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some answers
shortly.'
    Janet
accompanied the sergeant to debrief the sentry who'd been found by
the door to the courtyard. A young soldier was resting on a
stretcher, his tunic and shirt were unbuttoned and there were a
pair of angry-looking red wounds on his chest. As soon as the
sergeant stood beside him, the soldier pushed himself up onto one
elbow.
    'It was all so
quick, sarge,' he blurted out, half-heartedly attempting a
salute.
    'At ease,
private. Start at the beginning.'
    'There was only
one of them at first. Outside the windows, there.' He nodded
towards a pair of French doors leading to a courtyard. 'Had on a
uniform, see, same as us. Done up like brass he was.'
    The sergeant
answered Janet's quizzical look. 'A senior officer.'
    'Senior my ar…'
The soldier stopped at a sharp look from Janet. 'Sorry miss,'
    'It's Mrs,
thankyou.'
    'Continue,' the
sergeant said.
    'He held up
some ID. Looked genuine enough. Couldn't really see through the
glass, and I let 'im in. Then two or three more jumps out from
behind the bushes, like. Stuck us with the taser before I could ask
what was up. Must have blacked out.'
    'High power
contact taser, by the look of it,' one of the medics said.
    'You didn't see
them leave, son?'
    'Nah, if I had,
I'd of shot the ba… blighters. Sorry, Mrs. I'm feeling a bit
rough.'
    'That's
alright, private, I appreciate the sentiment. Shouldn't he be in
hospital, sergeant?'
    The sergeant
nodded at the military medics, who then lifted the stretcher and
took the young soldier away.
    'I'm going to
have all the unnecessary exits boarded up.'
    'But what about
my son?'
    'We're going to
start between here and the roof used by the helicopter.'
    'No-one heard
or saw anything?'
    'We chose a
deserted part of London to conceal you until you were out of
quarantine and we were certain the Minister and all his 'employees'
were rounded up.'
    Janet and the
sergeant returned to the bar, to find the others in earnest
discussion.
    'Why pick on
us, though?' Graham said.
    'Yes, do you
think they knew there was any connection between us and the
virus?'
    'How could
anyone know that? Our borders are sealed.'
    'Wait a minute,
I can only think of one person who knew about us and would pass on
information.'
    'That commander
chap?'
    'Of course not,
he and Mason worked together when the zombies attacked
Stannicvale.'
    'The
Minister?'
    'Exactly. I
take it they haven't caught him, yet, sergeant?'
    'I can't say
and while someone is dealing with that, I've got to find those two
missing kids.'
    'Can I help?'
Fred said.
    'You only,
like, want to go around with the guys with the guns, Fred.'
    'Maisie!'
    'But it's true.
Don't let him, Mrs Reynolds.'
    'We need to
stay put,' Janet said. 'And that includes you Fred.'
     
     

Chapter 5: Where's
Steve?
    Alex was within
a couple of steps of the TV room when she saw a soldier she didn't
recognise come out of there. He looked quite senior, having more
insignia than the ones she'd seen around the hotel earlier.
    'Is Steve in
there?' she asked.
    The soldier
nodded but as soon as Alex passed him and turned into the doorway,
he grabbed her from behind and placed his hand hard over her mouth.
Besides Steve, there were three men in the room, all wearing ski
masks. One of them immediately taped Alex's mouth and tightened a
heavy cable tie around her wrists. She saw that Steve was also
taped and bound. Seconds later, they were bundled out of the room,
down the corridor towards the side of the hotel. They were shoved
along, past a soldier who was lying unconscious on the floor, then
out through the garden into a van waiting with its engine running
by the gate onto the road.
    Alex was lifted
off her feet and carried into the back of the van. Steve followed
immediately afterwards and they were dragged further in by two of
the men. The van set off, with the driver taking it up through the
gears at a brisk pace but not pushing the engine so hard it made a
lot of noise.
    Alex discovered
that trying to scream with