Hello again, just a quick note to the more tech perceptive sifi readers... I was unable to accurately define (or find info on) just how fast Destiny's FTL actually is, which is also due to a lack of info by the original series. Therefore, I have based my calculations of speed and time on the time it took to cross the galaxy they were originally in (at a guess of 80,000 parsecs or 260800 L/Y across). I am in no way that technically advanced in my understanding of mathematics and astrophysics to compute their exact speed, but for the story, my answer was an FTL speed of 4.56 parsecs (14.86 L/Y)/ hour. If anyone does know exactly how fast she travels, drop me a PM as I would be interested to know. Cheers...

SGU s04 e10

Trail

A hush came over the room as Everett's words sank in. Of everyone there, Eli was the most shocked.

He stood up, thrusting back his chair into the wall, anger boiling over as Eli yelled in disbelief...

"Fucking what!?"

Everett knew he wouldn't take this well and was ready, however he remained calm as he leapt up from his own seat. "Eli... I understand your reaction, but I cannot help what appears to me. Of all the people or beings to be held by the Ori, he was the last one any of us would have expected. It does seem that he is working with Castell to form an escape plan, but that does not mean we trust him. I am the first person that would love to see him dead...whether or not he could help, just understand that the mission is to save Castell, and if Traise helps us achieve that then so be it! We can always throw him back to the Ori later...let's just use this asshole as a pawn for now. Like it or not, he left a trail for us."

Eli shook his head, throwing his hands up in resistance to this information and stormed out swearing. Camille, although upset by this news, again put her personal thoughts aside and went after Eli.

Nick glared at Everett saying sarcastically, "Yeah, great…just come out with it! For fucks sake Ev, do ya think maybe some tact would have been good? Fuck me…surely you could have given us some warning…"

Everett retaliated. "Okay Rush, this is what we're up against. Do you just want me to sugar coat it for you, or just say it? I knew Eli would react, but I wanted him to hear it first hand from me. I can't help anyone's reaction to this news, and don't think for a fucking moment that I like it either… but this is what we have got to work with, so deal with it!"

Amanda wiped a tear from the corner of her eye as Everett sat back down, with silence coming over all of them. Watching the faces around the table, she could feel Destiny herself absorb the situation with some concern. This was soon realised by everyone as her hologram appeared in the room, and standing where Eli's chair should have been, Destiny spoke.

"Normally I wouldn't take part in such affairs, but with this information I feel that I must at least offer my own opinion. I can understand the human reaction to this, as I myself was affected, but I do agree with Everett. We do not appear to have much choice in tracking the gravitational signal, as I am sensing it maybe more than two galaxies away. I do not have the capability to travel at the required speed to be effective in rescue. In light of your own feelings about this human, any attempted rescue would be better accomplished by an Enterprise class vessel, with remote assistance from us. Unless the Ori are in this galaxy, I am afraid we can do little else."

Nick looked at the hologram of Lady Destiny, tilting his head to the side before saying, "So are you going to tell us this in person, or use the muse of the ship, Lady Destiny?"

She reached out and touched his hand, as Nick felt the warm sensation of real skin on his. "You have your answer Dr Rush, and just so you know...I believe the Ori may return to this galaxy if given reason..." with that, she vanished.

Everett was the first to speak. "Was that really her?"

Nick smiled somewhat sarcastically, "Yeah, yes it was..."

Camille found Eli in one of the many passages and coaxed him out from his anger. "Eli, the past is the one thing we can't control... but how the future turns out, is something we do at least get a part in. I'm not saying I understand how you feel, I couldn't... but that doesn't mean I can't feel your pain either." She waited a moment for him to respond.

"You don't know what he did Camille...and what he was going to do to her again. I just flipped out at the thought of him…" Eli still had tears on his cheeks.

Camille reached out and put her hand on his for comfort. "Eli, he is not here...he can't hurt us again, we won't let him. At least now, we're aware of whom we have to deal with, and I'm certain there will be a line to take some vengeance on this asshole..."

Eli slowly smiled as he lifted his head hearing Camille's comment. "Asshole..." he began to chuckle, "I never thought I would hear you say that."

Camille gave a cheeky grin. "You should know more about me than anyone else Eli..." they began to laugh remembering Eli's breakdown in her quarters.

