"We walked out of the kitchen and into a large room, three-quarters of which was filled with long tables and chairs. In the front of the room, closest...to the kitchen, was a single row of tables with chafing dishes ready to accept trays of food."Joe and John, I'd like you to meet Anna and Juanita. Ladies, these are the two gentlemen I was telling you about."We all exchanged greetings."Joe, you'll be handing out the toast and butter packets; John, you've got the apples and the cartons of milk.. Hell it was them who encouraged me in the first place. Not one of the customers in the bar has ever picked up on that i am not really a girl.Tonight is one of the first nights off i have had in ages so i am planning on heading out for a couple of drinks on the stripits midday when i get up and grab a bite to eat, i strip off and head out to the small pool that is in the villa and spend a couple of hours catching some sun, I then head back inside to shower and while i am there i grab my razor an. " I mumbled again as Istretched my legs and pointed my toes to their limits.'Empress Headquarters calling Alexandra, Empress of Time and Space!Brianna calling!'"She's not here. Call back later." I mumbled as I reached for my alarmclock and vowed to beat the life out of it."ALEX, Y'ALL GET THAT LAZY ASS A'YERS OUTTA THAT BED! WE GOT US A JOB!"I sat straight up!"Brie?" I asked looking around in confusion."No, It's Marlene Dietrich! Who y'all think it would be talkin' to yalike this? Wake up,. We risk certain deathif we go near there." We will die if we don't get to land soon. Plot a course through thenew route," The captain said to the navigator and the crew got to work.Sebastian liked listening to Codger's stories. It made the ocean seemmore magical than it appeared to be. A part of him actually hoped therewould be mermaids so maybe he could get a glimpse at somethingmiraculous.A few days of sailing went by as the crew continued their dailyroutines. They knew that they would pass.