"Who the hell is coming to visit you?" growled a voice from beside Ben. He turned to see Jack standing beside him, wrapped in the fluffy white robe with white guest slippers on his feet.

"Did they wake you?" Ben asked.

"I'd recognize the sound of those carriers anywhere." He looked at Ben. "You do work for the military?"

"No! I mean, I've designed something they're interested in and I was told they wanted to meet me but I wasn't expecting them so soon. My latest device caught the eye of a Colonel Alexander Hargrave." Ben said watching the vehicles at the end of his driveway. No movement yet.

"Crap....