds, Mart... I mean subject Y and I are pretty strung out already. Nothing illegal, you know all genuine Pharms.71 wafted his arms across his face dismissively."This is more important than the habit. Go on." We had been home for about two hours when this odd sort of rumbling. Mom and Dad left home yesterday to go look at the Sa’arm, about fifty miles away -- the drone did not hear why. Sa’arm units suddenly changed direction about an hour ago and are headed towards the farm. There is a high probability that one or both parents fired on the Sa’arm and became Swarm chow.”Dora’s briefing continued, “Scorched earth bombing has commenced and will reach the house in less than five hours. Your mission is to get the kids out -- parents as well, if they return. You need to. Cathy would be a pushover. The first mistake was trying to drive drunk, weaving along the road at excessive speed will warrant attention. Billy got that attention in the form of a police vehicle. His second mistake was fighting with the police and verbally berating them. The third and final mistake was refusing a breathalyser test. Billy was locked up charged with drink driving and assaulting a police officer. It didn’t make the news. Peter Johns knew the right people in the right places and. Sam sat down preparing for a long wait until Amy arrived at the main waiting room of the hospital. Detective Fenmore took a seat across from Sam, content for now at least to dispense with the questions."Can I get you something to drink Miss Crowley?" he finally asked.Sam looked at him for a moment and then said, "Tea or lemonade would be fine."He got up and headed for the snack bar saying over his shoulder, "Now don't get any funny ideas and leave Miss, please."A little over two hours later,.