Disclaimed in part 1. Warning: Rated R for language, violence and all that lovely stuff we claim we never read. The NC-17 chapter is already back there... and was so marked. Dogged Determination IV: Suffer the Children by Rhondda Lake (part 14/?) UNKNOWN FOREST LOCATION 6:30PM The shovel hit the earth with a soft *chick-shhh*. The pile of dirt grew larger with every sound. Ace watched with a small wrinkle of concentration lining his forehead. No one held the shovel. It was surrounded by dark, swirling shadows. Queenie sat on a log looking bored and stroking Deuce's blonde hair, as a human might pet a dog. The shovel stopped when a hand shot through the packed ground. Filthy, nailed broken, thin and curled into a claw. The hand was followed by an arm, then a head. A young man, covered in mud. His eyes wide, red and quite mad slowly emerged. "Diamond." Ace hissed. The newly emerged man snarled and sprang at Ace. [225 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=04_1997&mid=4780361&hilit=BRAIN+FEEDBACK> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 04_1997&4990829 Score: 78 Subject: Short Story