Hatter was laying next to Shade when she heard the rain started hitting the roof of Rhino. She looks up at the ceiling and just listens to the rain as it hit the roof. She felt Shade’s arm resting across her bare stomach. The light camisole she had worn to bed, had risen, exposing her stomach.

Hatter stands up off the floor and heads towards the front. Terry was upfront, watching the surveillance instruments. She sits down in the passenger co-pilot’s seat.

Terry looks at Hatter “can’t sleep?”

“I don’t need much sleep.” Hatter watches as the rain flows down the front windshield like a waterfall.

“So, how serious is it between you and Shade?” Terry had noticed the engagement ring on Hatter’s hand when she wasn’t wearing her gloves.

“Very serious. He gave me my mother’s old engagement ring.” Hatter looks at her hand with the ring on it.

“Your mother’s ring?” Terry knew some of Hatter’s background.

“Yeah, I was surprised as well. She was the reason my father placed me in the mental hospital. I witness him pushing my mother off the second floor, killing her.” Hatter shivers from the memory.

“Memories of things we experienced and lived through will always be part of us.” Terry had his demons that he must live with.

It was the reason; he no longer was a woman. After what was done to him when he was a prisoner to the Taliban. Dakota was the one that
finally helps him decide to become a man full time. She had her demons from her days as an undercover police officer.

“I know.” Hatter has noticed the crazy part of her was slowly fading. The true part of her personality was slowly surfacing.

“So, have you and Shade talked about what day you want the wedding to happen and how many guests you want there?”

“Nope, we haven’t talked about any of those things. He proposed to me before we left for this mission. Also, to be honest, I don’t know anything about those things.”

“Don’t feel bad. Dakota and I didn’t know a lot and just had the justice of the peace do our wedding. Dakota didn’t want the big fancy wedding. She was happy with something simple.”

“What did Bart think about Dakota getting married, since he adopted her as his sister?” Hatter remembered when Bart and Dakota joined them on their first mission.

“He wished me luck with her.” A silly smile appeared on Terry’s face.

“How much longer are we going to stay here?” Hatter glances at the time and notices it was only two in the morning.

“Until the girl we rescued is strong enough to travel.” Terry didn’t want to risk their client’s daughter’s health.

Hatter glances at the radar showing the weather pattern for the area. She was no weather expert, but from the way it looked. She figures they would be getting rain the next day as well.

“Will the rain slow us down?” Hatter glances towards Terry.

“Nope, Rhino is an all-purpose terrain vehicle. The engineers who designed Rhino wanted to make it so he could explore or overcome any problems on Mars.” That was why Terry liked the design so much.

Medical Clinic, Convent:
Sister Cavallero gets up and checks on the young girl that was brought in. She knew what was done to her, from Coyote’s memories. The medicine they gave her was helping to wean her off the drugs she had been forcefully given.

She picks the sponge up and dips it in the cold water in the pan. She pats the forehead of the young girl. She could tell, the young girl was having a rough night. She squeezes the sponge and soaks it again.

“You know your companions are wondering where you are, Coyote.”

“I know. I don’t trust the weird looking girl among them. She has a wildness about her.” Coyote could sense the strangeness of Hatter.

Sister Cavallero could tell that Coyote was right. There was something strange about the white face girl. She had seen it for herself.

“Well, you might want to talk with her. She has been asking where you have gone too.”

“We’ll see.” Coyote looks through his host eyes at the young girl they rescued.

He notices she was looking better and hopes she continues to get better.