We still have bigger guns we couldcall in if need be but we will save them for reserve. If they getinvolved it'll be a repeat of four years ago. We ca... only hold them offfor so long and if one catches wind I don't think we could hold themback."This was enough to let them drop the subject until Tuesday. Willie gotthe ball rolling and asked Mark about his schooling and life. Markopened up about being from Kansas City itself and seeing all of therough parts of life and wanting to help those who. While in the car Rico found out her name was Ashley, age 16 nearly 17, and was currently without a place to stay as she'd left home because her mothers' latest boyfriend had moved in and was a complete jerk.She was hanging out with a crowd that lived behind the scenes at the mall.Once inside, and while Jonnyb racked the balls, Rico offered Ashley another soda, which he had added some alcohol to, and she gleefully accepted. He also offered her some salted nuts to keep her thirsty. He wanted her. “Please, won’t you come in?”“Is Beth here?” he questions. “Not that I’m reluctant with someone as gorgeous as you.”“She had something come up,” Summer says with a frown. “But that is why I am here. I was asked to take care of you. She felt bad about the whole thing.”“Take care of me, huh?” he asks skeptically.“Oh yes,” Summer hisses as she leans forward and kisses him. Her wet tongue slithers between his lips, searching for his. Hers finds his and she sucks on it gently. Instantly, he feels his. He tried to pull himself together, this would not do. Gabrain would certainly be giving him a hard time now if he was here. There were things to do, he had assumed leadership and now he had to show some, now more than ever.He reviewed what he knew, what the threats were and what assets he had to deal with them. Of probably the greatest concern was the chemical agent the iLOX had used. To have killed so many people so quickly it had to be extremely toxic. It had somehow managed to penetrate.