Chapter 3

"Will she be OK?" "If I can get her lungs cleared of the smoke I think I can save her. I think the only reason she's alive was because she was hooked up to that oxygen mask. She was very lucky." "Get her to med bay. Quickly!" Hannah could hear voices and she knew just by the feel of it that she was no longer on her own ship. An unfamiliar body was holding her.

Suddenly she realized what pain she was in. She couldn't move. It was almost impossible to breathe. She tried to make it go away, without success. An almost unhearable cry came from her lips.

"She's awake." Said the body holding her. She could feel the vibrations from his deep voice rumble, and that made her hurt even more.

She was now being carried through passages that seemed to twist and turn endlessly, but finally they reached where they were going and she was set carefully down onto a table and a mask was placed over her face.

"I'm going to give her some aesthetic so she won't feel the pain." said someone with a female voice. "OK. Tell me as soon as she wakes up." Hannah tried to say or do something, but she blacked out almost immediately.

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Hannah woke up feeling much better. She took a deep breathe of air that seemed to be for the first time unlaboured. Opening her eyes she took in her surroundings. She was in a normal looking medbay and a blanket had been placed over her. She realized she was no longer in pain. Looking over to her left, she saw a woman with her back to her. She was confused. The woman appeared to be gold.

The woman turned around and Hannah realized that she really did have gold coloured skin.

"Oh, you're awake." was all she said. "Dylan, the patient is awake and appears to be doing well," the woman said into something. "I'm on my way," a voice said coming from the something.

In a few minutes a tall man walked into the room. Hannah sat up. She wanted to be able to better protect herself if need be. She tried to reassure herself that if they had wanted her dead they wouldn't have tried to save her life, but she was still wary.

"I am captain Dylan Hunt of the starship Andromeda. It is my honour to welcome you aboard."

Hannah couldn't believe her ears. The Andromeda was the most famous ship in the galaxy, and Dylan Hunt was a name she had grown up hearing. "How are you feeling?" he said. The gold lady came over and removed the mask, smiling at her. "Fine," she managed to croak. Dylan Hunt smiled "That's good to hear," he said.

Since you're feeling better, would you like to come with me to the mess hall and get something to eat? If you don't mind I'd also like to ask you a few questions about what happened back there." She nodded and was helped off the table by the gold lady. "Thank you, Trance," said Captain Hunt. 'So that's her name' she thought, 'Trance.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~