“She refused again, and Frankie   
waved the two military guys over. The  
One-Star guy told her that either she  
left right this minute, or she was     
fired, and then they’d arrest her.     
     “Amy gave me a worried look, but  
she had no choice. She had to leave.   
     “She wasn’t even out the door,    
before Frankie was trying to convince  
the military guys that he should do an 
exploratory right this minute. What’s  
an exploratory?”                       
     “It’s a surgical procedure,” Beth 
said, but didn’t look like she wanted  
to explain the rest of it.             
     True to form, my Arch was more    
than happy to oblige.                  
     “Someone slices you open, and     
then digs around inside you.”          
     “Oh, shit,” the Cat said, and then
* looked at me.                            
     “I knew that didn’t sound good.”  
     “It’s not bad if your under       
anesthesia,” Darryl said, “but it      
doesn’t sound like Bart was that kind  
of guy.”                               
     “He’s not even in the same        
Universe as that guy, and he almost had
the military guys convinced, until     
Tammy showed up.”                      
     “Tammy?” I asked.                 
     “That Captain woman,” the Cat     
said, “and as soon as she walked in,   
she started yelling at everyone. She’s 
a small woman, but boy was she loud.   
She even shouted over Frankie.”        
     “I thought you needed two people  
to open that door?” I asked.           
     “Not if someone’s already inside, 
you know that, but this time, I could  
see Amy leaving as the door closed     
behind Tammy.                          



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