Chapter 41

“Oh really?” She smirked at him. “Is that part of your nymphly powerset? Water detection?”

“Nope. I got my water detection merit badge when I was twelve. Yep, been feeling water through bulkhead doors since I was a kid.” He leaned against the wall and flexed for her. “Does that impress you?”

“Keep dreaming, Romeo.” Lily smiled and grabbed onto the nut that held the door in place. Her arm melted and reformed itself into a wrench that fit it. “I am a bit concerned about the fact that something ripped this wheel off, though. And that we haven’t seen the wheel anywhere.” If her memory of the platform layout served her correctly, this door led to a holding tank where the entity was most likely to reside. “I can’t imagine those poor bastards out here sheared the handle off in their panic.”

Unlikely,” said Mike. “But did you notice that the number of bodies we saw outnumbers the skeleton crew recorded for this vessel? Which means someone else came here.”

“Like who?”