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Well, to be more accurate, they were mostly dark blue, with a pale blue area patterned to resemble a wave breaking on the beach. And, it was to this area that Bob Bullfinch suddenly found himself being pinned by He Zi's hands.

"Hey!" he shouted: "What's going on? Why...? Oh, no. Please, don't...!"

Alas! In his panic, he had forgotten that these two girls spoke little-to-no English as a second language. But, even if they had been more fluent at ESL, it still would not have stopped Wu Minxia from laughingly applying pale blue kinesiological tape over Bob's entire body!

As a result, he was completely covered from head to foot. His every verbal protest coming out as:

"Mmmmmmmmmmmph!"

Consequently, the two young ladies went out to the pool to practice their synchronized diving.

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HORSE GUARD PARADE GROUNDS

Gabe Bullfinch woke up with a splitting headache. Consequently, it took him quite a bit of time to recognize that he was no longer aboard the jetliner. Or, that his younger brother was no longer next to him.

So, he sprang to his feet and began shouting Bob's name. That is; till he noticed his surroundings.

"Oh, shit!" he muttered: "It can't be...!"

But, as in Bob's case, there was no ultimately denying that he was stranded on what resembled a giant wooden bench inside a giant locker room. In his case, though, he was all alone. Or, at least,...he had been.

Because, suddenly, there arose behind him a near-deafening cacophony of sounds; verbal and otherwise. The latter were very rhythmic. Sounding for all the world like "flip-flop." While the former sounded like a conversation in Spanish. Only the pronounciation of some of the words was totally strange.

Then, suddenly, everything grew dark.

Slowly, Gabe turned; one hundred eighty degrees. Then, he slowly looked skyward. And, there, looking down at him, in drop-jawed amazement, were a pair of giantesses wearing green-and-gold bikinis. With the underside of each of their matching sun visors' brims identifying them only by first name.

The pony-tailed blonde was "Larissa." And, the pony-tailed brunette was "Julianna." With the latter being the one who quickly snatched him up in her right hand.

Gabe, of course, struggled for all he was worth. He even shouted for them to let him go! But, the shrillness of his voice (caused by his shrunken larynx) merely made the two women giggle. Simultaneously, his persistence in struggling seemed to arouse their maternal instincts. In fact, Larissa took to stroking the top of his head with her right forefinger. All the while muttering something that sounded like "pobre' homonuculo."

MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE AQUATIC CENTER...

Bob couldn't see much through the translucent kinesio-tape. So, he had no idea where these two Chinese lovelies were taking him. That is; not until his ears began to stuff up.

The last time that had happened was just after their take-off from Atlanta, on the second leg of the flight to London. That could only mean these young women were climbing to a slightly greater height.

"Oh, no!" he thought to himself: "Not the diving board!!"

As if in answer, he felt a sudden series of vibrations go through his body at the same time as a flurry of up-and-down motions.

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