“Try to calm down. Tell me from the beginning.”
“Hisham,” shouted Elisa desperately, darting madly around the tent. “Hisham, where are you?” She ran outside and rushed over to her assistant’s tent.
“Elisa, please calm down,” said the colonel, trying to run after her. “Your assistants are all in the canteen tent. They’re all in a state of confusion.”
He grabbed her by the shoulders. “Now, stop this, please,” he said, in a more authoritative tone. “Take a deep breath, then tell me what you can remember. That way we can try to understand what’s happened, okay?”
Elisa looked into his eyes and nodded slowly. She sat down on a wooden box and pressed her fingers into her temples.
“Search the camp,” ordered Jack drily into the microphone. “We're looking for a large, black globe. Sergeant, you
