Nate had been out on the town and scored big with the diamond sale. He was on the top of the world when he returned to his quarters in the wee hours and kissed Rosemary on the cheek, hugging her and holding the door for her as she made her way out.

As he undressed, he watched Pavla sleeping peacefully with the moonlight lightly flowing over his features...a lump caught in his throat, "How beautiful you are, baby", he whispered to his sleeping love.

Lightly he padded over to the bed and pressed his lips ever so gently to Pavla's forehead to check for fever. He seemed warm still, but not castiron hot like he had earlier that night. Nate smiled and climbed into bed as carefully as he could, snuggling up to his pint-sized sleeping beauty as close as possible without disturbing his sleep.

BLOODY HELL!!!, Nate yelled out as his sleep was disturbed by a body falling across him and Pavla screaming "NOOOOO! PLEASE DON'T LET HIM!!!"...then he was aware of Niki yelling "Nate it's terrible! Horrible even! You have to listen to me!" ...

Having been woken out of a deep, peaceful sleep and hearing these things from two different sources, Nate went into action...he jumped up in the bed and bashed his head on a rafter..."AH, FUCK!", he growled, holding his head and jumping down to the floor, "Stay behind me...Pavla, go to shadow form, Niki go to mouse form and hide...where is the intruder?!". He stood there in his violet Calvin Klein boxer briefs braced for action, looking for action...okay...where was the action...

He turned around..."Ummm, where is the terrible, horrible 'HIM', you guys?".