KimRae was starting to come down from the high provided by the stimpack. She was just worn out. No two ways about it. She had not slept since that last night in the park and food was a luxury that had not been available. Now that they were inside the relative safety of the building, she slid down the wall to listen to the men making plans.<br/><br/>KimRae had not been part of any missions in her life. The only mission she had ever had was to feed the children and get them through to another day. She snickered quietly to herself: that had been a bust. Jasper had taught her to trust no one, no, that wasn’t right, she corrected herself.  He had taught her to depend on no one else but herself. KimRae pulled her knees up and rested her arms on them. Soon her chin nestled in her arms. The deep rumbling of male voices in congenial tones soothed her into a quasi- sleep.<br/><br/>She caught,<br/>"Sound good to you? or would you prefer I stay close in case you need me to take something out silently? I would mention my sniper does not have a silencer... so if you are going for a stay out of silent approach, I am a very stealthy person and me using my sniper from a distance would not be the best approach. Whatever your choice just say so and I will go along with it."<br/><br/>The voice was coming from the direction of the Ranger, she thought. Drowsily, she murmured,<br/><br/>“Stay close. I never been close a Ranger before.”<br/><br/>She sat up, wiping spit from her mouth, horrified at the dreamy sound of her voice. Wiping her wild hair back from her face, she looked around and hoped that no one had heard her. How on earth could she explain her romantic fantasy of Rangers in general without looking completely stupid? Besides, she didn’t really know if she wanted to trust this one Ranger who definitely had feet of clay. Remember, she heard Jasper’s jeering voice in her head. You can’t trust no one. Don’t ever be fooled.<br/><br/>Clearing her throat, she listened to them outline the rest of Raymond’s plan. She coughed and stood up, where she paced the floor with her hands jammed in her back pockets.<br/><br/>“Look. I know I have been nothing but trouble, but I come with a  major complication.” KimRae said defiantly, squaring her shoulders and thrusting out her chin. “I wouldn’t want any of you to be shot because of me. See there is this sniper. Evidently he isn’t as good as he thinks he is since I’m still alive, but his mission in life is to kill me. He had taken a few shots at me and I know he follows me around. So, I’m being square with you guys. If you want me to leave, I would understand. Raymond has an important mission and I wouldn’t want to screw it up.”