Chapters 17 and 18 Summary

Chapter 17 - After several failed attempts to connect with Luciente, Connie finally succeeds, encountering Luciente and Bee in the woods in the middle of a battle with the other side. As they're running to escape the effects of a sonic weapon, Connie suddenly finds herself back in the ward, being examined by doctors and nurses after suffering what they call an hallucination. Just as suddenly, she's back in conflict, this time in a trench (again with Luciente and Bee, but this time with a few others) with a weapon in her hand and about to fire on approaching android forces. As they're beginning their attack, Connie flashes back to the occasion when she witnessed a street fight in which the beautiful Martin (her first husband) almost lost his life. Back on the ward, Connie is again being examined by the staff...