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She was doing better, at least she could say that.

Mark had woken her up that morning with a cup of tea and her ration, and told her that she could help him water the plants when she was done. Sending him a grateful smile, she tucked into her breakfast, set on making this a good start to her day. Throwing the trash away, she grabbed the water that was left for her and started down the row of plants, watering them.

She would be doing the airlock test at some point during the day, already having ran it though both Mark and NASA. She got their approvals. After making her way down the rows, she placed the watering can in its spot and went for a quick shower.

Dressing in a pair of clean clothes, Liv started to make her way through the HAB, humming softly to herself. Mark was outside, working on cleaning off the solar panels, leaving her to her thoughts and to gather things she would need for the airlock test.

The airlock test.

It was simple, in word form that is.

It was something that they had practice many, many times during training for the mission. And it was one of Liv's jobs to do while they were on Mars. Once when they got there, and right before they left. The first test passed with flying colors, there was nothing out of the ordinary with the airlocks.

All she had to do was use a little bit of smoke, to find any holes and patch them with the resin kit that was sent with them.

Sounds easy right?

The thing was however, NASA sent them to Mars with fire resistant things. Because, fire is bad. Fire could easily kill them. Luckily, Olivia knew a couple ways around that. She worked quickly, donning her EVA suit, and lighting some of the cross pieces they had left. She placed them, before she lit them on a piece of something that wouldn't catch fire.

The blonde let out a slight laugh as she moved quickly. She hummed softly as she moved out into the nearest airlock to her; airlock three. She waved the embers so that the smoke would go along the seams of the airlock. Everything looked good, nothing was out of place. No tears, no microscopic holes. Airlock three passed the test.

Airlock two, like the other airlock, was hardly ever used. So Liv wasn't surprised to not find any damages to the seams of the canvas.

She caught a glimpse of Mark, he was leaning against the cleaned off panels, and she tapped into her com channel between them.

"Airlocks two and three have no damage whatsoever to them. I'm about to check airlock one, so use one of the other two airlocks when you head back in please."

"As soon as you're done with the test we can tune into another episode of one of your shows?"

"Which one, Doctor Who or Vampire Diaries?" She asked, a grin on her face.

"Let's do Doctor Who, I think we were almost done with season eight or nine."

Airlock one seemed to be tricker. Right away she noticed a tear, very very small even with the smoke she could hardly see it. Liv knew that if they kept using it, without repairing it, it could cause trouble for her and Mark. If the hole got big enough, still microscopic it could blow the HAB.

Thankfully she grabbed the resin kit before she went to do the airlock test. Liv made quick work, making the resin and spreading it over the canvas of the airlock.

"Only if it had glitter." She muttered to herself. Making sure that the resin was layered on enough, she waited for it to harden before she headed in towards the kitchen area. She clicked the buttons and her helmet released and she lifted it off her head. Wiping the sweat that built up, she quickly doffed her suit.

"Everything is good, airlock one needed some patching up which didn't take long. We should be good, but for safety measures, we should start rotating use of all three airlocks." The blonde said as she grabbed her bottle of water, and leaned against the lab table. "What are you working on?" she asked, noticing that Mark was working on some sort of experiment.

The male placed down the slide sample he was working on. "One of Vogel's experiments that he was suppose to do. I sort of figured we could do them, so that in a way we could actually complete the mission that we set out to do."

"I like that actually. Then once we get back, we can give them the information that we found. Granted, it might not be the best but hey, at least its something." She spoke with a shrug as she pushed off against the wall and headed to her bunk. "As soon as your done, I'll have Doctor Who pulled up."