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Kai had set himself up in the “Saloon” while the Romero’s tried to fit in the bedroom. He’d had a hard time getting any sleep, worried as he was about what was going on. Once everyone was settled in and Mike was finished futzing with the radio, Kai had tried to get some sleep. On top of the couch not being terribly comfortable for sleeping on, his mind would not shut up. If he had listened to the Skipper and put off the trip, they might not be in this position. Everyone could have been at home watching what was going on in St. Augustine in the news instead of getting ready to walk into the thick of it. Hell, if he had just taken a little time off from work when Helen first started feeling ill, she might still be alive.

He awoke to the thick fog. Not the best weather conditions for walking into the unknown. As the Skipper brought the yacht in, everyone else was getting ready to go ashore.
“Okay, everyone, this is it. If anyone doesn’t want to go ashore, they do not have to. This is strictly volunteer. Our first order of business is to get to our cars and fetch what we need out of them. We can take one of our cars to the fort and get the water truck and drive it back here. After that, we can see what is going on. Carlos, do you have a prescription for the medicine at a particular pharmacy? I’ll pick it up while we are looking around.”