"All right," she ordered. "Squad One, clear outeverything in the base that can be moved. Start with the treasure room."The more lightly armed group of...the guards trotted through the portal, fanning out through the deserted rooms and streaming back in with armloads of treasure and other goods, paying particular attention to anything that might give clues as to the builders of the base. They were nearly done when an alarm sounded on Amy's board. She spun dials, and her portal contracted to little. Patricia is divorced with a 19 year old daughter called, Julie, who had been away at university up to this point. I knew Patricia had talked to Julie about me but we had still yet to meet as the summer holidays approached. Julie was due home for the holidays at the weekend so I suggested that the three of us go to Oxford on the Saturday and take a picnic and do some punting to create a relaxed environment for Julie and I to become acquainted. Patricia thought this was a great idea and put it. I’m pretty sure that he fractured it,” Erica answered putting a hand to the side of her face. It was swollen and throbbed in time with her heartbeat. It felt like a few of her teeth were loose as well.Mike said, “I’ll see what I can do about finding something to take care of the pain.”“Thank you,” Erica said.Looking over his stock of food, Mike said, “I’ll make soup tonight. Eating it shouldn’t stress your jaw too much.”“I appreciate it,” Erica said thinking that he had an easy manner about. Hug Susan and Nikki. And tell Nikki we're proud of 'er." And hung up."What was that about?" I questioned."You're not going to believe this..." I started believing a lot of things since we met that bunch," I said."Would you believe that Nikki killed a guy with a ballpoint pen?"Okay ... my bullshit meter pegged. "No." She did. Guy jumped Susan. Tried to rape 'er. Nikki came up behind 'im and stuck a pen in the side of his head." Ouch! You're serious." Yes. And what were we talking about? Nice and.