Disclaimer: May as well copy and paste the 'disclaimer', eh? I don't own these characters or the plot of the movie, I do however own Maria.

Thanks to my reviewers, I have to admit I'd never follow in my father's footsteps, I spent the last year doing so. Now I've dropped out of university and am currently doing my own thing for a while :)

Sorry this one has been so long to post, I've been working most of this week, so I'm a little tired when I get home, but please don't be discouraged, I'll try to post more frequent. Hopefully as the story progresses it will become more frequent. Anyway, enough jargon, thanks if you actually read this, one with the story!

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Chapter 3

Maria looked out the window of the shuttle, she had to admit watching all the stars and seeing the moon look so big was a beautiful sight, but she still felt uneasy. There wasn't even anything for her to do, she felt like an empty vessel, she wasn't trained to do anything. Sure she went to university, but she got a degree in psychology, not chemistry. She checked the clock for the umpteenth time, "Three hours to go," she muttered down heartedly.

She wandered why it took so long to do the whole cosmic operation to happen, she couldn't even remember what they were doing, some fantasy Reed had to rid the world of poverty. What that had to do with space was totally beyond her, she was only there for her father anyway. At least that's what she kept telling herself. Subconsciously she knew it was Johnny, as long as Ben didn't realise that she only changed her mind when he mentioned Johnny was going to be there she'd be fine.

Still it was a waste of time, he only spoke to her because she was wearing a booster bra, and now he was off doing something with Reed and Ben. Sue wasn't even around to talk to her, she was off somewhere with Victor.

She let out a deep sigh and sat on the floor with her back against he window, maybe she could catch some sleep or something before it was time to go back to Earth. She closed her eyes and began drifting off, that was when she heard the alarm sound.

She stood up quickly, and ran in the direction she knew her father was in. She got to the entrance of the chamber just as the door was closing and saw that Ben and the rest of the team minus Victor were unconscious on the floor. "DAD!" she screamed running to him. That was when she realised the room had a cloudy atmosphere, and that was the moment she felt coldness sear though her body before darkness also claimed her.

TBC

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A/n. Sorry this was shorter than the other two, but I didn't want to drag it on too much. Hope you guys liked it :)