.. I wasn’t going to stay on the job any longer anyway. I love the idea of being a police officer. Helping good people. Sorting out bad people. But ...hat’s not what it’s like. People hate you just because you wear a uniform and try to help them. It’s not what I thought it would be.”“What did you think it would be?” Charley asks.“Well – it was never going to be what I hoped it would be ... My secret fantasy when I was dreaming of being a police-woman, was that I would be working undercover .... I don’t know why the girls aren’t throwing themselves at you.”My eyes widened. Did she just say I was hot? Did that imply that she thought of me as a potential sexual partner?I squashed the thought as soon as it came up. It was pointless thinking about that. Christ, I was in enough trouble as it was, not being able to keep from lusting after her.“Thanks.” I said. “Really, thanks. And I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I mean, it must be something…””Maybe, or maybe you’re just going out with the. ? The captain patted my sweat soaked face. ?Now come on young man, end this now and save yourself anymore unpleasantness.?I just stared back at him and gave him a pleading look with my eyes but that did not work for me. Next I found myself being lifted by the three huge soldiers and was plunged head backwards into the bath of cold water. As my head went under I was filled with shear panic. I tried to hold my breath for as long as I could but in the end my lungs felt like they were going to. They had put on their biosuits prior to the separation of the landing ship from Mammoth and had been standing around and waiting, their weapons in hand, for the past two hours.Lieutenant Callahan and his platoon were slated to be the first out through Airlock C on the front part of the ship. They stood closest to the lock, M-24s and SAWs in their hands, all of them weary and feeling slightly claustrophobic from being inside the suits. They were still experiencing standard gravity and the.