Mike and his buddies came to a stop and then Mike told me his version of what had happened between him and my brother."Mike I don't care whether you k...ck his ass or not. If you can catch him, that is. I'm not going to let your buddies gang up on him though, just you." Ray took off running and Mike was soon after him. When his buddies started chasing after the two of them, I was forced to start running as well. Ray was a terrific runner, fast, and with amazing endurance. It was the one physical. That Friday afternoon, I hurried home after school to find my mother waiting for me. “So?” I asked.“So?” she responded in kind, laughing.“So, what do we do tonight?”She laughed again. “Will you calm down? It’s just like any other night you go out. You take a shower, clean up, dress, and go out.” She led me upstairs to my bedroom and sat down with me on the bed. “Things really do start out like a normal party, okay? It just gets a little more intense after a while. Now, before you go, you should. But he managed to stifle his immediate urge to assault her unconscious form nonetheless.After completing this task, he covered her up again and turned his attention to the next task. Removing the dead bodies from the cave. He went back outside to prepare graves for the dead men.Upon his return he noticed that Colleen was starting to stir from her slumber. He picked up the discarded clothes that she had worn before and lay it out for her for when she was ready. Her eyes fluttered open and she. ’‘Yet slave you are,’ her voice caresses my thoughts. ‘I see from your memories, even before you were gleaned you were a slave. Slave to the search for sustenance, the need for shelter. Slave to those older, stronger, more powerful than yourself. It is an illusion of the greatest of humans that they are free. Your planet was seeded long ago with your kind to fulfill one purpose only, to serve our Masters. Your people are planet bound and mostly care for themselves so the Masters do not.