The caravan started up the main thoroughfare, soon they reached the main airlock which Zav piped open with his fluteOnce inside the lock Zav piped clo...ed the inner doors, and piped open the outer doors. A blast of hot fiery air hit them, a taste of what was to come. As hot as that first wave of heat had been, it was nothing compared to temperature they felt as the Artificia stepped on to the burning sands under the night sky. Kin pulled his legs up as far away from the ground as possible, and. A speed of 30 MPH seemed to be reasonable for this terrain. I drove for about 15 minutes, and I could see Karen getting kind of antsy.I slowed to a stop and shifted into reverse. I spent a couple of minutes playing with driving in forward and reverse. That was enough, so I stopped and shifted to neutral. I swapped seats with Karen and let her drive for a while. I was about to tell her to make room for Jane when Karen stopped and turned off the engine.She swapped places with Jane, and Jane drove. An eleventh brought up the rear, Annette, her hair coiffed and wearing a navy-blue dress with vestigial sleeves and a cardigan d****d over her arm. She wore navy-blue sheer seemed-tights, possibly the very pair she’d shown Trudy that afternoon with a pair of heels to finish off.Making eye contact with Della and Trudy, she ushered them over.“There you are girls.” She beamed. “Not long now, I can hardly wait.” She made no attempt to introduce any of the women to Trudy – Della knew them already at. Where was Virgil? The hunt had started almost immediately with Laci and Victor leading and organizing the search. Trent and Sara were happy to join as were Matthew and Jeremy who proved especially useful for looking under things and in low places. Because of work, only Marian could not join the Virgil pursuit but she stayed updated and offered regular encouragement and suggestions from her office. Every inch of the house was searched. No room or area was left untouched. Under beds. Every.