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several hours later.
She frowned up at the ceiling trying to orient herself. Glancing
around, she remembered she was in Tink’s bed in the warehouse she
shared with Cosmos. Hannah lay still as she tried to figure out
what could possibly have woken her from a sound sleep. She could
feel that little warning siren going off that told her something
wasn’t quite right. It wasn’t blaring like she was in danger but it
was definitely doing the ‘warning…warning’ message, kind of like
when the National Weather Service sent out their warnings on the
radio or television.
    Hannah rolled out of the bed and wrapped one
of Tink’s robes around her. It was a bit on the small side since
Hannah was a couple of inches taller than Tink’s five foot four
frame. Luckily, Hannah was wearing an oversized T-shirt and a pair
of boxers to sleep in. She moved quietly down the steps, her bare
feet not making any noise on the oak steps. The second level of the
warehouse was Cosmos’ living quarters. Hannah had been in it dozens
of times and quickly remembered the layout. There was a bedroom
area off to the left. The stairs were to the right and across from
it was the doorway to a small kitchenette area where they usually
ate. Hannah moved cautiously down the steps, the alarm sounding
louder in her gut with each step she took. Hannah ducked under the
stairwell and moved across through the door into the kitchenette.
She reached up and took one of Tink’s prized aluminum frying pans
down from the hook over the center stove area and held it firmly
against her chest. From the corner of her eye, Hannah saw a dark
shape move against the light filtering in through the windows
overlooking the river. A friend would have turned on some lights
when they entered so that only left the un-friendly. Hannah stepped
back into a small recess next to the counter and held her breath.
The huge figure of the intruder was moving around the open bar
heading towards her. Hannah gripped the frying pan tighter and said
a prayer of thanks for picking out the black silk robe instead of
the hot pink one. As the figure came through the door Hannah swung
with all her might bringing the bottom of the frying pan down over
the back of the man’s head, watching in relief as he collapsed at
her feet.

    Borj hesitated a moment as he took stock of
his surroundings. He was in some type of lab or workroom from the
equipment. He didn't know what to expect when he walked through the
doorway. He moved silently towards a group of what looked like
primitive controls of some type. Borj ran his fingers lightly over
a type of input device with strange markings on it before moving
over to a set of steps leading down to a lower level. He stopped at
the top observing the strange metal archway against one wall and
the cables and wires running to it. It did not appear to have an
exit. Turning, he noticed a small area containing a sink and some
cabinets. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the set of clear
doors Tink told him about and another set on the other side of them
which she said led out of the lab. Borj pulled the map of the
warehouse out of his pocket that Tink had drawn for him and studied
it carefully. Tink said if Cosmos was not in his lab he should be
in his living quarters. She didn't know the exact time it was on
Earth but even if Cosmos wasn't there she said Borj could wait for
him on the second level.
    Tink had reassured him Cosmos would know how
to get in touch with Hannah if she was not there already. Borj
walked over to the control panel on the wall and punched in the
symbols she had written down for him. She said it was a by-pass
code in case RITA was down and the person did not have voice
recognition set up yet. Borj watched as the doors slid open. He
stepped into the small area, turning to watch as the doors behind
him closed silently. Turning back around, he entered the second set
of symbols. A solid metal door clicked open and he pushed his way
into a dimly lit narrow