Date:         Thu, 14 Nov 1996 20:19:45 -0600
From: RainiMadden <rainim@CONCENTRIC.NET>
Subject:      Re: INT: Lancomb's Adventure

Reserved:
        Lancomb
        Aderyn
        Sanchez
        Mr. Norman
        Tony Madsen
Raini Madden:
        Lyriss
        Mathen


     Lyriss awoke with a splitting headache. She glanced at the clock and
noticed that she had only slept a couple of hours. She looked around the
sleeper of the rig, but couldn't find any aspirin.
     She poked her head to the front. It was bright outside, around noon.
The road was straight with some mountains off in the distance...it was
then that she noticed what looked like a town ahead.
     Sanchez was driving and Mathen was drowsing in the passenger's seat.
     "Could we stop for some aspirin?" Lyriss whispered.
     "Sure, Lyreess," he replied. "I saw a billboard for a truck stop up
ahead so we can get some gas, too."
     Mathen came awake at the sound of Lyriss's voice. "Are you all
right?"
     She patted his shoulder. "I just have a bit of a headache and
thought I'd rather take some aspirin now before it gets worse."
     "There it eez," Sanchez said as he pointed to a large truck stop
that had pumps, a restaurant, and a store. "Let Lancomb know why we are
stopping."
     Lyriss opened the window between the sleeper and the trailer. "Hi!"
she said to Lancomb.
     The dragon lifted his head. "Shouldn't you still be asleep?"
     "We're stopping for gas...Sanchez told me to tell you."
     "We shouldn't be out of gas already," Lancomb said.
     Lyriss rubbed her forehead. "Well, I have a headache, too. So, we're
really stopping for some aspirin."
     "I see...take care of yourself, Lyriss. I wouldn't want my trainer
to have a headache."
     She smiled and reached through the window. She tried to touch
Lancomb, but couldn't, so she just blew her friend another kiss.
     The rig slowed and pulled into the truck stop as Lyriss closed the
window. As soon as Sanchez pulled up to a diesel pump, Lyriss jumped out
of the sleeper compartment and headed for the store.
     "Do you need me to go with you?" Mathen called out the window.
     Lyriss turned. "No, silly. I'll be right back."
     No one saw the black sedan pull up...or, the people who followed
Lyriss into the store...