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BERLIN SUITE (ZERO GRAVITY)

Sound asleep, Hyunjin floats weightless from his bed, his blanket billowing. He touches the ceiling. His eyes open. He shouts in astonishment. Chan' crew card floats in front of him. He grabs it. His blanket snarls around him: he struggles to free himself.

SWIMMING POOL (ZERO GRAVITY)

Rippling masses of water float everywhere, dividing and merging. There is no surface. There is no up. In the middle of this chaos, Y/n is trying not to drown. A truck-sized blob of water swallows her up. Inside the jiggling mass she struggles, running out of air. She gathers herself. Lunges through the water. Shoots out of the blob, gasping for breath. She drifts within reach of a railing and grabs hold.

BERLIN SUITE (ZERO GRAVITY)

Hyunjin braces himself in a corner of the ceiling. Spots his tool belt floating in mid-air. He drives through the air, snags his tool belt on the way, and opens the door. "Y/n!"

ELITE DECK - ELITE PROMENADE (ZERO GRAVITY)

Hyunjin emerges from a corridor onto the promenade: airborne, propelling himself from one handhold to the next. He's barefoot in sweatpants and not shirt, his toolbelt around his waist. Chan's shipcard around his neck.

"Hyunjin!" he hears Y/n shout. In the middle of the atrium, Y/n drifts mid-air, far from any handhold. She wears a damp shirt over her bathing suit.

"What are you doing?" he questions.

"I'm drifting helplessly," y/n says exasperated.

"We've got to get you down. The gravity might come back on," Hyunjin says, not breaking eye contact from the girl. Y/n hadn't thought of that. She looks down fearfully. Hyunjin swings over the railing. Braces his feet. Takes aim.

"Whoa. Hey. Let's talk about this," Y/n says.

"Hang on," Hyunjin exclaims.

"To what?!" She questions loudly. Hyunjin dives at her like Superman. Wraps his arms around her. They tumble through space until Hyunjin grabs a railing. They are still tightly clingy to one another, not wanting to let go.

"You, okay?" He asks.

"There's no gravity," Y/n says.

"Yeah. That's bad," Hyunjin says.

"Why is there no gravity?" Y/n questions.

"The gravity plant's failing. Internal field goes first. After that the engines die...then the fusion reactor goes nova," Hyunjin says.

"That is bad," Y/n says.

"We've got to get the core computer online. Now," Hyunjin says.

ENGINE COMPARTMENT - FUSION REACTOR (ZERO GRAVITY)

A roar of thunder. The caged sun shudders. Tongues of fire lick from its surface.

ENGINE COMPARTMENT - CORE COMPUTER ROOM (ZERO GRAVITY)

Hyunjin and Y/n, getting the hang of it, shoot down a hallway - dodging a robot that spins its wheels in the air. Hyunjin and Y/n float into the room and stare: Hyunjin's golf cart and the replacement Core Computer hang tumbling in the air. Y/n extends her hand to Hyunjin, he takes her hand, and with his other hand grabs a handhold. Y/n floats up and grabs the replacement core computer by a cable. A human chain, they haul it down to the deck. Y/n holds the new computer down. Hyunjin floats up to the ruined old computer. Opens latches. Disconnects cables. Eases the machine out of the column into the air. The room shakes. A deep note in the background falls silent. "The engines just shut down," Hyunjin says.

FUSION REACTOR CONTROL ROOM (ZERO GRAVITY)

Consoles alive with warning lights. The room is bathed with a hellish glow: the orb of fire swells and roars. A computer burns out with a sputter of flame. The air fills with a haze of smoke. The caged sun boils and swells. Tentacles of flame graze the reactor walls, leaving charred trails.

CORE COMPUTER ROOM (ZERO GRAVITY)

Hyunjin and Y/n strain at the replacement computer: it's nearly in place. Each shove with one hand, gripping a handhold with the other. Their feet kick in the empty air. Red lights flash. A warning klaxon sounds. An announcer voice fills the ship," Reactor failure. Reactor failure. Passengers, please remain calm,". Y/n holds the computer in place, gripping two handholds, her shoulder planted against the machine. Hyunjin floats up, reaches around the computer to connect cables.

"Does the data cable go in the "bus" port or the "through" port?" He shouts.

"Bus port! The blue one!" Y/n responds stealing a quick glance at one of Chan's manuals. The ship shudders violently, throwing them from side to side. Hyunjin forces one cable after another into their sockets. Y/n tires: the computer slides out of place.

"Hold it! Hold it!" Hyunjin yells.

"Trying!" Y/n yells back. She strains. The computer slides back into place. Hyunjin closes the last connection. Slips out of the niche and lowers the clamps that hold the computer in place. He throws the heavy power lever. The lights go out. A wave of darkness engulfs the ship.

Floating, Hyunjin and Y/n stare at each other in the dark. "What's happening?" Y/n whispers.

"I Don't know," Hyunjin whispers response. The core computer flashes to life. The lights come back on. So does the gravity causing Hyunjin and Y/n to slam to the floor. Inches away, the old computer plunges down and embeds itself in the deck. Across the room the golf cart bounces on its tires. The orb of fire withdraws its blazing tentacles and dwindles to its proper size.

Hyunjin and Y/n lie on the deck, breathing hard until Y/n starts to laugh. "What's so funny?" Hyunjin smiles still out of breath.

"We're alive!" She shouts a large smile on her face. The engines rumble back to life. A distant, rhythmic sound begins

DECK TWO - PROMENADE

Hyunjin and Y/n walk wearily. "We have to replace the other burned- out computers. But we have time," Hyunjin says letting out a deep sigh and running one of his hands through his damp hair. Y/n slides her arm around his waist. Hyunjin a little taken back by the action. Then realising he is still only in his sweatpants. The loud boom sounds throughout the ship. "What is that sound?" Hyunjin questions. Y/n's arm stiffen around Hyunjin's waist, looking over his shoulder. Outside the window, a hibernation pod spins into view. A woman inside.

Trying to find her voice Y/n voice cracks out "Hyunjin!". Hyunjin looks down at the shorter girl and turn his head to the direction hers is facing, he stars in shock as more pods drift past the window.

HIBERNATION BAY

Hyunjin and Y/n sprint into the facility. The sound is loud here: BOOM-CHAK...BOOM-CHAK...It's the sound of hibernation pods being ejected. The wave of ejections marches down an aisle: one pod after another disappearing into the ceiling. Hyunjin rushes to a CONSOLE. Scans the display." The hibernation system rebooted. It thinks the ships in port. It's ejecting the empty pods," Hyunjin says still in shock. 

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