Jeannie Melrose had just drifted off to sleep, propped up against her husband who had finally decided to get some rest himself on the couch in his office.
A soft knocking on the door brought Jeannie swiftly back to the land of the living.
"Mrs. Melrose," a hushed voice spoke.
Jeannie got up the couch slowly, not wanting to awaken Billy. She met the young woman standing inside the doorway.
"I'm sorry," she began, realizing that she did not the girl's name.
"Miranda, ma'am. Anyhow, Mr. Melrose wanted to know as soon as we made contact with Mr. Wensel, the owner of the cabin. I have him on the line now."
"I'll take the call," Jeannie told her. "Would you please wake Billy and let him know?"
"Yes ma'am," Miranda answered her.
Jeannie quickly made her way out to the desk where another girl indicated the phone.
She quickly took the call and explained who she was and why she was calling. By the time Billy had been roused and stood beside her, she was quickly jotting down the information they needed. She thanked the man on the other end and hung up the phone.
"The cabin is in Pennsylvania, a Lake Raystown. He gave me the directions. He wanted to have someone go out to them but I told him the situation was too serious to risk more contamination."
"Good," Billy said in a voice still heavily laden with sleep.
He looked out at the staff who were still up and functioning, taking a quick survey of those still struggling to keep the Agency halfway operational in her current state of distress.
"Annette, I need you to locate agents Beaman and Leatherneck, ASAP. As of now they're back on the active duty roster. I've got an urgent assignment for them."
"Should I tell Lee?" Jeannie asked.
"Where is he?"
"Finally decided that he needed some sleep," she told him.
"Not yet. Let me get this plan in motion, then we'll tell him."
She nodded.
"Come on," he told her as he took her by the arm. "I need some coffee, lousy crap that it is."
"Lead the way," his wife told him.