Lucy watched as King balled his hands into fists, and then strode over to Dodgson, who smiled at him like what was happening was normal.

"What did you just do?" King asked

Dodgson feigned surprise, "Excuse me? What did you say?"

"I saw you…you..pushed her in! We have to look for her!" King said, and then he made a motion to look over the railing but Dodgson grabbed his arm roughly and pushed him against it. He used one hand to grip King's throat, and the other to twist his arm back.

"Ah-."

"Now you listen here, you stupid son of a bitch. Unless you want to go down just like my dear friend Sarah, you better keep your mouth shut, like you always do. You want to know why I hired you? You of all people, not because I felt sorry for you—which I did—but because I knew you were so scared and fucked up that you would do anything I said. Now you-."

"Stop it! You're hurting him! Let him go!" Lucy shouted, running towards them. Dodgson turned around, to her, with a look she had never seen before.

"Don't you dare tell me what to do. I can do whatever the hell I want. Besides, no one would miss this sorry excuse for a man even if I did throw him overboard." Dodgson sneered, eyes glinting fiercely, and then he flipped King around, pinning one arm behind his back.

Lucy stared at Dodgson. This was a side of him that she hadn't seen before, and she didn't like it.

"Your wrong." she said, doing her best to stop her voice from shaking.

"Am I? Has he told you—well of course he hasn't—about the reason he left Stanford?" he asked, his eyes bulging.

"Please…." King pleaded, but was silenced when Dodgson twisted his arm hard, threatening to break it.

Lucy shook her head silently.

"He was raped. And he was too much of coward to face them anymore so the 'wittle baby ran away., Isn't that right, Howard?" Dodgson sneered

"Please, stop. Lucy, I never...I-."

"Oh shut up, Howard." Dodgson let go of his arm and thrust him away from him.

Dodgson walked over to Lucy, who in turn backed away from him.

"If you tell anyone about Sarah Harding, you are fired." He told her. And then he strode away.

Lucy stared at King, who refused to meet her eye, who looked pale in the dim light "I-I have to go." He whispered, and then he walked as quickly as the rocking boat would let him back down into the cabin.

Lucy felt shell shocked. What the hell just happened? Did Dodgson- her friendly, always positive boss-just murder someone? She remembered back when she had been offered the position at Biosyn, several of her professors had warned her about associating with Lewis Dodgson that he was vicious, even deceiving. But he had seemed so charming, so willing to help her that she had ignored those warnings. She now desperately wished she had listened to those warning. She suddenly felt very, very alone on this little boat in the middle of nowhere.

She clutched the railing as the boat dipped dangerously in the water. They were heading towards a large cave now. She felt frozen in place, a sudden sense of foreboding falling over her. She closed her eyes, and took a couple of deep breaths. If Dodgson had really shown his true colors, shown that he was the deceiving double crossing bastard that she had been warned about then she needed to keep her head if she wanted to survive this trip. Harding had obviously seen through his façade and that's why he had tossed her overboard. King had tried to call him out on it, and he had almost killed him too. So...her plan was to act like the last 15 minutes never happened. She would be the sweet, enthusiastic unaware grad student she always was and play his little game. Then when they got back to California, she would go straight to the CEO of Biosyn and come clean. It wasn't a great plan, but it was the only one she could think of that didn't involve Dodgson killing her too.

Her eyes flashed open. What was she going to do with Dr. King? In her mind's eye she replayed what happened, the look of fear on his face, the way Dodsgon had sneered at him, the way he shouted his secret out loud so the whole boat could hear. She turned around, keeping one hand on the rail and scanned the boat for King. He was nowhere in sight. Taking another deep breath, she let go of the rail and started walking towards the cabin, where she was sure Dr. King was.

Dr. King was sitting where he was before, sitting on the one of the seats with his head in his hands. His face was pale, and she could see his entire body trembling.

"Dr. King?" She asked hesitantly

He jumped at her voice, and looked up at her.

"Are you alright?" She asked

He shrugged his shoulders.

She took a step down, and winced as he flinched again.

" What Dodgson said-." She started, but was cut off by King shaking his head. The boat lurched and she stumbled a little on the stairs. Quickly, she lowered herself and sat down.

"He shouldn't have said it." She said quietly.

"Ashley told me about Mike Johnson." She added

King's head shot up, and he sent her a look you knew?

" I should have said something earlier, I'm sorry. But I...I didn't want to bring it up if you didn't want to so I was waiting."

There was a tense silence.

"It wasn't your fault. Don't let what happened in the past define you." She said quietly.

There was more commotion on deck now. She could hear the others shouting. Suddenly there was a bright flash of light and the boat came to a jolting stop.

"Lucy! Lucy! Howard?" Dodgson's voice made them both jump. He appeared at the top of the stairs.

"Come on, we're here." He said, motioning for them to come. The dark glint in his eyes was gone, he seemed excitedly like their were about to discover something amazing.

"It's time to get to work." He said, and then he waited until Lucy was standing. He offered her his hand and smiled.

"Let's go."