While traveling through the dungeon, Rayner would give a running commentary on all the interesting creatures he saw and for the most part, there was i...deed a healthy balance. When there seemed to be too many of a certain creature, another would appear and eat it on a mission to restore the balance.The implications stabbed at Axel. Both were bad news. Either a predator on this floor ate the butterflies for lunch or the butterflies had dominated this floor somehow. Maybe both could be. There was a back-up shortstop for our team, so I was out of the game, but I was happy with what I had been able to contribute. It was now the top of the 9th inning, and the other team was at bat. They did manage one hit, but no runs were scored. Now, all we had to do was to score a single run to win the game.Tommy was batting fifth in the line-up, so he would be the third batter in our half of the 9th inning. As we feared, the closer for the other team was on his game and managed to strike out. The washroom was opposite the laundry and had a sink area and three cubicles, being a shower/change room, a toilet and a urinal, because Gazza wanted one installed downstairs.Under the double width split level stairs that butted up to the washroom, was a room that contained the bins that were fed by the garbage chutes accessed from the kitchen, if anyone looked. As you can guess, it wasn’t an ordinary room, as it also gave access to Gazza’s hidden lab and to the replicator.Upstairs were five. I thought the kid pitcher might have gotten rattled after he'd hit Josh, but instead he just hitched up his pants and struck out Spider Welch. Then he got Zeke on a warning-track fly ball.I found out in the Yankee half of the ninth who would play first base. Spider Welch got moved in from right field, T.S. Williams moved from left to right, and I remained in the game as the new left fielder.Maybe Josh's injury had us a little distracted. We lost, 5-4 after an uneventful ninth.Next day we.