52 Chapter 52 Station! (1/2)
The space station was just ahead of them, and they were both quiet in their nervousness.There hadn't been any contact from the station, or movement, to show that they even noticed their presence.
”Why aren't they trying to shoot us down?” asked Olivia, as they got close enough to see one of the docking ports open and waiting.
”Maybe they hope to breed us, and are merely waiting to capture us again,” Dustin spat angrily.
”Look, I know you feel that dream was a real memory, but I've already told you, I was sterilized when I became an alien advisor.”
”Are you sure?” he asked, no longer asking because of a desire for children, but instead wondering if it had something to do with the memory.”If they can regrow half my body, one or two organs should be nothing.”
She was quiet, because she knew that was true.They both had memories of technology their people had that could save people almost past saving.How much farther must the Josagn be, if all of the technology they had thought was theirs had actually come from them?
Steering the shuttle into the bay, he initiated the locking clamps.If any Josagn was watching their monitors, they would know without a shadow of a doubt, that they were there.
Yet, as the doors opened with a whoosh, the halls of the station were dark and empty.
”Why does this scare me more than if they were standing there with guns?” asked Olivia, standing closer to him then she probably needed to.
”This doesn't make any sense.Why would the station be empty?” he asked, stepping inside carefully.It was cold, but not unbearably so.
”It's almost like they turned everything off, before leaving.You know, like how you're supposed to turn the lights off before leaving the house?” said Olivia, following him down the hall.
They tried to open doors, as they walked, but the activation plates beside the automatic doors wouldn't work.There really was no power here.Looking at each other, with grim looks on their faces, they picked up their pace.This place was huge and it wouldn't take it long to cool down to an unbearable temperature if the Josagn really had just left.
Stopping at an intersection to catch his breath, Dustin looked first one way, then another.The halls all looked the same.He couldn't tell which way led to the bridge or the engine room.There were no signs on any of the walls telling what was behind the doors, and they hadn't seen anyone, or anything, to show that there should be anyone here.
”Maybe we could use our PED to help us out?” Olivia wondered, fear in her eyes.
”Well, I could turn into a monster that might be able to rip a door open, but I'm not sure that would help.I couldn't open all of the doors before the temperature got too cold.”
”This is ridiculous!” she shouted, angrily.He couldn't help but agree.
”Use that brain of yours and rewire them.Use the PED to power the doors.It recharges if you go through an evolution.”
Nodding, he started taking the plate off of the nearest door with his multitool.The wires were very simple, taking him only a few moments to get it where his PED could open the door.He kept a close eye on the power meter, but it never changed. Apparently, opening a door is nothing compared to the energy required to go through an evolution.
As the door opened, an empty room met their eyes.It may have been a storage room, or a bedroom.There was no furniture.It was actually boring.
”Well, that was anticlimactic.” Stella shook her head, but Dustin moved to the next door.It took him half the time to open it, and again they were left with an empty room.
”How could they have emptied everything so quickly?” she asked in confusion.
”This place is huge, maybe they just don't use this area?” Dustin knew it was a long shot, but he had to hope something.
”Hey, look over there!” Olivia pointed down the hall, where the faintest red light could be seen blinking.
They both took off running, hoping to find something in this forsaken ship.The light was blinking over another door, completely unremarkable and exactly the same as every other door they had passed.But it had a light, and that meant it was getting opened.