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was left with sitting on the punk for the ride back.  He wanted to complain because the punk was lumpy and hurt his butt, but since he was surrounded by badasses, he felt it wouldn’t be in his best interest to complain that his punk seat cover wasn’t soft enough.  So, Damien endured just one more humiliating experience.
    Oh, how he wished he could fast forward time a couple of centuries so that he could increase his strength and power.  Then he glanced around him and noticed the vampires sitting around him now.  He’d probably end up a bitter asshole just like these characters.  Somebody needs to pull the stake out of their ass. He thought, and he chuckled, thinking himself funny.
    The punk mumbled something from under him and wriggled around.  Damien told him to sit still and punched him.  Maybe that would impress the enforcers and they would quit impressing their power over him.  Instead of the desired result, he instead felt smothered with wave after wave of power from the enforcers until he felt almost smothered and tiny.  Damien closed his eyes and forced himself to not react to their display of power, but it wasn’t easy.  The ride back across town was going to take fore ver and the driver made sure he hit every bump along the way.
     

 
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    Jack came out of the doctor’s office with Laura in tow.  She had the doctor sign off on his examination and they had drawn enough blood for workup that Jack wondered if anything would actually come out if he cut himself shaving.  He secretly wondered if Evan might have ordered a light snack somewhere in that bloodwork, but had to remind himself that their augmentation made them less than palatable to the bloodsuckers.   “That should be it, Chief.  You’re clear for duty now.” She told him.
    “I guess you’ll need to get with Apollo and get the teams split, just in case?” he commented.
    “I’ll have him split the rosters into three teams like the Colonel wanted.  It wouldn’t be the first time we had more than one fire pop up on a full moon.”  She seemed preoccupied, as if she wanted to ask him something but was afraid to broach the subject.
    Jack milled about a moment to give her time, but she didn’t seem to be in a hurry to break the ice.  Finally, Jack decided to dismiss himself.  “I guess I’ll go topside and start packing up another set of gear, just in case then.” 
    Laura nodded.  “Yeah, that’s probably a good idea.”  Jack turned to leave when Laura finally blurted out, “Are you going to tell the rest of the squads, Jack?”
    He turned back to her, realizing what she was referring to.  “About what the augmentation really is?”
    “Yes.  About the gene therapy.  About what was…done to them.” He could see her face flush.  A sure sign that she was ashamed, too.
    “I honestly don’t know.” He replied.  “I do know that if I do, it won’t be today.  They’ll have their hands full, I’m sure.  You know how busy it gets this time of the month.” He gave her a weak smile.
    “What about after?” her face solemn.  “Do we need to prepare for a group of highly trained and very pissed off warriors?”
    “Laura, I just don’t know.”  Jack sighed.  “They have a right to know.”  He walked back toward her and lowered his voice.  “They really should know what’s inside them.  Especially if any of them are thinking of having kids in the future?”  He was referring to Apollo and his new girlfriend. 
    Laura nodded in agreement.  “We have no idea what the r esults would be if any of them were to have children…”
    “If what was done to them actually made it as if they were born with this…what would you call it?  An affliction?  A di sease?  Condition?”  Jack shrugged.  “Whatever the hell it is, if this gene thing makes them the same as a natural born wolf, then they most definitely would pass it on.  And their kids would pass it on to their kids and so on.”
    Laura sighed