3 hours, 48 minutes, and 16 seconds later...
Penny's P.O.V. Morning, when a decision will be made. I stay on the Fortuna, or my family realizes that we should all get infected and roam freely between the two ships. I just hope they take my "running away" in good stride.
The communications line clicks on. "Ava, have you seen Penny, shes not anywhere on the Jupiter."
Ava waves me over. "Hi mom, no I was not kidnapped. Yes I came over here on purpose. Yell at me later, we have a problem. T.O.M can tell you better than I can."
"Maureen." T.O.M. says, "Penny has been exposed to Organism 119. Her spacesuit has been exposed to the organism, she needs the spacesuit to get back to the Jupiter. But if she takes the suit off, she can't go back to the Jupiter 2. There is limited air in a spacesuit, and we can't pump in air from the Fortuna, it has Organism 119 all over it. We are at an impasse. She either stays here, or infects all of you."
I think the AI has stunned my family into silence.
"Uh, Fortuna, can you give us a moment." My mom says.
~
In the Jupiter 2's cockpit- an argument is going on- no one's point of view. Only watching
"That is my daughter! We can't just leave her with an AI and a person we know only their story, we don't know that they could've edited their story! To make them seem like actual human beings!" Maureen almost screams
John tries to be the voice of reason. "Yes, I know that she is my daughter, she's mine too. But you have more kids to think about. With Will still recovering from the fight between the robots, and Will having his left arm immobilized by the Robot fixing his punctured space suit. Maureen, we have two options. Let Penny stay, or we all get infected.
Judy joins in. "We could make a pro and con list."
Will joins. "Con of Penny staying, not being able to see her.
"Pro of Penny staying, not seeing her." Judy says.
"Con of all of us being infected, we can never again see a human being who already isn't in this area." John says.
At this point, Maureen had calmed down enough to make a level-headed decision.
"I know what I will do. You don't have to follow my choice, but I am going to get infected. I will stay with my daughter."
Will and Judy nod in agreement.
Everyone turns to John. "Well, us Robinsons got to stick together right?"
Maureen turns to the communications button.
"Fortuna, we have reached a decision. The Robinsons will become infected with Organism 119. We have discussed the risks, and are quite sound in our decision."
Ava replies. "This is going to sound like something out of a medical fraud journal, but how would you like to be infected? By us coming over there, just Penny coming over there, or all of you coming over here?"
"Talk to Penny, see what she wants, we'll go from there."
~
The Fortuna: Penny's P.O.V
Ava turns to me after the line clicks off. "What would you like to do?" She asks.
"I would like for my family to come over here. Please"
"Yeah, we can. Give us some time."
Later...
Eventually my whole family is on the Fortuna. Judy being the adult she thinks she is, she stays with the adults and gets all medically. Me and Will decide to explore.
We found lots of windows, sciency things. And we found audio logs. And the crew quarters.
The audio logs told us of how T.O.M killed off the crew, due to orders. And eventually, Ava and another girl- Sarah, came back from Europa. And how T.O.M. has ignored the orders given. I wonder what would happen to the Robot if given conflicting orders that balanced life and death.
The crew quarters still had one person in it. The nametag on the outside of the door said Sarah. I decided to ask T.O.M. and Avaabout what truly happened. Get the details, ask why Sarah is still in suspension. But thats for another time. Will and I are being called for.
AN:
Sorry sorry. But I decided to be a semi-horrible person and leave you guys on a semi-cliffhanger. But I also spy a Detroit: Become Human reference, depends on how you look at it. Anywho, until next time
