Chapter Three (Closure)

[Akirapryde]

Alice raised her hand, "I am on the pictures" she said taking the images from Adrian and fed them in to her computer. Her fingers flew across the keyboard as she compared notes. After a few moments she let out a sigh of disappointment, she closed her eyes as well as her computer.

She paused a moment before uttering, "You are right Eric." She turned to look at the group, "despite how much I want this to only be a deception. It's not, the stars don't lie."

She leaned back as if her heart had been cut out. She barely followed what was going on. She finally was able to speak, she said, "I do not have a communication device."