“It was a dose of Ativan. Now we wait fifteen minutes, and he'll be more cooperative.”

“Fine with me,” RJ agreed.

Fifteen minutes later, they re-entered the corridor and found Dale sitting in the corner. He didn't react as they approached and put up minimal resistance as they moved him onto the gurney. They wheeled him to the health center and placed him in a standard bed in the triage area, applying leather restraints to keep him subdued.

RJ and Brad returned to the command center, where the staff was still busy completing their tasks. “What have you got so far?” RJ questioned.

“So far, I can tell you that animal losses are significantly higher than human. It looks like we lost ten percent of the chickens and three percent of the pigs. On a good note, we lost less than one percent of the cows. All the systems down there are working okay. Actually, it seems like all the systems in the whole mountain are doing well,” Abby explained.

There was a beep from the internal communications system. Nick responded and listened to a message through his headset.

“Miss Anderson, reactor room on the intercom for you.”

RJ spoke up. “This is Anderson.”

“RJ, this is Dan Waterman in the reactor room. I don't know exactly what Carter has done, but there have been some unusual repairs made. I'm not saying he did the wrong thing; I haven't had an opportunity to review his notes yet. At this point, we're doing fine here, but it's going to take a while to understand what's been done.”

“Thanks for the report, Dan. One of your trainees will be awoken later tonight, or at latest, in the morning. Let me know what else you find.”

“Thanks, RJ. Is there a chance of my talking to Carter? It might make things here easier to understand.”

“He's heavily sedated right now. I tried to talk to him earlier, but he didn't seem to be capable of conversing. I'll let medical know you need some time with him, as soon as he's ready.”

“Thanks.”

Waterman clicked off, and RJ turned to Brad. “I need you to get one or two people to help you and conduct a room by room visual inspection of the entire facility. Who knows what else Carter has done over the last thirty years.”

“Good idea. I'll let you know what I find,” Brad agreed, heading for the door.

“Okay, what else have you two found?” RJ asked the team at the consoles.