" Alice leaned her back against the rock wall of the tunnel and rested her head against the rough surface as she pushed several stray strands of blond... hair out of her eyes."It should be about sunrise," I glanced at my wristwatch and back at the snow, searching for any sign of light from the outside. A faint glow would tell us where the snow cover might be thinner than the rest. No glimmer of light entered.With a sigh, I leaned against the wall next to Alice and took a deep breath followed by. 'Mum, Dad where are you, I've hurt my head!'I went to see where they were. The house was very quiet. That wasstrange as Mum and Dad usually got up early.I went into their room and noticed that the bed had been made. OK thatmeans they are up.I went downstairs into the kitchen and no one was there! I searchedthrough the house, empty. Where was Mum and Dad. My head hurt reallybadly and I wanted something for it. WHERE WAS MUM AND DAD!I was getting more and more upset. I felt sort of fuzzy as if I. . but... how?" Gee, is that all you can say Daddy?" I sneered with as much contempt asI could."So you were Brent?" he finally managed to utter.I posed for him, "Yeah, your little sick boy changed into a healthybeautiful girl. Aren't I a nice sight?" NO! You can't be my child. Neither of you can be my child," exclaimedmy Dad. "My blood runs pure. Not diseased like you freaks." Pure?" I asked incredulously, "You mean pure like the Cystic Fibrosisthat you passed on to me?"He sputtered, "That was. .." Oh my God!" Béla exclaimed, suddenly subdued as she realized... 'Princess' is also a dog's name... The great ship left Deimos six weeks later after replacing the tired crewmembers with fresh ones and restocking supplies for the journey to Jupiter. It carried, in addition to Béla and her father, about twenty percent of the remaining population of Deimos. That group also included Béla's siblings, in their Martian Drone bodies and her father's projects as they matured into fully grown hybrids.