Back in the conference room, a serious discussion was taking place about how to bring the Ori back within striking distance of the Valeyian Galaxy. Matt and Greer had also joined them, along with a live feed video from the Apollo, with Cameron and Daniel Jackson.

Cameron had the rooms' attention. "I'm sorry Ev, but we're still too far away to pick up the signal. Dr Jackson over here is trying with the help of our lady Asgard, Sága, to find a way and track it. I'll keep you up dated. Have you contacted Telford yet?"

Everett laid down his own thoughts. "Not yet, but we will. If you were the Ori, why would you come back here knowing that the one weapon with the power to destroy– would be waiting? I have serious doubts that letting slip about the position of the Ark in this galaxy would recall them..." He turned to Nick for his opinion.

Nick shifted in his chair, trying to come up with an idea. "If you were coming to destroy the one weapon that could destroy you, it would be more reasonable to assume they would only send a limited force...in this case, no Prior who may transmit anything if exposed. Genesis isn't stupid... he wouldn't risk his ship or abilities against a plan that may fail. I think you're going to have to flush him out and send him this way."

Matt asked, "Any other ideas how Rush?"

Nick smiled and gave a chuckle, "You're the military tactician, and I'm just the scientist..."

They were interrupted by Chloe on the com. "General Young, I'm picking up another signal... it appears to be a ship of some kind," she said.

A concerned tension came over the room as Everett replied, "How far off, Chloe?"

Chloe went silent for a moment while calculating the distance. "Sir it appears to be just at the edge of base scanning range, so maybe 8.5 parsecs away. I have no idea if they have seen us yet either, Sir," she said.

Everett nodded, "Okay Chloe, we'll be up there shortly..."

Cameron caught Everett's attention. "Sounds like you got other things to deal with. We'll continue the search from our end and be in touch. Apollo out..." and with that the video ceased.

Everett, Nick, and Franklin made their way back to the bridge to find Chloe busy at the CI screen, plotting an intercept course.

Without looking up from what she was doing, she said "They have detected us and changed course in our direction General, so I have done the same."

Everett mulled this over for a moment before asking, "How far off our original course have we gone tracking the signal trail?"

Chloe tapped on her screen. "Nearly 18 parsecs...we have been following the trail for around 4 hours. At our current speed we should intercept the unknown ship in about an hour, if they remain at their current velocity. I will have more information and better scanning within another twenty minutes."

Everett nodded. "Do you think we would have detected this ship if we'd stayed on our original course?"

Chloe looked at Franklin and Nick who were seated at the forward console CI screens. Both of them gave her a blank stare and shrugged their shoulders.

She said with doubt, "I have no idea General...maybe...maybe not– they are at the edge of our usual scanning range, so it is possible we would have missed them in FTL."

Nick added, "The same may be said for whoever they are too..."

Franklin said it all. "Let's just hope they're friendly..."

Eli lay beside Ginn and rested his hand softly on her belly, feeling their daughter moving to his gentle touch.

"I think she likes that baby" said Ginn as she placed the head phones from Eli's IPod over her belly playing "Try".

Eli felt her move in rhythm with the music. "I think she might be a Pink fan too..." he said laughing quietly.

Ginn smiled at the feelings from her daughter. "Your world has really awesome music Eli, very different from what I was use to on mine...and I know someone else who likes it..."

The two of them just lay there looking into each other's eyes for a while, blissful in the joy they had created. Feeling this emotion also was the one entity watching over all of her human crew. Destiny was learning about love...and the infinite depth of unconditional love that both Eli and Ginn felt for their unborn daughter already. Yes, Destiny was becoming more emotionally attached to her new human "family" with every passing moment.

Eli was broken from his tranquil moment, "Do you feel that?"

Ginn had also noticed, "Yes, I do..." she smiled broadly at him. "I think Destiny is showing emotion too. It is a bit strange having such a connection to her, but I have spent such a long time with her that it doesn't surprise me she cares about us...that's what you're feeling from her."

Eli asked Ginn, "Do you think Destiny has a soul? I mean...the more she interacts and understands, the greater her intellectual processing becomes. I know she is self aware of whom she is, but surely there must be a bigger connection between Destiny and Lady Destiny. It's like the ship is an extension of Lady Destiny's being..."

Ginn stroked Eli's face with her hand. "I believe she has a soul...even if it is part of Lady Destiny's. For any entity to feel love one must have a soul...and she feels something toward all of us." Ginn leaned toward Eli and kissed him.

