They all came at almost the same time. It splashed her tongue and ran down to the back of her throat. She swallowed it all, hoping it would never stop... But it wasn't long before one of them was finished, then another. She wagged her tongue in desperation as the last one pulled away and left.She heard one of them say something to Jack as he left. Then Jack was there, kneeling beside her."How it going babe?", he asked with a big grin.She knew that he knew the answer, but didn't want to tell him.. "Let's just hope we can get there in time."Shadow tossed his communicator on the seat next to him. "They aren't answering," he said, slamming his hand into the door frame."We'll get there," Marcus said softly, soothingly. "We'll get there." He didn't even glance back at Shadow, just continued working on the three blasters that were on his lap. "Let's just hope this actually works.Hunter grunted, feeling the crack of plaster at his back as he took another hit from the awful beast. It was ugly,. "Enough!" He spoke openly now. "We have our plan!" He turned to Hurcan. "Tomorrow the blue scaled dragon and Roluth will go with me. We will kill the elf females and the male rider and then Hurcan you can begin your assault."Hurcan looked between the dragons and Maruad. "My ... my people are already in place." He spoke finally. "My mages are hiding their presence as they filter through the tunnels beneath Eden City."Maraud nodded. "When I begin my attack on the elf females they should strike.". "She was pretty quiet. No trouble to anyone."The two men came back along the jetty. One had the helpless, blindfolded and gagged girl that had been strapped into the Beaver's back seat, tossed across his shoulder. "Excuse us, Sir," he said.My host waved them through, "Of course. Carry on," he said before turning to me again. "You're new to this line of work he tells me." Err, yes, it's a sort of career change for me," I replied"That's OK. It's not the sort of job you'd necessarily go to.