Once naked, Jacko released his hold. I was pissed, naked, and embarrassing as I slumped down by the fire. They laughed as they taunted me with my clo...hes. . It was embarrassing to be sitting there naked as shit in front of these guys. After a while of being the butt of their jokes, I took off and run inside their house and locked myself in the bathroom.I sat in the bathroom and I could still hear their chatter. In just minutes Jacko was knocking loudly on the locked bathroom door. He. No rain. No smog. Lots of sunshine." And I still didn't have a client. But I had Honey.After she'd made the telephone call from Nora's house, we'd all assembled in the front room. It was Honey who brought out Nora's clothes, as well as her own. I just sat there, holding the automatic, watching as they got dressed.It was a reverse strip tease. Very entertaining. And it was a nice way to kill time until the police arrived.Jenks had led the pack.After I'd given him the complete story and they'd. Julia burned our way out of the cargo hold and we breathed the local air. WOW! We didn't bring enough air bottles! The air might not be toxic, but it smelled to high heaven of sulfur compounds. The air was what any human would associate with Hell, it smelled of rotten eggs and farts—very appropriate for the devils in yellow-green pants! Fortunately, we had air filters in our helmets. We just hoped that they lasted long enough for us to find some decent air!We formed up into our fighting column. The thing saving me was the dueling dagger I drew from my belt following a quick retreat from the flurry of slashes, jabs, and counter-parries with which he began. He was every bit as good as he boasted and only using a second blade allowed me to keep him away from me.Something else besides gratefulness for the extra weapon occurred to me as I parried and dodged a savage flurry of thrusts and slashes aimed at my legs and arms: he was a vampire. He did not need to breathe, save to talk and our.