" Thank you is the only response Lucy receives, as John begins to slip away. ••• The night seemed to stretch on, way beyond normal hours. Abruptly, a sudden shaking of the nearby bushes interrupts this quiet peace. " Well well well, what have we here? " a voice from behind asks. Whipping around, John is quite unsurprised to see another human- like- animal- figure. " I asked you a question, " there is now an unmistakable tone of female in the voice (John is now switched to 'I'), I realized, unable to completely squash down my fear. Not knowing quite how to respond, I decided on the obvious, " And who are YOU exactly? " Big Mistake. "Perhaps you should just find out... " With that, I heard a slight 'zzzzztt' go through the air instead you I blacked out from the tranquilizer dart ...