"They didn't hurt me," I replied.

"Were you gone all this time? Three months? Because Sam said that she couldn't feel you…"

"We just returned a few days ago, me, Alexis and Ran," I said.

Paul frowned. "Ran? Why Ran?"

"Because he's my First Lieutenant. When they…made us immobile I guess they thought it might set him off."

Paul nodded. "It would have."

"How is BJ?" I asked.

Paul sighed. "She's getting big." He looked off into the ...