It rapidly became apparent she was not there.It rapidly became apparent she was not there. "Mandy?" called Flora, "MANDY!" she was beginning to sound frantic. "Hey, hey, easy," soothed Jason, maybe she's asleep upstairs." He sounded more calm than he felt, or at least hoped he did. "Let's finish looking around before we go panicking, okay?" Ignoring the elevator in favor of the sweeping staircase for speed, they took to the second floor. In the hallway, they found a note, pinned to Mandy's door by a deer-footed dagger. "Jesus!" said Jason, wide-eyed. Flora yanked the note free as they swept in to Mandy's room. Mandy was in her bed, apparently asleep. They stood transfixed for a moment, until they saw that she was breathing. Jason looked at Flora with relief. She was staring at the note. An amused look of wonderment was stealing across her face. At Jason's puzzled expression, she held her finger to her lips, and beckoned him to follow her. When they were standing in the hall, she closed the door softly, shaking her head slowly. She held up the note for Jason to read. "Let Her Sleep. That's An Order. -Dodds." Jason looked back at Flora, amazement on his face. While he rocked the tip of the dagger out of the door, he stage-whispered to Flora, "I can't believe the balls on this guy! That cheeky, arrogant, supercilious son of a-" Jason shushed as Flora held a finger to his lips. |