After a few short minutes, the trio had discovered a deck of cards, supplied them selves with scrumptious champagne and sat down to play some card game, which was intended to take their minds off of Penny's incessant wailing. At the moment, Penny was going on and on about some 'poor woman,' who lived in Torque with her insane husband who ran a hotel.
"I do wish your aunt would just shut-up." Sandy said.
"Well, may be if we find a way out of here we can get her to."
"Alistair, do you have your cell phone with you?" Judy asked, and he took his cell phone out of his pocket. He tried to call the house, but it did not work. Then he tried to call his own office but that did not work either.
"I think I'm in an area of no service." He replied, placing the phone back in his pocket.
"Oh great!" Judy sighed.
"Well, it could be worse. Penny could be grilling us about our lives."
"That's true, that would be much worse than simply listening to her."
"If only…" Alistair began.
"If only what?" Judy asked.
"Well, excuse me ladies, but if only we could just shut her up!" He exclaimed. Judy and Sandy laughed. He turned to them; a fierce, angry look in his eye.
"It's not funny. She is really beginning to annoy me."
"I've lived with this for as long as I can remember. Get used to it." Judy told him.
For a moment he pondered rather or not that met that she was considering giving him another chance at mending their relationship, but he was distracted by Sandy's excited voice.
"What is all of this?" She asked, inquiring of a pile of boxes under the stairs.
"Well, that's stuff from my childhood, this, you see is really a wine cellar slash basement."
"Hey, I know what this can be used for." Alistair said as he took a baseball bat out of the pile and began banging it against the air vent. The three sighed as for a few split seconds, Penny's voice was inaudible, but then it resumed its mission of irritation. "Hey, where did you get a baseball bat anyway?"
"America." She replied.
"I can't stand this anymore!" Alistair then picked up the bat again and presumed banging on the air vent.
"Shu! Stop, I hear something." Alistair stopped and footsteps could be heard coming from the kitchen. Judy ran to the top of the steps to ensure not getting trapped once more and then suddenly the door flew open…