Their moment of solitude was interrupted by a calling to Eli. "Sorry Eli, your needed on the bridge...Rush out."

Eli sighed and gave Ginn's belly a quick kiss, "I love you both..." he said as he walked to the door.

A few minutes later he was on the bridge taking in what was happening. Chloe was at the main controls, with Franklin, Brody, and Nick stationed at various CI consoles deciphering the data collected over the last half hour.

Franklin turned to face Eli. "Glad you feeling better Eli...we need your help. Come take a look at this..."

Eli studied the data on screen. "So this is the ship we detected. From what I can see they appear to have an FTL drive of some kind..."

Franklin nodded. "Yeah, but what else?" he asked.

Eli ran through some more data expecting to hear Nick say something sarcastic, but no comment came. "It looks...um, no that can't be right..."

Nick made the comment Eli was waiting for. "Organic, composite design– Half organic and half machine. Very similar to the Wraith ships in the Pegasus Galaxy...right?"

Eli turned to speak just as General Young entered the bridge hearing the conversation. "True, but Wraith ships have hyper drive engines, not FTL drives... and besides, why or how would they be out here?" asked Eli sarcastically back.

Nick was laughing under his breath poking fun at Eli. "I think I might have read some of the reports on the Wraith too Eli..." he replied with a smirk.

Everett was having none of it. "Enough of the Wraith talk, you two tell me what this is...not what it isn't!" he snapped at both of them.

Nick turned to Everett. "Well General, as we just said it is similar to a Wraith Hive ship, but it isn't one. Luck for us, and them, the signature is entirely different and they appear to have an FTL drive, not hyperspace drives. But apart from that, we don't know too much more as yet."

Chloe called out, "Sir, we're being hailed...audio and video."

Everett looked at his crew on the bridge. Nick and Eli nodded. "Okay Chloe, on screen"

The message appeared with a human face of a man in his late fifties on screen. "Unknown vessel, we are peaceful explorers and mean you no harm. We are not seeking to fight, merely to pass through this galaxy peacefully. I hope that you will respond in kind."

Everett did a quick check around, "Any objections?"

Eli said it. "Answer with caution, and shields at 40%. That should discourage any attempt to fire on us. They might be on the level."

Everett nodded "Agreed. Chloe, open a channel," she did, "Unknown Vessel, we too are peaceful explorers travelling through this galaxy on a scientific mission. I am General Everett Young, Commander of the Ancient ship Destiny, and we mean you no harm either."

Chloe cut the feed saying, "Sir, we will drop out of FTL in five minutes, and should have a visual shortly. I have another incoming message, shall I...?"

Everett smiled at her. "Go ahead Chloe, on screen."

Chloe opened the channel on screen. The man stood with his arms behind his back in a grey coloured uniform with insignia on his shoulders and looked to be of very high ranking as he observed Everett.

"General Everett Young, I am Royal Commander Archmal Havoy of the star ship Infinite Voyage, are you able to stop for a meeting with us? Your ship appears to be of a familiar design to some others we have encountered, and I would be interested to know from which galaxy you came." He stood straight faced waiting for Everett to answer.

Destiny dropped from FTL right on time, and travelled under sublight engines before coming to a stop some 5000 kilometres from the other vessel. Their ship was on par with Destiny for size, but vastly different in shape. The main section was hexagonal in design being around 600 meters long, with several antenna style protruding structures from the top and bottom of the vessel. Checking the scans, they found it was just less than 250 meters across, and 200 meters high between the flats of the hex. The alien ship shields seemed comparable to most they had encountered, and detected mainly defensive weapons only. Chloe kept the shields at 40% but all of Destiny's weapons systems remained offline.

Everett answered. "As a Royal Commander, I hope you understand that our shields remain as they are until we have spoken further. Please do not take this as an act of aggression, merely a cautionary step for the moment. We are happy to meet with your people and find out more about each other."

Archmal nodded with an accepting look. "I understand General Young, and we have done the same. Unfortunately there are some... that only seek to do others harm. I trust this is not your intentions?"

Everett gave a look of empathy to Archmal and answered. "Our intentions are for mutual and beneficial relations or trade, not that of war or incursion. It would be an honour to meet with you."

