Chapter 7
Half the night had passed by now and everyone had grouped into Dr. Marrow's room. Craig was laid out on the couch, and Sara rested on his chest. John sat at the edge of the second bed in the room, and Theo lay half way up on Dr. Marrow's bed, next to Frank. Dr. Marrow paced across the room, Craig and Sara dozing off.
"Is there any thing we can do before morning?" asked John whispering.
"I'm afraid not. Not without jeopardizing our cover and our plans" Dr. Marrow shook his head in dismay. John sighed, as Theo looked upset too.
"Ok, why don't we all just get rest, and help her in the morning" John stated finally.
"What if she gets hurt? What if something has already happened to her?" asked Sara surprising the others.
"We'll just have to hope for the best" Dr. Marrow told everyone, as he went and sat on the single chair. Sara took the second bed, and Theo slept in Dr. Marrow's bed. The second half of the night went quickly, and it was five in the morning when Theo woke up. The others were still asleep, as she pulled on her boots and headed out the door. She silently made her way to the room, and put her ear to the door. She tried to listen for movement or snoring, something, as someone grabbed her from behind. She started to try to scream, until she realized it was Dr. Marrow, and she went back to the room obediently. By then everyone was up or getting up anyway.
"Theo" Frank frowned at her.
"Sorry" she whined.
"Did you hear anything?" asked Dr. Marrow breaking up their quarrel.
"Nothing really"
"… I think one of us just as to wait and watch until we see someone leave." Craig suggested.
"What if he's already gone and is coming back when we see him, then how would we get Mary!" Frank snapped.
"Well Mary has sense…"
"You should know" Theo interrupted Dr. Marrow.
"… and if he or she or it leaves, Mary will come out" Dr. Marrow finished. Theo doubted him most, remembering Mary not coming to Theo when she told her to. Theo went to the door and watched out the pep hole, as she saw a man just go by.
"Dr. Marrow!" Theo called him over, as the others stood to the occasion. He slightly opened the door just seeing the man go down the stair way.
"Come on." Dr. Marrow told everyone, as the filed out.
"John watch the staircase, Theo come with me!" Dr. Marrow silently walked down the hallway, Theo close behind. As the rest of the group stood inside and outside and all around Dr. Marrow's door.
Dr. Marrow knocked on the door silently, and thank god no one answered. So, Theo followed Dr. Marrow into the room. It seemed as though no one was staying there, until Dr. Marrow saw the suitcase in the bathroom, as he looked around and Theo went to under the bed. Mary was sleep and Theo couldn't help but smile at her.
"Hey, hey…" Theo woke her up. Mary jumped a little hitting her head and sliding out the other side quickly.
"Oh Theo!" She ran around and hugged her. Theo grinned as she hugged back, until Mary remembered how Theo was, and she broke away from her. Dr. Marrow came back into the room and spotted Mary and Theo standing watching each other in an awkward silence.
"Well, this is strange"
"Yeah!" Theo agreed to Dr. Marrow.
"No, I mean the person staying here only has a small suitcase. It only has a few clothes, a tooth brush. If this person is staying here as long as us, how can he or she pack so little?" Dr. Marrow wondered out load.
"Well we don't have time for all that, let's go" Theo walked out the door with her sassy attitude, and Mary followed, as Dr. Marrow made a heroic dash back into the bathroom. He re-opened the bag and grabbed what lay on top, a book, as he ran out the door, closed it and ran back to his room. Just in time too, as he turned to look out the peep hole just to make sure, he saw someone coming up the stairway. He turned around before he got a good look, on instinct really, and showed the others what he had found.