They laid him on a hatch cover and sailed away.
Relief poured through her when the hatch cover opened without a fight.
The disembodied hand was still working on the hatch cover.
It started as the hatch cover moved again and another one of them came through.
What could have been under that hatch cover to frighten him so?
We are now about to open the hatch cover.
He found the hatch cover, spun the wheel to open it.
He did not trouble himself with the hatch cover, which had a complicated bolt system.
He drew a deep breath and put his hand to the bloody hatch cover.
He jerked at the hatch cover, but it would not move.