Sam eyed Porter, trying to impress upon him the severity of their situation. She could see he was struggling to come to terms with what was happening, but then he firmed his stance and nodded.


    “Fair enough Miss Holden, I will take steps to ensure we do a more in depth back ground check on the two individuals before we let them board. I do hope you know what your doing miss Holden, this is most unprecedented.” Sam let out a sigh of relief.


    “Trust me Porter, with the help of Caero you will find what your looking for.” Porter looked at Sam. “Who is Caero?” Sam brushed her hand over her face, damn! She couldn''t come straight out and say the truth. Letting Porter know it was an all encompassing AI super computer would not be good.


    “It''s the computer behind the bracelets, it''s like Siri or Alexa a kind of computer assistant. It''s called Caero. I''m not a hundred percent of Mick Stevens, but he runs off when he gets on board and disappears. You have to go searching for him. Then he fails the entrance exam and attacks you. He then gets kicked off the boat. Bill on the other hand definitely has a fake background that you guys find. He has a transmitter on him that sends info once every twenty four hours in a micro blast that lasts a nano second or something. Anyhow Caero catches it, when he does the ship is attacked but by then it''s too late, you have to make sure he doesn''t get onboard!”


    Porter nods as he listens to Sam describe the future as if it has already happened. “Have no fear Miss Holden, we will make sure the necessary actions are taken mark my words. First lets get back to our little flock or they''ll start getting restless, especially if Mr. Stevens is who you think he is.” Sam nodded.


    “You wouldn''t believe how much trouble he caused and he was only around for an hour. What a nightmare that guy was.” Sam looked up as she and Porter approached the group of teenagers munching on pizza and drinking cokes, she grimaced at the sight of Mick Stevens as Porter motioned her towards the group.


    “Right Miss Holden, I need to make a couple of phone calls to set up our alternate boarding plan, are you sure you''ll be OK on your own here?” Sam looked at porter and smiled. “It''s OK Porter I''m not alone” He looked quizzically at her but nodded and then dashed off to consult with Jonathon Morden the security chief of the storm haven. Sam saw Mick Stevens break away from the group as she approached. “Hello sweetheart what''s your name then? Mine''s Stevens, Mick Stevens!”


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    Sam glanced momentarily in his direction then spotted who she had been searching for and brushed straight past the grinning narcissist and practically ran into the arms of the boy she never thought she would ever see alive again. She felt her heart leap as she crushed Edward in a vice like grip and then kissed him deeply and with every ounce of passion she had in her. A tear formed in the corner of her eye as she pulled away to gaze into the shocked and bemused face of the boy she thought she had lost forever. She grinned as her face flushed with emotion. She leaned in and whispered.


    “Please play along. I''ll explain later, I promise.” He grinned, nodded and whispered back. “I would be a fool not too. If a beautiful girl came up to me and kissed me with a passion that curled my toes like that. By the way, keep kissing like that and it wont be pretend for long.”


    Sam grinned manically at him and kissed him again. She felt Edward tighten her embrace and the essence in her body pulsed and let out a tiny tendril that shot out of her and right into Edward''s body, she felt him stiffen for a second and then felt him smiling as he kissed her more deeply.


    Sam blinked in shock as she felt her life essence link to Edward''s. She knew instinctively that she would be able to find him anywhere. To know how he was physically. She held in a bubbling giggle of delight, she wasn''t going to lose him twice!


    “Hey bitch who the hell do you think you are!” Sam was pulled away by a rather irate young blonde that clearly thought she had dibs on Edward. Sam looked at her derisively. “Better than you.” Edward grinned at that and stepped in.


    “Sorry Sophie but I haven''t seen..” He looked at Sam as he realised he hadn''t got a clue who she was. Sam snuggled up to his ear and whispered. “Sam” He shuddered at the intimate contact and looked back to Sophie. Yes I haven''t seen Sam since I can''t remember when, if you will please excuse us?”


    Sophie clenched her fists but clearly had lost out to the biker chic. She growled, turned and stomped off. Edward breathed in deeply. “Wow, I can''t say that I''ve ever been greeted like that before, you know a guy could get used to something like that, please say that you''re joining us on the Storm Haven?


    Sam grinned and nodded. “Yep for sure, sorry about flinging myself at you but I was just about to be accosted by Mick Stevens and well, any port in a storm as they say” she smiled at him as he snorted. “Think nothing of it. I think I might start praying for rain.”


    He looked up and frowned as Mick Stevens strode towards them clearly intent on causing trouble.