This week with Arlene and Jeff:
...Arlene came to her feet. “We have MREs that will do for now and plenty of water.” Then turning to Karl. “Could we borrow your map? It’s better than the one we brought.”
“Certainly,” he hastily replied. “Just take the whole map book. There are more maps of the area in there.”
“Do you have room for me to go with you?” Mia asked.
“All the seats are taken, and there is only a small open space between them. If we took someone with us, there would be no place for Phillip and Dessie. Even so, they’ll be practically stuffed in there.”
“Look,” Glenda said, “is there any way to contact us when you find them? Our cell phones don’t work, but…”
Arlene glanced at her partner before she turned back to the others. As she took a small object from the collar of her uniform, “We each have a personal communicator. I’ll leave mine here. Ann will call you when we know something.”
Mia frowned as she stared at the button-sized object in her hand. “Are you saying that this is a radio?”
“Radio? No, but Ann will be able to communicate with you by using it. Should you wish to talk to us, just hold the communicator and say my name or Ann’s. It will contact us.”
Mia tore her eyes away from the tiny object. “Just keep us posted. We’re all about to go crazy with worry about them. Please let us know as soon as you find them. And when you get back, I want to know where your… interceptor came from and that,” she finished as she nodded to the communicator...
Have a goodun;
Roust