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Julia knew Juan was right He wasn’t being protective because she was a wo protective because she was the only doctor within a thousandhappened to them while they were out here, it would fall to her to find a cure
The helo returned in less than tenhosed with bleach Juan and Julia positioned theive George room Eddie and Mark juain This tihly scrubbed down, and left on deck in case the boarding teaot into trouble
“How you doing, Mark?” Juan asked
“Little creeped out I’ames about laboratory accidents that create armies of zombies”
“Want e for a few minutes?”
“I’ll be okay” His tone indicated he wanted to accept the Chair the best of him Eric Stone and the rest of the tea in on their conversation, so there was no way he’d show any weakness
“Good man Where did you say the Dawn came from?”
“The Philippines,” Murph said “From the cruise line’s database, I learned she’s on a charter froroup”
“Check her logs and computer memory Find out if she’s made any stops and, if so, where Also, see if there’sher run It should all be there Julia, you knohere to go and what you’re looking for Eddie, stay with her and give her any help she needs collecting her samples”
“Where are you going to be?” Eddie Seng asked
“We’ve got th
ree hours of air, so I’ to search as hts they had brought and made sure he had a couple of spare batteries in a pouch at his back
Cabrillo led thee At the far end of the narrow prohty feet above the ocean, was a set of controls for a harbor pilot to ave entry to the bridge was closed Juan pulled it toward hih-tech roohts apparently drained, the bridge was nearly pitch-black Only the glow of the stars andin murky shadow
Juan played the beaht around He spotted the first body in less than two seconds Julia added her torch to the illumination as she moved past him Mark had a video camera held up to his visor The corpse wore the uniform of a ship’s officer, white trousers, and a white shirt with dark shoulder boards His head was turned away froht beams they could see the skin of his neck was a sickly shade of white Julia knelt at his side and gently turned the body over The man’s face was s in a lake of it Dr Huxley perfor to herself with each discovery
As she worked, Mark Murphy was searching for the backup electrical systehts came up and a few computer monitors flickered to life There were three other corpses on the bridge, twoa cocktail dress Cabrillo suruest of the officer as showing off the bridge when they were struck by whatever pathogen had swept through the passengers and crew like wildfire The other two crew watch