“Scott! Can you hear me?”
Silence.
Hendricks relaxed, sagging. “Faded out. Must be radiation pools.”
Hendricks and Klaus looked at each other. Neither of them said anything. After a time Klaus said, “Did it sound like any of your men? Could you identify the voice?”
“It was too faint.”
“You couldn’t be certain?”
“No.”
“Then it could have been—”
“I don’t know. Now I’m not sure. Let’s go back down and get the lid closed.”