Skip didn't see Parp or Ges-E anywhere,. He hoped with all his heart and soul that they got to a place where they could feel safe or away from Hrrm's Hive completely...

     because here came the bees.

     There were maybe only a half dozen people left in the cafeteria lobby by the time they arrived.

     Those half dozen people, in their last moments of life, probably regretted not getting our sooner.

     The bees stung them to death, then swarmed all over them.

     The bees didn't go anywhere near Skip nor Whisper, however.

     It was like some sort of force field protected them or something.

     "How you doing this?" Skip asked.

     "I'm not doing it!" Whisper exclaimed. "It's Tika!"

     "And who..."

     "That's the Azurian child who took control of the bees from this whorehouse's egri," Claudia replied. "Her name is Tika."

     "And how do you..."

​     "About the name, I don't know. With Azurians...anyway. The syn's name is Whisper."

     "Uh...okay...uh..." He turned to the woman. "Your name's Whisper?"

     She smiled and nodded.

     "Hi Whisper. I'm Skip."

​     "Hi Skip," Whisper whispered.

CONTINUE