"Lots moreguys would try to pick fights, and a lot more would say things -- " Like you said to me," I blurted out, not able to help myself."I said I w...s sorry, Joanne, and I am. But that's what I mean by notbeing brave. I know I look like the tough, manly guy I'm supposed tobe, but inside, where it counts, I can be hurt just as easily asanyone." He sat back down in the chair by Mandy's desk. "I don't wantthat, I don't think I could deal with it." He kept looking right at me.I looked at his. "Tell me," she said, "what do you know and how do you feel?" I feel wonderful and I believe I know everything that has happened," she responded. "Tonto has confirmed that there is not trace of the Aids virus in my system and any damage that it caused has been repaired. He tells me that the artificial nanites have been replaced with fully functioning Organic Linking Nanites that are identical to those in Val's system but slightly different than in the rest of the family. He thinks when the rest. "John Vendrell I have a special task for you." She said arms behind her back surveying the planet below. "You are to be transported down to the planet surface to survey the movements of the Doctor and report them back to me." "Yes mam." He answered scared to go there but not wanting to show weakness. "You are the brightest mind in the mainframe, only you will be able to understand the Doctors actions, or as fully as anyone can with that man. But he must never see you or know of your existence.. She was dead five minutes before she knew it, and we were long gone.Soon after our sixteenth birthdays, an incident happened that changed our lives forever. The US military took down the Organization.This did not come as a surprise. The risk of getting too big and too hard to hide, had always been a problem. If this ever happened, we were told to play the part of scared captive kids, who were being held for interrogation by the Organization.We were questioned by the "experts" in the ATF, FBI,.