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place.”
    Frank ’ s spine tingled, he knew implicitly who ‘they’ were.
    “How can you be so sure? This place isn’t on any map in the world. And we have security ratcheted up so tight I don’t think a rabbit could break perimeter without half the base knowing about it.” But his words had li ttle e ffect on Paul . Frank began to doubt himself even as he tried to bolster up Paul.
    “After Mike ’s fight, they’ll land.” Frank began to question him, but Paul merely shook his head to tell Frank that he wasn’t through yet.
    “I’ve been thinking about this , Frank, just let me run with it. They first come cruising into our galaxy with their running lights off, seems to me they wanted to get a lay of the land , so to speak. See where our technology was at and if we were any serious sort of threat. When they figured they were the big kid on the block they just came on down and snagged a few thousand people, for what? Entertainment , sure, but then what? Food. They were like the old pirates landing on an island and replenishing their stores. Sure we stung them a bit when they came down, but at what cost one thousand to one ? M ore like ten thousand to one. Then we do a last ditch effort to mess up their plans, it bought us time no doubt , but more than likely it just stirred up the nest. They worked day and night to get that ship repaired and I’m sure that they had only one purpose in mind and that was revenge. How dare we try to defy them!” As Paul slammed his drink down, Frank inadvertently jumped, he hoped Paul didn’t notice. “They plan this huge television event so that we can watch our Earth champion get crushed by their gladiatorial champion. So then when we are at our lowest, they’ll hit. You know the old adage, kick’em while they’re down. Frank , that’s exactly what they’re going to do. My guess is we’ll have ground troops here within the next two weeks. I can’t imagine they have enough troops or weaponry on board that ship to take the whole p lanet, so they’ll copy the Nazi s . ”
    “Sir?” Frank asked raptly.
    “They’ll turn people against people. They’ll tell some that if they pledge obedience that they won’t eat them, or some thing like that. People will drop their weapons and line up to be the first to save themselves. Kid s will turn in parents, brother s will rat out brother s just to save their own hide. This place will be compromised within days. To save themselves , they’ll doom us all.”
    “Paul , d o you really believe that will happen ,” Frank said as he poured himself a stiff one.
    “Who knows , I’m probably just drunk.”
    But Frank didn’t believe that and neither did Paul.
     

    CHAPTER TEN
     
    Beth ached, mind, soul, and most assure dly body . S he dared not stop to check her blistering sore feet. Taking off her shoes now would be foolhardy to say the least and more than likely she would not be able to put them back on once the swelling began. And what would be the purpose it wasn’t like she had any first aid supplies to soothe the pain. And something else was nagging her too, the roadway was eerily quiet, she had once retreated into the woods when a phantom sound pervaded her ear drums, but no one came, neither sinner nor saint, but her sub-conscious was in overdrive, she could not shake the feeling that she was being followed, she had been through too much to doubt what her conscious ness was telling her. But what could she do, she had no weapons and she didn’t have the strength to out run… what? A phantom? The man from the woods? What!
    “W ho the fuck is out there !” she screamed . Dreading and wishing for a response at the same time. She turned back to begin her journey anew. And there it was.
    “Shhhh!” Came the veiled whisper. Beth would have shot out of her shoes if it wasn’t for the fact that they were molded to her feet like sausages stuffed in casing.
    “Who…who is that.” She quivered.
    “Lady, shut up!” The