Chapter Two - Part 6

The three Seers ran toward the tent, smoke was billowing out the venting at the top. As they neared the structure they could See that there was life in the tent though they could not tell if any of the three were dead.

They slowed within a few paces of the tent; they could hear the ticking coming from the rad counter indicating residual radiation from the event. They stopped just outside, they wasn't sure if they wanted to look in. They were afraid of what they might find.

As Vernile reached for the flap they jumped with a start... "No not that Derek... that!" It was the voice of Willy correcting Derek?

"Tha... that metering cycle is complete… new info is here, write this down." Willy stammered.

From inside the tent Rose's voice could be heard as well, "This information is more than expected... I don't believe it!"

Ed stepped past Vernile and unzipped the flaps; Rose shrieked a reaction to the sound. Vernile helped Ed with the flaps, unzipping them the rest of the way and securing them open. When they moved the tent puffs of smoke belched from the vents. Savanah saw the evidence and said, "Liner failure... another couple of minutes of dosing and it would have been you smoking."

The three were so busy recording they barely acknowledged the Seer's presence much less their comments. Savanah reached into the tent and grabbed one of the clusters of tape, yards of readout from one of the meters and ripped it free. She read some of the color-coded printout and began jumping with excitement, screaming "Success… success! We're all rich."

Great smiles adorned the face of everyone, save Vernile.