Jon used fingers to force his other eyelid open. It was caked with dust and blood. He scrutinized the cavern. "I don't see Malone. Or Ruth. He spoke to you?"
"Yes. What happened to them?"
"There are drag marks on the ground leading to the wall."
"Liz Malone showed us how to operate the wall. We've got men coming your way."
"Doesn't matter if he has another way out."
"We wanted to use infrared cameras to find them from the cliffs, but two storm fronts are colliding out there. It's bad. We can't use the helicopter."
"I'll keep trying on this end to get through." Inch by filthy inch, Jon continued his slow and methodical pushing against the wall. He worked at his third strategy. The first and second had resulted in nothing. He began at the top, as high as he could reach standing, slowly
