As Wendy pushed the cart over, the girls followed still looking around. Swiping her card, Wendy pressed the button and heard the elevator moving. Seeing a table next to the elevator with utensils, plates, and napkins, Wendy put some on the cart.
When the elevator opened, they saw a body sprawled out on the floor and none of them jumped. “Jo Ann, hold the door,” Wendy told her as she grabbed the dead woman by the legs and pulled her out so the cart would fit.
Pushing the cart in, Wendy waited for the girls and swiped the card and punched her level. “Girls, we are stopping at my level. I have to get something from my room and then we will go to the spot I was talking about,” Wendy told them. “Let the door close and flip this switch,” she pointed at the control panel. “It will make the elevator stay there. Only someone with a card can open the door and I won’t be long.”
As the elevator stopped, the twins nodded and Wendy stood at the door as they parted. Poking her head out, she looked up and down the hallway, seeing only the bodies that had been there before. Stepping out, she heard Jo Ann flip the switch as she moved down the hallway to her door.
Almost tripping on a body, Wendy grabbed the handrail as the elevator door closed. Holding the rail, she moved to her door and swiped the card to go back inside. Leaving the door open, she moved over to Gloria’s suitcase and opened it up.
Digging through it, Wendy pulled out a spear gun and smiled, remembering Gloria tell her that she was going spearfishing. Gloria never went spear fishing, but Wendy needed it. Digging out a holster that held three metal arrows, Wendy doubled over coughing. When the fit passed, Wendy stood up panting and cradling the spear gun to her chest.
Moving back to the door, she closed it and hurried back down the hall as fast as she could to the elevator. Swiping the card, she gave a sigh to see the girls smiling as the door opened up. Stepping in, she flipped the switch to unlock the elevator, swiped her card, and punched two floors up.
When the doors opened, Wendy pushed the cart out and let the girls out. Leaning back inside, she swiped the card and pressed the bottom floor. Pulling back as the doors closed, Wendy grabbed the cart to steer around a body and headed down the passageway.
“Why did you send the elevator away?” Jo Ann whispered.
“You can hear it on the floors and if Anthony’s here, I want him looking somewhere else,” Wendy whispered back, stopping at a door marked ‘Suite’. Swiping her card, she pushed the door open and stepped into the large room that was untouched.
The people who had paid for this suite hadn’t made the boarding call; she had found out when she was checking passengers. When she’d first seen the room, she didn’t even want to know how much it had cost.
When they were inside, Wendy closed the door as Jo Ann put Ryan down on the bed and they moved over to a sliding door. Opening it, they stepped out onto the balcony and looked at the coastline. “Our room only had a round window,” Sally said.
Moving over to the bed, Wendy grabbed the pillows and surrounded Ryan with them as he slept. Picking up her bottle of sports drink, Wendy took the backpack off and then sat down on the couch. When the twins came back inside, they smiled at her as Wendy finished the bottle off.
“Can we see your binoculars?” Sally asked and Wendy took the massive binoculars off and handed them over.
“Be careful with them, they are heavy and we will need them to watch for someone coming to rescue us,” Wendy told them.
Wendy watched them head back over to the balcony to use the binoculars. Turning to Ryan, Wendy gave a sigh looking at the baby sleeping peacefully. Then, she saw his diaper. “Girls, when was the last time you changed Ryan?”
“Yesterday, he ran out of diapers,” Sally said, coming back inside.
Getting up, Wendy grabbed the pack and unloaded it. “How did you two get stuck taking care of Ryan?” she asked, carefully changing the baby’s diaper.
“Timmy’s mom told him to, but he heard a man yelling for help and gave us Ryan. Timmy ran down the hall and then later, he yelled out for us to run and hide,” Sally explained with a sad face.
Coming back inside, Jo Ann put the binoculars on the table. “We heard Anthony calling out for us last night,” Jo Ann said with a quivering lip.
Finished changing Ryan, Wendy smiled at herself for doing it without waking him up. “Girls, let his ass show up, I’ll take care of it,” Wendy said, grabbing the spear gun. Sitting down on the couch, she put her feet in the loops and pulled back one band, locking it in the housing. Pulling back the second band, Wendy found more difficult.
Pulling out one of the spears, the girls gave a shiver while looking at the wicked-looking tip. “You will shoot him?” Sally asked hopefully.
“He tries anything, you bet I will,” Wendy told her.
Chapter Sixteen
The destroyer comes inside
May 9
Sutton walked out of the airlock and smiled at Sarah waiting on him. “I came out as soon as you said.”
Giving a laugh, “I know, and that means we’ll be early,” Sarah told him.
“How do they expect me to make progress if they keep pulling me into meetings?” Sutton asked, pulling the suit off and hanging it up.
“Dr. Sutton, I’ve gotten you out of three meetings,” Sarah reminded him. “They are basing their decisions on what you tell them.”
Sitting down on the bench, Sutton
