She wasn't even supposed to be on the dropship going down to Earth.
As the youngest zero-g mechanic on the ark (as well as an engineer but she wouldn't dare speak of it in Raven's presence), Althena Chen was tasked-along with other senior mechanics...
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15-year-old Althena Chen was settling down in her new place at the Mecha station. It was smaller, considering it was only for one person and at Mecha station, one of the poorer stations on the ark. She was placing down picture frames and fixing her clothes when pounding sounded from the doors.
Furrowing her eyebrows, she was confused at who would visit her. She opened the door and blonde hair came barrelling down her, a dark-skinned boy trailing just behind.
"You left. You actually left." Clarke said to her in disbelief. "What were you thinking!"
"Please, make yourself at home," She said sarcastically at her two childhood friends who were already circling around her place.
"Nice place?" Wells said tentatively, not wanting to offend the girl. She snorted, "You think?"
Clarke glared at them, "This is not a joke! How are you going to survive? Have you even thought about this? What will you do now?"
Trust Clarke to always bring down the mood. "Chill. I still have my individual rations. It's enough to get me by. Engineering and Mecha already contacted me. I'll start training soon."
She smugly smirked. "Watch. I'll be both an engineer and mechanic. Probably be the youngest one ever!"
Clarke rolled her eyes while Wells grinned, "I mean, she is the smartest one between us three."
She scoffed, "Of course I am!" Wells laughed and Clarke couldn't help but crack a smile.
She beckoned them closer before engulfing them into a hug,
"I'll be okay, you'll see."
Althena was 17 when Wells noticed she was getting thinner.
"Are you not eating well? Is the ration too little?"
Thena sighed at the questions, "I'm not eating my rations." Wells' eyebrows flew to oblivion. "What?! What happened?"
"There's someone who needs it more than I do." She mumbled thinking about the boy he met two years prior and how from the death of his father a year ago, his mother started to trade his rations.
