"while you definitely need a shower more, I think you'll find the phrase is ladies first" she grinned bounding up the stairs, on first notice the house seems to be abandoned anyway, nothing of value in sight.... wallpaper had begun peeling from the walls and the staircase creaked loudly with each step all that without mentioning the obvious stench of damp, decaying wood. 
she reached the top of the stairs looking right then left for signs of a shower of course it would be the last one "always" she sighs, pushing the door, its locked. a quick surge of adrenaline and she doesn't bother to look back to check if carlton had actually followed her up the stairs or not before she whispers "someone must be here..." she steps back a few paces from the door mentally deciding whether to bash it down and grab the person inside or whether to leave before they notice they were there... "forget what I said about that gun, could be useful right about now." she nudged him, elbowing his side. Ritas adrenaline subsiding, it was going to be easy, just grab them... scare em a bit and lock them in a room, its fine. This big guy had been there for her to help out with the heavy lifting before... she'd stopped counting how many times he'd made the better decision for them both, not that she'd admit that of course.