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  Within half an hour, Az was finished checking his plane as the first people were ready to board. Shocked, he saw Simone. He had been aware all the women were training. And intellectually, he understood they all intended to fight. But somehow he had thought that Simone wouldn’t, because of Dieter. Now he understood the babysitting remark. He also truly understood, finally, no reserve. No plan B for the adults. How could these People do this? How could they let their women fight? It was driving him crazy but he understood the odds. They were unfavourable to say the least. He climbed into the cockpit. Mathew was the last on board.

  As the four planes were ready they lifted off, all to different cities. They left behind Helkmid and his staff in their lab, still working flat out bottling up the last of the anti virals and the placebos (fake cures). Also left behind was a tearful Dieter, a bad tempered and disgusted Alan and a huge pile of dirty dishes…