He followed Emily pulling the hatch shut behind him.When Emily was aboard, she looked around. The shuttle was full, but a seat was being held for her ...n the first row. The shuttle was loaded with contractors and field technicians doing the various repair and installation work. There was a low and angry murmur as Emily took her seat. Hearing the murmurs, she glared at the crowd. Unimpressed, they glared back.The other passengers were further angered when they arrived at the station. They were. His mom was shouting over the gardenfence and Billy looked round for his clothes. Samantha smiled and tookhis hand and led him out of the house. He dragged his feet wonderingwhy his new friend was trying to make him go outside in a dress.They reached the garden and Sylvia was talking to Samantha's mom overthe fence and her jaw dropped. Her son looked like a proper girl andhis actions looked natural. She started to realise that his violencewas him trying to prove he was not a sissy. Sylvia waved. .. fluff were moving and talking to Nali, was a little unnerving to her. Plus the fact that she could feel Ray moving farther and farther away wasn't sitting to well with her either. Nali tried to explain that they were on her home planet to try and learn what Ray had. In this way they could travel to where he was so that they wouldn't be as weak nor would he. This finally managed to calm Elizabeth quite a bit though she was still afraid of her people.Nali went to Elizabeth to try and calm her. A wooden frame work, rectangular in shape, had been constructed over an opening in the earth. A pit, its maw dark and ominous. A chain, attached to what appeared to be a winch, hung from the structure and from it dangled a pair of manacles forged of a silver hued metal.“Ilbissara,” he hissed. I thought I detected a hint of either reverence or fear in his tone, perhaps both.Despite the heat of the sun on my skin, I felt the icy grip of fear claw at me as my captor led me closer. My mouth went.