Penny's P.O.V. I need the Fortuna and the Jupiter 2 to be closer together. I want to see what Organism 119 could do. Maybe it could help us, somehow.

At this point, everyone's asleep. I just hope T.O.M. is at least a little gullible. I make it to the cockpit, and I ask T.O.M to move the Fortuna closer.

"T.O.M?"

"Yes? I recognize your voice patterns, you were the one who first asked me who I was, and said that it was very useful. May I know your name so I can log it into my database?"

"Uh, yeah. I'm Penny. I was wondering if you could move the Fortuna closer. I wouldn't ask this normally, but we have little to no fuel left. I think it will gelp everyone knowing that there is another man-made something in the expanse of space near us."

"That should not be a problem, I will ask Ava to see if human closeness is good for her too."

The line clicks off for a minute, but I still hear mumbling, T.O.M. probably woke up Ava. Whoops. I hear a sound of confirmation, and then, the Fortuna is moving closer. Soon, it will be in range.

"T.O.M, thank you, I'm going back to bed. I'll see you guys in the morning, or what counts as morning in space.

"Okay Penny. I will see you in 4 hours 2 minutes and 8 seconds."

I put on my space suit. I know going through the ramp will destabilize the air pressure even more, but if I use the top hatch, not as much air will escape.

~

I stand on top of the Jupiter. And I had forgotten how big space really is. And how small I am, just another speck of dust floating in the air. It makes you want to have a crisis.

But I have a mission, to see Organism 119. I don't think, I just jump. It's almost like jumping across a stream. Except the stream is the expanse of space in between the two ships, my side is the Jupiter 2, and the far shore is the Fortuna. But somehow, I make it.

I open the hatch and go inside. But I had forgotten about T.O.M.

"Who are you? Where did you come from? What is your directive?"

When T.O.M. says things rapid fire, it makes you forget that he isn't human.

"I am Penny, I came from the Jupiter 2, and I would like to see Organism 119."

There's a silence that makes me think it is a sigh, that is if T.O.M. had oxygen to dispel.

"I will wake Ava." I hear the implied again, because technically, it was my fault that Ava was woken up earlier.

Ava's P.O.V

"I apologize for waking you again, but a problem has occurred."

"Can't it be dealed with in the morning? I'm trying to catch up on sleep."

"I am afraid it cannot. It has to deal with someone being exposed to Organism 119, a someone who is not you nor Sarah."

Great. Just my luck.

"Where do I need to go?"

"The bridge."

~

When I first walk into the bridge, the first thing I see is an orange and black space suit. Not the white of the Europan mission.

"Who is it?" I ask.

"Penny, of the Alpha Centauri Colonization mission, Jupiter 2, here to learn about Organism 119."

Even better.

"T.O.M, her spacesuit has been exposed to the organism, she needs the spacesuit ro get back to her family. But if she takes the suit off, she can't go back to the Jupiter 2. Theres limited air in a spacesuit, and we can't pump in air from the Fortuna, it has Organism 119 all over it. We're at an impasse. She either stays here, or infects her whole family."

Penny speaks up, "if Organism 119 is a healer, how is that bad?"

"The ISA, the International Space Agency, gave T.O.M an order to not let Organism 119 reach Earth. Cancer will be healed, but the cells will forever stay in your body, always lurking, always waiting."

A tiny "oh" is heard from Penny.

"I'm sorry, but you can't go on with your family. You'll have to stay here." I say

"I can't do that! Do you not have family? I don't even know you!"

T.O.M. pipes up. "You are the one who broke into the Fortuna, and if it helps you, I do have a brother back on Earth, his name is Michael."

Penny deflates at the AI's logic. "What will my family do?" She asks.

"We can only wait and see what happens." T.O.M. says.

Penny just looks out the window.

"Well since we're all up, I can give you the tour. T.O.M, how long until morning?"

"3 hours, 48 minutes, and 16 seconds."

AN:

I spy a 2010: A Space Oddesy reference, and a Portal 2 reference. Another chapter up, sorry for the wait, thank you for being patient.