"Security will also be sent on all out-of-area sporting events, just to be sure. If you are a watch leader and plan on leaving, let me know so that your duties can be reassigned. I will not ask you to make your decision here, and I will look very harshly at anyone who tries to guilt one of their comrades into staying. Do I make myself clear?"

The meeting went on for a little while longer, but then they finally dispersed. Peter and Heda were on full alert back to the car, but they were also mostly quiet.

"Wanna go to the station?"

Heda just nodded. They drove over and found all the doors quite locked. Billy finally came to let them in, and hie looked grim.

"When did the call come in?"

"About two minutes before she went on air. She's a little freaked."

“Tread carefully as if she were . . . say, Madison?"

Billy smiled a bit.

“You've got the hang of this.”

"I don't think she's something you understand so much as just try to survive the ride."

“There's all sorts of things wrong with that statement."

“Shut up."

“Okie dokie"

Madison was sitting in her booth, but the casual confidence that she showed in her little domain was absent. Her hands trembled when they drifted over the CDs and controls.

"Go on in," Billy said. He buzzed the door, so Madison was "Looking" straight at Heda when she walked in.

“Hey," Madison said.

"You didn't have to come over," she said, pulling her girlfriend into a hug.

"I wanted to. Looks like Reichert's pushing for shifters to get out of Dodge while the getting is good."

"Kinda figured from when his secretary called me. Things don't sound good."

“You know, you could go. I'm sure Mr. Hannity would love for you to extend the weekend visit to a few months."

"I think that's a little more than I can handle right now. Maybe you should stay though. They're going to need you here."

"Do you WANT to go visit the vast Hannity estate for the first time by yourself?"

Madison almost whispered, “No.”

“Then hush your mouth."