Sabrina burst through the door to the lodge, gasping for breath. Bosley ran to her side.
"Sabrina you got away!" he exclaimed. "How did you do it?"
"Wasn't easy," she panted. "Where are Kelly and Kris? We need them to help us catch these guys."
"You mean Kris wasn't with you?"
"No, what do you mean?"
"They kidnapped Kris too. We thought you'd be together! You mean you don't know where she is?"
"No," she shook her head.
"Well, did you get a look at your kidnappers?"
"Not really," she said. "They had me blindfolded almost the whole time, call I could tell is that there were two men."
"Do you think they could be the same two that have Kris?"
"I don't know. It's a possibility."
"Either way, we need to find her pronto. I'll ring Kelly's suite." He headed over to the front desk and picked up the telephone, and returned a couple minutes later. "I rang the lodge security too," he said. "They're going to put three officers out to help us look for her."
"Good thinking."
"I think I'll get a head start. Call me on the radio if you find out anything."
"Ok."
He headed through the doors and out of sight, and she saw him ride past on a snowmobile in another moment. Shortly after, the security officers arrived.
"Why don't you all split up so we can cover more ground," Sabrina directed them. "Kelly, let's you and me take this one." She climbed onto a snowmobile and Kelly got on behind her. She wrapped her arms tightly around Sabrina to keep from falling off as they sped across the snow.
They buzzed down a hill far to the east of the lodge, weaving in between trees. Their eyes darted around, searching for tracks or any sort of clues. Sabrina was heading for a shack near the foot of this hill, where she had been held by the two men. In the back of her mind she was clinging to the hope that they would take Kris to the same place they had taken her. Just a little farther and they would be there...
"Sabrina!" Kelly shouted, tugging her arm. "Stop!" They skidded sideways to a stop. "Go back up a little!" Slowly now they climbed back uphill. Sabrina didn't know what was going on but she did as she was told. "There, stop!" Kelly vaulted off the seat and ran through the deep snow. Sabrina followed.
As they ran, she finally saw a glimpse of what Kelly had seen. A little patch of red peeking through the snow. Her heart skipped a beat when she recognized it as Kris's shirt.
Kelly dropped to her knees in the snow. "Kris!" she cried, taking hold of her. She was lying face down and the recent snowfall had partially covered her up. She looked bad. Kelly scooped her into her lap, brushing the snow off her face. Her eyes were closed. "Oh God. Kris!" she shook her gently.
"She's still breathing," Sabrina observed. She felt her cheek - it was ice cold. Her hair and clothes were damp from the snow.
Sabrina pulled out her radio and tuned in the knob. "Bosley?" she said, pressing the button. The line crackled for a moment. "Sabrina?" his voice came back.
"We found Kris."
"Is she ok?" he asked.
"I... don't know. She's alive, but .. I don't know. We'll get her back up to the lodge right now. Get a doctor up there as quick as you can, all right?"
"Will do." The line cleared again.
"Won't she wake up?" she asked, putting the radio away and kneeling next to them.
"No." Kelly's face was streaked with tears.
"C'mon, let's take her back."
She lifted Kris from the snow, grunting with effort as she carried her to the snowmobile. "You drive, Kelly."
She sat Kris behind Kelly, and then climbed on what little portion of the seat was left. She wrapped her arms past Kris and around Kelly, holding her safely between them as they rode back up the hill.
Worries raced through their minds and they prayed desperately. Kelly's face was numbed by the cold wind rushing on her tears as they drove along. Neither spoke as they carried her through the lodge and up to their suite.
"Let's put her in bed. Kelly, light the fireplace in the bedroom, will you?"
Kelly went to work with the matches as Sabrina laid Kris down on the nearest bed. "We should get her out of this wet stuff," Sabrina realized. She fumbled with the buttons on Kris's shirt, tugging it off. It struck her as odd how she was an expert at undressing her coworkers, yet it was so much different this time. Stripping the wet, clinging clothes from Kris's limp body wasn't easy; particularly pulling off her pants. Kelly had finally gotten a fire started and helped remove the rest of Kris's clothing, leaving her completely undressed.
"What can we do about her hair?" Kelly asked. "Get a towel, we'll wrap it up." She pulled a blanket off the other bed and wrapped Kris snugly in it, hugging her tightly.
"Let's just leave it out, it will dry faster by the fire."
After this, no one knew what else to do. They tried to wake her and Kris's eyelids fluttered slightly, but never actually opening. Her head lolled heavily to the side if she did not lean it against Kelly.
There was a knock at the door and Sabrina got up to answer it. Bosley came in with the doctor.
"She's in here," she directed them. Kelly stayed with Kris as the doctor began his examination, and Sabrina and Bosley sat in the living room. A worried silence hung in the room.
"How long do you think she was out there," Bosley wondered out loud.
"I don't know," Sabrina answered. "If they got us at the same time it couldn't have been that long. I was only gone a few hours. Still.."
A short while later the doctor emerged from the bedroom, shutting the door behind him.
"Is she ok?" they blurted out at the same time.
"She has been drugged," he announced. "The pinprick is still in her arm."
"What kind of drug?" Sabrina interrupted.
"It simply makes one very drowsy. Nothing very serious on its own, but in her condition... if she hadn't been found within another hour or two it would probably be too late."
"So will she be alright?"
"She should be fine, provided you keep her very warm. It's very important that her body temperature gets back up to normal. I don't see any signs of frostbite but just to be safe, make sure you keep her extremities warm."
"Is she safe to let her stay asleep or should we try to wake her up?" Bosley asked.
"She should be alright sleeping, but you should try to wake her now and then, just to make sure she can. It's as if she'd taken a very strong sleeping pill, she will still be drowsy but she should be able to wake up at least briefly. I can't say for sure when she should come out of it because I don't know how much was administered or when, but if she can't stay awake by morning she may need more serious attention."
"So, just let her sleep and keep her warm then?" Sabrina reviewed.
The doctor nodded. "If you have any more questions or if her condition changes, you can reach me at this number around the clock." He handed Bosley a business card.
"Thank you, doctor." Sabrina let him out.