Chapter Twenty-Nine
Connor was speeding aft, scrolling through the damage report coming through on his pocket computer, when he ran into Drew. The two of them went to the deck just past the hatch to the cabin she shared with Aubriella.
The skinny engineer looked up from the deck wide-eyed. “Sorry!"
“You okay?" Connor got to his feet and helped her up.
“Yeah. There's a hull breach in—"
“—in the infirmary, I know." He powered the alarm off and jogged past the crew quarters to the airlock hatch that connected the midship section to the infirmary at the back. In the silence, the alarm seemed to remain.
Drew ran with him. “Anyone inside?"
Connor checked the computer. “Lem, but he's on the lower deck."
“That's good. Right?"
“He's fine." Connor placed a hand on the inner airlock door: no
