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He started with the desk and rifled through the drawers They were locked, but his sh to lever them open It was in the third drawer that he found the captain’s log He simply shoved the leather-bound notebook into his drysuit pocket and went over to the file cabinet to see what he could find

As soon as he opened the top drawer, there was a rapidly growing roar co violently

Juan had the odd sensation of being tossed around by the water inside the ship He raced back to the bridge

“What’s going on out there?” Juan asked over the deafening sound

“Oh, no!” Julia shouted

“Brace yourselves!” was all Eric could get out before Juan and Linda felt so slam into the shipwreck

With a thundering crash, the Colossus 3 rocked to the side and felt as if it were going to keel over After a few seconds, the roar subsided, and the ship stabilized

“You okay?” Juan said to Linda, who had dropped the bag she’d been filling

“Yes Just a little shaken up”

“Nomad, what’s your status?” he said “Eric, Julia, are you all right?”

There was a moment of silence Then he heard Eric’s voice, tinny and distant

“Chairman, do you read me?”

“We’re fine in here,” Juan said “How’s Nomad?”

“We got a good rattle, but ere able to avoid any dae”