Sorry it's been so long. My computer spazzed out and I had to get it fixed. But it's fixed now so please read, enjoy, and review.
Chapter 3
Jess's POV
After a couple of hours with no real progress in understanding what has happened to us we were getting restless.
"Let's face it," Hi said tossing a tennis ball for Tory's wolf dog Cooper, the same dog we caught the virus from. "We're not going to find anything helpful unless Karsten kept an online blog about his secret illegal experiment."
I rolled my eyes. "Despite the drama, Hi's right. Maybe we should cool it on the search for the day and take a ride out to Loggerhead. It's been way to long since I've been there."
Tory considered for a moment then nodded. "Let's go, maybe we'll see Whisper's pack."
We shut down all the killer computer equipment that Tory bought with a cut from Anne Bonny's treasure and headed to the dock where my brother keeps his boat Sewee. Don't get the name? Ben deeply believes we are descended from the Sewee, a Native American tribe. Everyone keeps telling him that it's impossible to be sure because they were absorbed into the Catawba tribe about a hundred years ago. He's more stubborn than a mule though so he ignores them all. Me? It's cool of we are, but I'm not believing too hard in either possibility.
Pretty soon we were motoring out into the harbor and headed toward Loggerhead Island. Loggerhead and Morris are held in trust by Charleston University. The Loggerhead Island Research Institute is located on Loggerhead and the Morris townhomes house workers and scientists who work for LIRI. Our dad Tom runs the shuttle, Tory's dad Kit got bumped up to Director a couple weeks ago, Hi's father Linus and Shelton's dad Nelson work in technology, and Shelton's mom Lorelei is a vet. Just so it's clear LIRI does not do medical or product testing, they strictly do veterinary medicine and behavioral studies. What do they study the behavior of? Monkeys.
That's right. Loggerhead is mainly open for the colonies of rhesus monkeys to roam free. It's awesome. Since our parents work there we're allowed to go there as long as we stay out of trouble, which we usually do. I love it there. There's nothing more fun than spending some time hanging out in a giant monkey cage. And there's always a chance of seeing Whisper and her pack.
A few years ago a scientist found a half dead wolf pup in a snowdrift. Feeling he had no other choice he took her to his next posting, Loggerhead. At some point he lost track of her and left when his study was done. She then became the unofficial pet of LIRI and nicknamed Whisper. Somewhere in that time a male German Shepard entered the scene. The first wolf dog pup was born a few months later. Coop came some time later.
We pulled up at the main dock. Tory, Shelton, and I hopped onto the dock and snagged some mooring lines. Within a couple minutes we were properly docked. Hi stumbled off the boat followed by Ben. Anticipating the worst I took a couple steps back from Hi. "You going to be ok Hiram?"
"Just give me a minute," he said slowly. I kid you not you could see the green tinge in his skin. Noting this I backed up another step. Hi is very prone to seasickness and I've seen more than enough of it.
Tory didn't show the same level of concern as I did. "Come on. If we move fast we won't run into Hudson."
That motivated everyone. One of the changes that came with Kit taking over the director position was the new head of security, David Hudson. I've never met him myself, but with what Tory and the guys have told me, the only person more against us visiting the island was Karsten.
We skirted around the compound fence and headed into the woods.
I know it's mainly background. I'll try to update again soon.:~)
