Josh had no idea this would be the last time he ever saw his mother. Josh felt both elated and terrible. He had used his mother, the one person who to...ally cared for him. He felt he had done a bad thing and felt his mother would be very upset with him. Josh put back on his shorts and walked out into the backyard. He noticed the wind had picked up and there was a large thunderstorm coming their way. He did not care as he walked out toward the barn. He sat in the barn alone. Ralphee, his trusted. ‘I bet they went out and partied and now they’re going to party here, now,’ she slurred. She wiggled her hips as she spoke and almost lost her balance. I heard the elevator again and urged her to come on and get back in the room. Instead she seemed fascinated by her reflection in the mirrored doors of the elevator. I started walking towards her and her reflection and had just gotten my hand on her arm as the elevator opened and two middle aged men started to step out dragging their luggage. Nothing. Locked. Shit.You scramble to your hip for your handgun and nearly lose your grip, but ha, its still in your hand. You aim at the handle and fire, once, twice, sending a fresh wave of excited cheers through the monkeys above.You slam your shoulder into the broken door and barrel through just as the creature leaps at you.You curse and scramble back on your ass, watching it flail and roar and reach for you, hunger in its dark eyes - but it's stuck. It's too wide, and its body is jammed. . Wha ... What the hell do you mean enter the tunnels - that's the worst idea I can think of! Hell, if we try that foolhardy act, we might as well march down to Mike and surrender."She gives me a defiant look and explains, "Ben, Ivan is still in the tunnels and he's scared. I told him to be calm because we would come and get him."Shit! Talk about being between a rock and a proverbial hard place. I ask, "How the hell did the greenies miss him?" I thought for a moment and continue before Destiny.