"You should have been on guard! That can just as well be a draft as Eliott returning."

"I didn't hear any sound of an engine, or a guard doing the rounds, or steps in the house or outside. So let's take a look at this hangar."

"I would prefer to clear out. I don't like this place. We have found enough information to know what Eliott is working on."

"We enter, and some minutes later, we leave. We don't live forever. Okay?" Al said matter-of-factly. The breeze and fresh air raised the curtain even higher. "This has to be his laboratory. We can't learn anything more and we can't stay here any longer."

This time, they heard a noise coming from the hall. Al gestured at Jennifer to keep silent and put his ear to the door. He heard no sound and tried to open it in vain.

Al heard growls echo in the immense residence, making his blood run cold. "We've been locked up!"

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