I had prep'd three area spells last night. It was time to really zap the enemy. I was sort of embarrassed that I had forgotten about them. I had had e...ery intention of using them, much earlier.First I put a shield around me. It did not touch me, but stayed a specific distance from my body. I was in a 'safe bubble' so to speak. I pumped my wings furiously and rose into the air. As soon as I had gained maybe fifty feet, spells started zapping my shield.I was rested, and prepared to use magic. Alexia smiled at her. Yeah right. She thought. An arm wrapped around her waist and picked her up. She saw a dark haired angel lifting her up. Another arm grabbed hers and she saw the brunette helping her stand. Tears rolled down her bruised face, Thank you. ******** Candace sat up in bed, breathing heavily. She noticed the body next to her and grinned. Leaning over, she kissed the brunettes forehead, Thank you. She whispered silently. Mmm&hellip, Alexia rolled onto her back, what for? For. ‘You like to be in ‘Pillipines?’’ The taxi driver’s VanDyke brown eyes never leave the road as he manipulates the musty, white taxi around roller coaster curves. Odors of rotten eggs and raw sewage invade the nostrils on the bridge over Olongapo River. The specific smells are difficult to distinguish in the soupy mixture of ‘jeep-me’ exhaust, animal feces, and the stench of a population without personal hygiene. ‘Dolla, mo’m. Please…dolla,’ chants a crowd of 8 to 10 dust encrusted pocket. "Do you still love this guy?" I asked."He beat me and he is threatening to do it again. No I don't love him," she said."Did you love him yesterday?' I asked."No, why do you ask?" she answered me with a question."Because, if I have to hurt him, I want to know you aren't going to try to stab me in the back with a butcher's knife." I said."I promise, I won't defend him in any way. I just want him to leave me alone." she said."I can't promise you that unless I kill him, and I'm not going to do that.