Ray boarded the hovercraft and steered it back.

After cruising for a while, he sensed something was off.

It was too quiet… So quiet that it felt as if he were the only one in the cabin.

He glanced at Cassandra and saw the usually sharp policewoman sitting there in a daze, as if she had lost her soul. He had been annoyed at failing to kill Channing, but the sight made him grin. Waving a hand in front of her face, he teased, "What's wrong, Cassandra?"

Cassandra snapped out of it at last and le