"If I can I will," she replied and smiled.

"I want you to talk to Nick and make sure there is no attempt for a manned mission to the city."

"Why," Kat asked seeing how upset I was.

"If we send someone down there will be reprisals. I don't want to be responsible for that many deaths." I said and fell silent.

"I will talk to Nick for you Louis," she said. "This is really bothering you isn't it?"

I let my silence speak of how serious I was taking this. What followed was the longest two days of my life. I kept to myself until we dropped anchor over...