Benji

...........I didn't know you had a sister??

Eric enjoyed the taxi ride, noticing immediately that they were not taking the route by which he

....................What can I say great chapter CJ, at first glance the map is a great idea!!!! Until you notice that there is a far easier, closer route to the resort on the east side of the island. I understand why Jim was using the tunnel road, to get to the press conference at the northwest corner of the island. It would seem the 'tunnel' route is traversed over and over, but the closer and easier eastern route is only used once in the escape by the 'guests'. Perhaps the goat just likes the cliffside scenic route !!!!

......Loose Change

...........Change Clothes

............Yard Sale

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMIE!!!! ................Have a great 20th!!

............ Sounds like the initial second of the blast released gamma rays from both ends of the tunnel, afterwords the mountain collapsed on it and the radiation and the blast force went towards the volcano. The Iranian blast did not send up a signature mushroom cloud, it too had the mountain collapse on it.

............Come to think about it, goats are kinda gamey and stringy!

...........None Wiser

..............Would never waste monry, frog legs are cheap ya know!!

.........Ok, frog legs as an appetizer, goat for the entre'

...................What can I say? Excellent chapter, excellent, excellent, excellent!!! Very high paced, just waiting for the impact!!! Great Chapter James!!!

................. I think in addition to dropping into the ocean the volcano will instead push the broken shelf out far enough away out to sea that the noxious gas will 'miss' the resort and rush into the created gap. The 'new island' will stop sinking as it is still tethered to the island from long ago volcanic vent activity underneath the sea. Scar waited too long to leave, the airfield unusable from the new fractures on the runway.

.......Frogs should stay clear of frying pans!!

.............Basket Case

.............Ending Soon

..........Warning Given

....................Test Failed

...........I'm sure 99% of us thought the same thing when he folded himself in half, haha!! I thought his dad thought the same thing too!!

...............Poor Pepper, Lucy is some temptress !!

.........An interesting analogy of the gay movement, I'd concur with your analysis. It is unfortunate to have to agree that AIDS brought the gay movement forward in a giant leap. The fundies claiming G-d was raining down his wrath actually upset a lot of people, non-gays alike. Partners were denied hospital visits and estates were stripped from them, by the same families that threw them out for being gay. I would have to think that Matthew Sheppard's murder not only shocked the nation, but had a profound effect on the younger generation on the gay rights issue. We are reaping benefits from this and the next generation, the fundies will lose evenutally as they did with nthe civil rights issue in the '60s. I ramble and am off topic, I am both fearful of and yet applaud stem cell research, applaude the cures I see down the road, fearful that once they get hold of this 'power' they won't stop.

............Supplies Depleted

............The only plausible thing I can see is part of the island splitting apart and far enough away from the volcano, the separation could save our 'heros' from the toxic superheated gas and ash coming at them. Of course the 'shelf' would have to stop sliding completely, creating a smaller tsunami. If the resort is buckling and cracking up, what of the airport? The Scar may have stuck around to long and may not be able to get off the ground. I'm sure his mercenaries will understand, after all they heard the newscast by Helen and the General talking about the three bombs. They saw Yuri set a charge to one of the bombs, and it has to be in the back of their minds staring at only two bombs about the non-returning five men that were with Yuri and Scar.

.........Suck Face (I know, I know)