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“Cozy and warm,” she replied

“Water is up to one hundred and twenty and still rising, but your core te their body temperatures from the sensors e lava added to the sense of urgency

“I trust Max’s cooling suit design,” Juan said “We shouldn’t be more than fifteen minutes”

“We’ll stay right here until you coe wing’s outer door

When Juan reached the door, he said, “Let’s see what’s in here”

He pressed down on the handle, but it didn’t budge He tried twice ot nowhere

“The mechanism must be rusted shut,” Linda said “All this heat”

“We better hope all the doors aren’t like this or we’re going to have to break out soet in There’s another door two decks down We’ll try that one”

They swahtly He kicked at the handle with his prosthetic foot, and the mechanism finally snapped free He yanked at it, but it only ca on it to h Juan led the way in

There were no s on this level, so he turned on his headlamp No wildlife had penetrated the crew areas, and the corridor was free of grohich ht come across intact information about the ship

Most navigation and other ould be done on a computer, but even a ship as advanced as this one would have written checklists and maps as backups If he and Linda could at least find out the name of the vessel, they would be able to track it back to its owner and manufacturer

“There’s a set of stairs,” Juan said, and swae

The bridge was a high-tech operation consisting of dozens of flat-panel screens, interspersed with keyboards, control buttons, telephone handsets, and joysticks forthe ship The only loose ites scattered on the floor Just a few pinpoints of diae on the s The leather of the captain’s and helun to decay

“Chairot a name”

He turned to see her pointing at a brass plaque fastened to the back wall He swam over and could make out the name COLOSSUS 3 emblazoned across the top