Nick got Everett's attention, "General, they appear to have a stargate onboard too, and there are several suitable and uninhabited planets within range."

Archmal couldn't hear Dr Rush, but knew that Destiny had scanned them and found they had a stargate. "Perhaps, General Young, a suitable planet in the system nearby is a good meeting place," he paused for a moment, "We know your ship has a vortex gate too... and that your scans have found ours. Shall we pick one?"

A dialling sequence appeared on the bottom of the screen, followed by Nick's exact same choice on Archmal's screen. "I see we already agree on a world, good start then...shall we meet in several minutes?"

Everett nodded. "Yes, and we will be sending a team that is armed, as I would expect the same form your team as well."

Archmal broke into a grin. "Of course, I would expect nothing less. See you on the ground shortly." And with that, the transmission ended.

Chloe voiced her opinion, not only because Matt was going, but also something just didn't sit right with her. "General Young, I know I don't have influence over your decisions, but something about this doesn't feel right with me...I don't trust him."

Everett walked over to her and put his hand reassuringly on her shoulder saying, "I agree, but we have to start somewhere Chloe..." he leant down and whispered in her ear, "and I'll promise to look out for him."

Chloe said it simply. "Thank you..."

Eli felt uneasy about this too, but remained quiet...Nick broke his thoughts after Everett left for the gate room, "Eli, we do have a slight issue that may require attention soon."

Eli moved over to where he was watching the CI screen and asked, "Okay, spill it..."

Nick tapped away for a moment before answering, as Eli watched, "Clear as mud?" he asked Eli.

"Yeah, so Destiny needs some gas... where still over 30%, why is that a problem? There are plenty of stars around here to fuel up on," said Eli.

Nick dragged open some more screens, "Destiny is really efficient, but..." he brought some data charts to Eli's attention. "This is the impact data from the first Ori ship energy weapon that fired upon us..."

Eli studied the data for a moment, "Yeah, so...the shield hardly used any power to sustain itself. We know that, what's your point?"

Nick overlapped the first wave of data from their most recent account with Ori firepower, before saying somewhat sarcastically, "You're the math boy– do the math..."

Eli didn't need to work to hard calculating the differences, they were obvious. "Nearly 1000% increase in power drain? Are you kidding me, why didn't we detect this earlier? And how?"

Rush still enjoyed having one up on Eli at times saying, "Well lad, the first part is an oversight, the second part is where it gets interesting. It seems the Ori have learned something with all their mind power or however you want to describe it... they are fluctuating the frequency modulation on the beam weapon until it begins to penetrate Destiny's shields. In response, our V bank adjusts the shields too counteract... the problem is that this requires serious power to keep regenerating the shield harmonics at different layers." Rush looked long at Eli, "You were taught this by Valhalla's daughter remember..."

Eli stared at the data remembering the lesson and conceded. "Yeah, I remember. So this means under constant attack, we would only have a limited time depending on our fuel status."

Franklin and Brody came over, with Brody asking, "How much time...exactly?"

Eli did the sums. "Weeks on a full tank against one ship, days or hours against many ships at once... more than enough time to jump to FTL."

Brody then asked the obvious one, "What about our current level?"

Nick answered honestly. "Against say five Ori mother ships under continuous fire... three, maybe four hours before they would breach the shields. But if that were the case Mr Brody, I would suggest we fire back and increase our odds..."

Mean while in the gate room, Everett stood ready with his team at the gate before waving it to life.

Matt looked across to him saying, "You don't get tired of that do you?"

Everett smiled broadly at him, "Use it or lose it, that's what they taught me..." and they stepped into the stargate arriving shortly after on a pleasantly forested world.

There were no signs of the other people from Archmal's crew so Ev's team spanned out and did some quick recon using life scanners.

Greer reported back quickly, "Sir, there appears to be no signs of life anywhere nearby. In fact Sir, there aren't even any tracks or a path...my guess is this place is deserted."

Everett called him back. "Okay Sergeant, have your men take up some not so hidden positions, and two men hidden using Valeyian life-sign cloaking devices, just in case." He turned back to the gate as it began to spin.

Greer answered. "Understood Sir, Sgt. Wallace and Cpl. Stevens will vanish undercover, Greer out," they nodded to him and vanished off the detector screen, as Ron began to make his way back to the gate with his men.

