Kathy and her father huddled together outside a pair of huge, battered double bay doors in an alley which ran between a huge complex of beautiful white buildings.

Unicorn had been bundled into various cardboard boxes and stacked up beside them. Their escort, two burly men of questionable intelligence and remarkable bloody-mindedness had been resolutely silent since they had arrived some hours earlier.

'What we waitin' for?' One of the men muttered to his mate. He was sporting a huge bruise around his right eye where Kathy's father had struck him, shortly before being knocked to the ground and kicked until Kathy's screaming distracted them.

'Hang on,' said the partner, 'she should be 'ere soon... any minute now...' He looked at his watch, tapped it, held it to his ear. Then: 'Look there she is!'  ...read more »

'By all means Professor,' said Bernard with a dismissive wave, carefully avoiding eye contact. Natalie felt a little bit ill. The boss had caught her arguing with the scientists. They were all such very important men and she was actually arguing with them. Oh well, four days in a job wasn't bad.

'Thank you,' the Professor said. 'You will no doubt be pleased to hear that they have fixed the projector and the lecture will continue in five minutes. In the meantime, please help yourselves to more coffee and biscuits.' She nodded at Natalie. 'Come with me.'  ...read more »