Jack let out a short laugh. "Oh so that's why you keep me around is it?" he teased.

He gave the door a dubious look as it opened, but he nodded and moved towards it. "Listen to that," he said. The rain could be heard outside, slamming down hard against the hull. It was heavy and hard and getting worse by the minute. The floor was damp where somewhere a leak had penetrated the skin of the ship.

"So now you just persuade her to let us help her," he said as he checked his wrist strap again. "No readings," he said, "the storm must be scrambling them."