Archmal and his well armed team appeared through the stargate in a civilized manner. Everett was surprised to see that most of his team looked well into their fifty's or sixty's, both men and women. He knew from experience to never underestimate a possible adversary, but hoped things wouldn't come to that.

Archmal walked forward to Everett, who met him half way and extended his hand. "In our custom, it is appropriate to offer a hand of friendship to start proceedings," said Everett.

Archmal put out his hand and clasped Everett's saying, "We have a similar tradition amongst our people too. It is a pleasure to make you acquaintance Gen. Young," he looked around at the Marines and Airman stationed in various positions, "And you appear to have such a young crew guarding the area. I'll assume that is for our protection as well?"

Everett smiled openly replying, "Of course, it is our standard procedure to defend from unseen circumstances. It is also good to meet a fellow traveller in the middle of the vastness of space. Had we not varied our normal course, we may have never met. Now that we have, how can we assist each other's journey?"

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Ron turned to Matt whispering, "What are they saying, I can't hear shit..."

Matt smiled and whispered back, "What and you think I can hear them? Whatever they're saying they are keeping it to themselves... let's just wait and see, shall we Sergeant?"

Greer gave Matt a slightly confused, but frustrated look. He didn't like not being party to issues that may concern the possible safety of his men, or the ship and crew.

Everett signalled to Matt to come over saying, "Captain Scott, please join us."

Matt sensed Everett's official tone and knew he would have to obey any order given without question. "Yes Gen. Young?"

Everett gave him a reassuring nod with a "trust me" lookbefore asking, "Captain, can you please travel to Destiny and bring Dr Eli Wallace back here for some technical discussions with a member of Archmal's crew."

Matt obliged his request with a quick salute, "Yes Sir, immediately," he turned and barked an order to one of the men, "Cpl Mears, dial the gate to Destiny"

Mears dialled on his keno control pad and the gate sprung to life. Matt entered and was back on board Destiny shortly after. He went straight to the bridge and found Eli going over some other "oversighted figures" of Destiny's power consumption.

Matt called him to a quiet spot on the bridge. "Eli, Gen. Young wants you to come down to the planet."

Eli looked a little confused saying, "Um, okay...why?"

Matt looked over Eli's shoulder to make sure no one else was listening, especially Nick, and spoke in a whisper. "He's asked for you to meet with one of the other ships crew on the planet...but there's something else. You are Dr Eli Wallace as Gen. Young put it to me, so keep that to yourself but I believe that is what he was trying to tell me diplomatically."

Eli sniggered and tried not to laugh. Matt put up his hand to stop him saying, "Eli, this is very serious okay, it's not a joke...come with me now."

Eli turned back to the others on the bridge and kept his humour to himself. "Dr Franklin, I have to go down to the planet at Gen. Young's request. Could you please tell Ginn for me, as I don't know how long I will be gone?"

Eli walked out with Matt and began to giggle down the corridor saying, "Dr Eli Wallace... I like the sound of that..."

Matt smiled beside him, "Don't get too used to Eli, most of us have to earn our stripes the hard way."

Back on the planet Eli was introduced to Archmal as Dr Eli Wallace, one of the lead scientists of Destiny's expedition in deep space. Eli just hoped he could live up to the name if asked technical questions. The gate began to turn again with Archmal informing Everett of their "science specialist" late arrival. Hidden away in the forested area, Sgt. Wallace and Cpl. Stevens were at the ready to fire on the gate should unexpected company arrive, but there fears were soon allayed as a much younger and very attractive woman came through on her own.

Archmal introduced her to everyone. "This is our science specialist, Malisa... and she is also our youngest member of the expedition. Malisa was only a child when we started our journey, 28 orbits ago...she is also my daughter."

Eli felt himself drawn to her but quickly shook the thought from his mind, with a feeling of commitment and deep love to Ginn. He refocused his fleeting wayward thought to the more pressing issues of science and mathematical equations he was about to face. Introducing himself with a gentle handshake and keeping his distance, he was surprised by her directness to engage in scientific conversation almost immediately.

Malisa was straight to the point at the introduction. "It is an honour to meet a fellow scientist," she said in perfect Ancient.

Eli had studied Daniel Jackson's recordings and had a firm grasp of Ancient language "just in case" he ever got to meet one, and answered back in the same, "It is my honour to greet you as well," but then returned to his native tongue, "Malisa."

