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"It's no use," Kevin said. "It-" Then he got Ron's f<strong>is</strong>t in h<strong>is</strong> face and that shut him up.Julian took a step towards <strong>the</strong>m. "Hey-"The reception<strong>is</strong>t gazed calmly at everything. Griffin was busy pacing aimlessly around <strong>the</strong> room and inand out of <strong>the</strong> doorway, hands in h<strong>is</strong> pockets. Scott leant against <strong>the</strong> doorway attempting and failing tolook cool, mostly because <strong>the</strong> way Griffin kept passing him on h<strong>is</strong> pacing rounds tended to spoil <strong>the</strong>effect.The reception<strong>is</strong>t didn't flinch as Ron shrugged off Julian's steadying hand and got back in front of <strong>the</strong>desk, gripping its edge as he glared at her."Is <strong>the</strong>re any way out?""No.""Huh. Is that your standard answer or <strong>the</strong> real one?""My standard answer."The reception<strong>is</strong>t was drawing a picture of a dog. She added a waggy tail to it and smiled."The fire exits," Julian said suddenly, before Ron could go psycho on <strong>the</strong> barrier again. "If <strong>the</strong>y ex<strong>is</strong><strong>the</strong>re as well-""There's no use in that," Scott said, still leaning against <strong>the</strong> doorway not-looking cool. "We'd just end upin <strong>the</strong> future of some alternate world. How would that help us?"Julian ran a hand through h<strong>is</strong> hair and sighed. "Okay," he said. "How are people brought into th<strong>is</strong>place?" he asked <strong>the</strong> reception<strong>is</strong>t."The machine.""Right. And <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong>re a... computer... that operates it somewhere?'"Maybe. You really shouldn't be asking <strong>the</strong>se questions. I'm calling <strong>the</strong> guards."The reception<strong>is</strong>t pressed a button.Ron gave a bark of laughter. "Yeah," he said. "Call <strong>the</strong> guards! I bet <strong>the</strong>y'll be more helpful than you.EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE DEAD!""Please be quiet," <strong>the</strong> reception<strong>is</strong>t said, and went back to her drawing. She decided to call <strong>the</strong> dog Jack."Where's <strong>the</strong> computer?" Julian pressed on."Julian?"He turned.Scott pointed at a door next to <strong>the</strong> desk. 'Computer Room', it said helpfully on its label.Julian gave a wry smile. "Thanks."**Groups A + E"We've been here for... five days? Has anyone been keeping track?""Five days," Martin confirmed with a nod."Yeah," Harry continued. "It's pretty amazing we actually managed to survive so long. We thought we'dnever even make it past <strong>the</strong> first night, when it started getting colder and all, but <strong>the</strong>n we found th<strong>is</strong>place. And <strong>the</strong>re were those... squid things inside... Ortiz tried to attack one of <strong>the</strong>m and it, well, kind ofburst into flames...""I m<strong>is</strong>s Ortiz," Rupert said sadly.

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