Chapter Five
FABIO LEFT HIS ROOM again, and went back to the door where he had heard the voices. It was shut.
He knocked. “Are you still there?”
Footsteps. A male voice. “Finally. Are you from Base Ops?”
“Um—no. I’m the guy who was here before. Has anyone come to open the door yet?”
“We’ve heard nothing. We’ve complained several times. They say someone is coming to fix the problem, but no one comes.”
This was very odd. “I asked upstairs, but there seems to be hardly anyone here. I’ll see if I can open the door myself. Wait a moment.” He glanced around the corridor for something to bash the door down, but the corridor was entirely empty, and besides, an airtight door would be hard to bash in, never mind that a damaged door would get him into all kinds of trouble that a malfunction did
