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THE SLIP AWAKENED FEELING A little groggy, and saw Julia looking at him very seriously. Her mouth was moving, but Sam couldn’t hear anything. There was air movement on the side of his face, and he slowly started to remember where he was as he brought the cockpit control panel into focus. With a sudden rush of volume, Julia’s voice broke through on the headset almost shouting as she relayed the rest of the transmission Sam hadn't heard…
“…you have 2 hours to call me at a number ending in zero…”
“…the rest of the number is the social security number of the sheriff’s daughter…”
“…the sheriff serves the town of Nanjemoy northwest of here…”
“…ARE YOU WITH ME, SAM!?…”
Sam nodded, not quite able to get his mouth to work yet.
“…2 hours, zero casualties…”
“…agents have been alerted that
