They got to know each other well with him impressing her with his intelligence and free spirited attitude to life. He was eloquent, extremely well rea...d and great at crosswords. Sara had been trying to do the Times crossword each day and, although not too successful, she was persevering, after all she had all the time on her hands to indulge that.She took to asking Barry for answers and that led to them sitting down each day for coffee doing it together. That led to them sitting close together. ..but I could have sworn I smelled something..." The professor was plainly upset that she had tricked him. The drug caught up swiftly over his drained state. He moved slower and slower until his eyes rolled under closed lids.Lain was tired enough to join him, but she decided to afford herself the luxury of at least looking a little further.The tunnel was a simple lava tube, unadorned, and most likely they led to nothing at all. Perhaps it had been an ancient storage area. The splendidly cool. Jerry was coming out of one of the barns when Alyssa and Lewis rode up. He waved and walked toward them. They dismounted and tied their horses to the top rail of the corral."Got a few minutes Jerry?" Lewis asked. "Need to talk to you about the ranch." Jerry nodded and Alyssa continued."We know that you and the other hands have been wondering about what was going to happen with the ranch now that Josh is gone," she started. Jerry nodded again but didn't say anything. "Granddad left the ranch to. The first move was Emma firing a flare gun directly at the group, it wasn't too accurate generally, but at that range she couldn't miss and the brightness of the flare distracted them totally.At that moment Sam stepped out of cover and pressed the close button on the roller shutter door, a slight modification to the plan, but effective. No one noticed at all as one or two were frantically trying to douse the flames that had spread to one of their comrades whilst the rest milled in panic, not.