The theme of the department was "PARANOIA" in big raised brass CAPITAL LETTERS. The fussy gentleman who headed the section was a professional bureaucr...t who had held an obscure position on the clerical staff of the His Mountserrian Majesty's Embassy to the Republic of Harbouria until, somehow, he had been declared "persona non gratis" (an unacceptable person) after a particularly vicious gun battle in a secretive section of the building housing the benignly named Civil Protection Department in. She turned to face him full on and smiled. She couldn’t resist it. Her tongue gently traced her lips, her eyes drifted over the handsome man that seemed so enchanted by her. He was tall, at least six foot five, and had a mass of unruly dark, curly hair, a natural smirk and bright, beautiful blue eyes. She turned back to her new desk and tried, as professionally as possible to get on with her work.That’s when she felt it. A heat pulsating from inches behind her, she turned around to come nose to. It was mid July and my cousins were off to summer camp for a couple weeks. My uncle spent most of his summer on business or golf trips. With my cousins gone away to camp that freed up most of my time, leaving me only having to report to a lunch restaurant job 12 hours a week. I'd spend the rest of my time down at the pool, playing tennis, helping my aunt with her yard work, or assisting Alena with shopping or whatever project she was tasked with. It was a warm Friday morning when I found myself. Taking one of the strange fruit from the dish, she bit intoit and seemed to be enjoying the taste. Bronchior then himself took oneof the strange fruit and tore it apart with his claws. Looking at theinterior of the fruit, he showed it to Mici with a sad smile and said:"This is the creation of one of the former rulers of my homeworld, atyrannical despot who created them to destroy our enemies. He createdthese diabolical plants and expelled the seeds into the cosmos. Theseeds were designed to.