Malisa started with her questions in English that felt somewhat probing to Eli and Everett, who was also listening. "Dr Wallace, I am keen to learn more about the physical workings and navigation of your ships Light Drive capabilities, and how you were able to overcome the issue of subspace distortions during travel."

Eli knew this wasn't an easy question to answer, but believed more that it may be a test about his knowledge than an actual question, so he answered cautiously. "Our systems are calibrated through the ship's sensors in real time to allow for any corrections that maybe required."

Archmal spoke up. "Oh Dr Wallace, please forgive my daughters abruptness into complex issues such as light drives. It has been sometime since she has had someone of your standing to communicate with." He looked to his daughter and smiled saying, "Perhaps you might start with some general conversation before discussing all the wonders of the universe my dear daughter..."

Eli smiled back at both of them, but more so to the attractive Malisa before he realised his thoughts, and tried to make a lame excuse for staring.

Everett put a quick stop to that by coming over to them and asking "Commander Havoy, have you explained to Dr Wallace and Malisa how our scientific exchange is going to work?"

They both looked at their respective "commanders" somewhat puzzled with Eli asking rhetorically "Exchange?"

The two older men chuckled at their own arrangement, watching the "younger" two trying to work it out. Everett laid it out plainly for them.

"We have decided to exchange two people for a short time on each ship. Dr Perry and Capt. Scott will accompany Commander Havoy and his crew, while Malisa and..." "Topin" said Archmal quickly, "come with us until the arranged time to meet back here. There will be an open communication channel from both ships at all times, unless of course, neither of you want to do this..."

Eli's first thought was of Ginn and his unborn daughter. With Ginn nearly at full term, he didn't really want his "work" getting in the way of his pending family. The other thing he considered was just how long were they talking about, a few hours or days? The girl standing in front of him gave Eli cause for concern, in a different way. He had already caught himself out once over her looks, and didn't really want to spend "up close and personal" time with her. He decided his best course of action was to be focusing on what made his heart just melt away...his love for Ginn.

Commander Havoy spoke up and broke Eli's thoughts. "Very well then General Young, we will return to our ship and meet back here in two of your time marks?"

Everett nodded. "Yes, two hours. See you then..." he shook Archmal's hand.

Archmal's party left for their ship as Greer call his hidden men back. Everett opened the stargate with a simple wave of his hand, as Matt again just shook his head watching him smile.

"Sir", Matt asked, "How long is this exchange going to be for? We have the Apollo calling soon to collect that reporter guy and his camera man...shouldn't we be in the hunt for Castell?"

Everett saw a different picture and explained. "Their ship is almost identical to Wraith organic technology, in the way it can heal itself and grow. The difference is that they can sustain long duration FTL without damage to the organic component, and they have shields. This could be very useful to the SGC, but also maybe for us in the future. The trail of Castell leads way out of this galaxy and could go anywhere... Apollo is the best choice for now to follow down the rabbit hole as it were, to see where it goes. As you know Matt, we are more...committed on our present course."

Like it or not, Matt understood his General's answer. "I just don't want to sit around playing minder for a week or so just because we meet a bunch of old explorers, when our attention should be focused elsewhere."

Everett could sense Matt's frustration. "I know... I want him back too."

The two of them walked through the gate.

Archmal sat with his daughter by his side on the bridge of their ship. "So Malisa, what do you think of Dr Wallace?"

She stared blankly out the bridge window as she answered. "He seems nice" she paused, "and very smart..."

Her father put out his hand and rubbed the small of her back saying, "But..."

She turned and looked straight at him. "But I don't know. I believe he will be helpful to us scientifically, but for the other purpose, I would prefer Captain Scott..."

Archmal answered as a concerned father, but also as a Royal Commander. "I understand your apprehension with Dr Wallace, but as you know there are other things to consider. We need someone who will have the genetic criteria for our purpose, not just desirable features. I am sure Captain Scott could well satisfy your needs is some ways, but we are reminded of our situation... We are unable to return to our world, and all of us are becoming older. You, as my daughter and heir, must be the one to carry on the royal bloodlines... and mate with Dr Wallace."

***N.B. Please note***

I have deliberately left out a description of these new characters, as I am sure every reader's imagination would be able to put a face of their own choosing on them. I may describe my version of them in the next chapter that is currently underway.