Lily frowned. Remus had fixed the scanner yesterday; they'd spent hours repairing the ship after everyone had fled the ruins.

But apparently, not everyone had fled.

The scanner on the control panel was displaying that two life forms were still aboard in the emergency life support wing — two men, it seemed like, with the names Potter, J and Black, S.

"Remus, come look at this," she said, beckoning her friend. "There are still two people on board in emergency life support."

Remus stared at the scanner's display, alarm showing on his face. "Well, what're you waiting for?" he demanded. "We need to get down there!"

"You're right." Lily broke into a sprint, hurdling over the remaining debris in her haste, her mind spinning. The wing the two men were in was the only part of the ship left intact — she and Remus hadn't ventured in there, assured that there was no one. But there were, there were people in there.

She shoved open the doors, Remus on her heels, and skidded to a halt as she saw the two men, locked inside an emergency life support ventilator.

"We need to figure out what to do with them," Remus said, panting. "We can't just leave them here."

"Obviously," Lily retorted, but her mind was working, trying to plan her next steps. She couldn't just open the ventilators — she needed special clearance, and only the medical staff had it. "Let's keep them here for now," she suggested. "We'll track down someone from the medical staff and have them handle it. Neither of us is a doctor, so we're not equipped to handle anything. We'll just focus on rebuilding the ship and recovering the lost data."

Remus glanced at the two men and nodded reluctantly. "Seems like the best plan. We should just do what we're here for."

Lily shared his uncertainty, but there really was nothing she could do.

All she could do was hope that those two would make it out alive.


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Sci-Fi September Day 28 - The scan showed that the ship's emergency life support was activated and there were two life forms aboard.