Mark noticed the seal integrity indicator on the door leading to the contaminated area had changed from green to amber.
“Lisa, we have a problem, the bio-seal is failing. I don’t know how long it will last.”
Lisa lunged for the environmental suit hanging on the wall. “I don’t want to end up like THEM Mark!” She pointed out the window. Dr. Chambers and the woman had finished with Neil once his body grew cold and his priapism had subsided. The women where now entwined, lapping at each others crotches, probing each other with their fingers. Their moans were muffled by each other’s thighs.
Searching the room anxiously Mark suddenly had an idea. “Maybe we can use the air purging system to over pressurize the room, that will keep any toxins out if the seal fails.”
Lisa was not relieved, “You mean until the compressed air tanks are empty…”
“It’s not a solution Lisa, it’s a stopgap, but it will give us time to find a way out of here. You should get into the environmental suit anyway. Just in case the seal fails before we’re able to rig up the purging system.”
Lisa climbed into the environmental suit and zipped it up. Mark was already standing on a chair plugging up the air purge exhaust vent in the ceiling. Lisa pulled open an access panel and switched the purging system to manual. Once the vent was thoroughly closed off she turned on the system. Almost immediately another alarm sounded, the door seal indicator glowed red.
“There is enough air in those tanks to change out all the air in this room twice. I’d say we bought ourselves 4 to 6 hours depending on the size of the leak. You suit has another 45 minutes of it’s own air supply. That’s how long we have to find a way out of here.”
Lisa looked over the facility map; the largest uncontaminated area was the lounge. “The lockdown would have shut down the elevators, so we’ll have to take the stairs down two levels. Once we get there we’ll have to decontaminate both environmental suits before I can come out of mine. If we figure 10 minutes to get to the lab that leaves about 15 minutes per suit for decontamination.”
Mark was impressed, he stroked her chin. “It’s a good plan Lisa, let’s grab some supplies, we can store them inside the suits. The MRE’s and water are most important. Let’s head out.”
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