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and her shoulders slumped.  “This is a real can of worms.”
    “It could get really ugly.”  Then he brightened.  “Or not.”
    She turned to him as if he lost his damned mind.  “How’s that?”
    “If they were actually honest with themselves?  I mean seriously honest with themselves?  Odds are each and every one of them would have volunteered to take the augmentation if it gave them an advantage over the monsters.  Once they see what is really out there?  The vampires, the ogres, the trolls, the imps, the fucking fairies ?  Oh my god…the fairies are the worst.  You can’t stop them with a flamethrower!”
    “Tell me about it.” She chuckled.  “Remember the fairy i nfestation in southern Canada last year?  I thought you were going to pull your hair out before it was over with.”
    “I still itch every time I see a firefly in the spring.” He mu ttered.  Laura laughed and patted his back.  “Don’t laugh, boss.  That shit ain’t funny.  Fairies are a bitch.”
    “At least they aren’t leprechauns.” She said.
    He shuddered.  “Those little Irish bastards.  Why they don’t stay on their own continent, is beyond me…”
    “Once he got calmed down, he wasn’t so bad.  He was act ually the victim.  Woke up in New York and he was pissed.  But at least he’s home now.  As long as he stays away from pubs on Samhain, then he should be good.”
    “Should have incinerated the little fuck, if you ask me.”
    “Technically, he did nothing wrong.  He was drunk, knocked on the head and robbed.  Somebody else stuffed him in a shipping container headed for the states.  He just wasn’t happy when they opened it.” She said with a haphazard smile.  
    “He practically destroyed the docks!  And we not only let him go, we took him home!”  Jack exclaimed.  “It took me and my team five hours to trap the little shit and get him shackled.”
    “If you hadn’t been wearing a gold crucifix, Jack…we might never have found something to calm him down.” She laughed.
    “Gold.  Whodathunkit?  Rub a little gold on the wee bastard and it’s like a valium for them.” He muttered.  “Oh well.  Now we know.”
    “Live and learn.” She said with a smile. 
    “Sometimes the hard way.”
    “So, the other squads members… you really think they would do it anyway?” she asked.
    He nodded.  “Yeah, I do.  I think that they would do an ything to get the upper hand.”
    Laura considered Jack’s opinion and hoped he was right.  “Still, you were right.  They should have been given the choice.”
    “I know.  And that’s what sucks about the whole fucking mess.”  They both stood there a moment, reflecting on the situation until it almost became awkward. 
    Finally, Laura broke the silence. “So, go get your gear ready, we’ll get the squads split up and then we’ll alert you to who your team is so you can get to know them.  I’ll have Apollo get their files and training reports to you so you can see who fits best where.” She said.  “Sound good?”
    “Works for me, boss lady.”
    “I’ll meet you topside shortly.” Laura left and Jack had to remember that his intentions weren’t to come back for good.  He came back to fulfill his mission for Rufus.  Home was where Nadia was, and he suddenly had an overwhelming urge to just slip out a side door and take the SUV back to south Texas and call for a ride home to the island.  But, he still had to get Mitc hell to agree to a meeting before he could consider his mission complete.  Even then, he didn’t know if he could call it complete until the meeting actually took place.  His heart told him to be with Nadia, but his head told him he had a duty to be here.
    Jack sighed and turned for the stairs.  “Time to make the doughnuts.”
     
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    Nadia jumped from the boat before the lines were even cast to pull it to the dock.  Natashia all but staggered forward, hol ding the sides and still looked very