When Murdock reached the spot that had once been occupied by the pod, he scrutinized the ground looking for anything that was left behind. The few things he did find, he placed inside the incomplete log building and started to levitate the structure and move it closer to the pod. As he proceeded, he found it to be effortless to levitate. In short order, he had the partial structure within a mile of the pod.
“Declan, get the guests inside the pod,” he flashed to Declan.
“Will do,” he received the telepathic response. A short time later came, “Done.”
As Murdock came within sight of the transport pod, he could see Declan, Irene, and Annie watching his approach. One hundred feet above him was the common house that the others had started and abandoned, floating. He could see their mouths aga
