Stowaway "
By: Clarice, Orphan , [RNPC]

Stardate: 58207.22 0200

==USS Zion Cargo Bay==

Clarice sat quietly in the cargo bay of the USS Zion nibbling on a portion of an emergency ration bar. So far, her plan had worked without so much as a hitch and she was very pleased with herself. After Doctor John had left in his shuttle Clarice located the second shuttle that was mentioned by that Silvio fellow. It had been easy for her to hide herself inside an empty cargo container. She rode all the way to Doctor John's ship in the cargo container.

Once the shuttle had arrived she waited for the pilot to leave and then searched the shuttle. She managed to find an emergency survival kit stowed in a compartment in the back of the shuttle. She had taken the kit and crawled back into the cargo container. which was then offloaded into the cargo bay where she now sat having a bite to eat.

She ate only a small portion followed by a single sip of water from a canteen, also provided by the emergency kit. She was not sure how long she would be hiding so she wanted to conserve her food and water. She placed these items back inside the kit and then began searching the cargo bay. It was a large task and Clarice soon decided that she would need to sleep before going forward.

The decision to sneak on board Doctor John's ship had been a last moment decision, so she had not time to gather things she might have needed. The temperature in the cargo area was quite a bit cooler than she was used to, however, her survival kit did contain a blanket. She decided that she needed to get some sleep. She would sleep in the cargo container, wrapped in a blanket for now. Tomorrow, she would look for a warmer place to hide.

Clarice pulled the blanket from the kit and put what was left of her ration bar back into the kit. She placed the kit back in the container and then unwrapped the blanket. Climbing into the cargo container she wrapped herself in the blanket and then carefully closed the lid.

The darkness of the container covered her. As Clarice waited for sleep to come she thought about the task at hand. She wanted a father and she was not going to sit around and wait for someone to find her. She had selected Dr. John to be her father and she was determined to make it happen. The young girl had no idea how she was going to pull it off, but she was sure she would think of something. Sleep, like the darkness, slowly closed around her and dreams abounded in her head; dreams of a father, and of a family who cared about her.

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