Fairbairn grabbed her comms from her tactical vest. “Helena, come in,” she said.
“I’m here, Izzy,” Helena replied.
“How are you coming with the hangar door?”
“Not well I’m afraid. You?”
“Nothing promising here either. It’s 1400. Do you want to stop for lunch?”
“That sounds good to me,” The Carmelite replied, “I could use a break.”
“Join me in the engine room. It won’t exactly be a picnic, per se, but we’ll make it work,” Fairbairn said.
Helena laughed. “It will be fine, Izzy. Perhaps when things quiet down, we can have a real picnic somewhere here. With the Colonel's permission of course.”
“But of course,” Fairbairn replied.