The singingstopped in mid-stanza as we looked around. When we had all boarded thebus, there had been fifteen of us representing all of the non-technic...lpeople in our crew. Now there were only five of us."Where's everybody else?" Marlin asked, voicing what we had all beenthinking."They must have gotten out through the emergency door in the rear," Adensuggested.Edgar squelched that idea in a hurry. "I'd have a light on the panelindicating the door had been opened," he told us. "There's no. She went under with a deep breath and looked around. There was the cave, and Zethriel floating just outside. As she swam down to him, he turned and went in. She followed with swift, powerful strokes, but hoped it wasn't a long way. Her heart was beating fast and she was already feeling the need to breathe. It was getting darker, and she could barely make out Zethriel just in front of her. Soon it was too dark to see anything at all, and she very nearly despaired. But a strong hand grabbed her. She’s a bit of a sarcastic cow.’ Froo looked up at him and laughed, ‘You should have heard her in the kitchen.’ ‘What did she say?’ Flushing, Froo clammed up, realising that she had said too much. ‘Come on babe, tell me what she said.’ ‘No.’ Leaning over her and kissing her nose, he repeated, ‘Tell me what she said.’ ‘No.’ ‘If you don’t tell me, I’ll have to tickle it out of you. You ticklish?’ and moving his body very quickly he knelt over her, his knees holding her still as he started to. What hope would there otherwise be for their flesh and blood?Although Molly no longer needed to travel to work by tube, it wasn't yet four years since her unfortunate miscarriage on the Bakerloo Line and she was still nervous about travelling underground. There weren't many stops between Essex Road and Moorgate where her City law firm was based, but she still dreaded the overcrowding and delays. Not only had these got no better in the intervening years, they'd become substantially worse since.