Dark Matter

7

Next thing Seven knew, she was following everyone onto the bridge. The Android is trying to explain to everyone what was going on. Of course Seven followed, she just likes hearing the Android's voice. 

"We've lost power to several systems, including external sensors and the FTL drive."

"What happened," Two asks.

"The operation efficiency of one of the outer relays dropped below minimum safe. The ship dethatched the coupling and shut down all the related systems to avoid catastrophic failure."

Three looks around confused, "Translation please?"

"We nearly blew a fuse," Two answers.

"Except in this case 'blowing a fuse' would equate to an explosion powerful enough to..."

Seven interrupts barely paying any attention, "Vaporize the whole ship." She twirls her hair between her fingers and everyone shifts uncomfortable. Two looks from Seven to the Android, asking if what Seven said was true.

"She's right. It would vaporize the entire ship."

"Well, that's great. Dead bodies, hacked stasis pods, Seven being a freak, and now this. It's a whole lotta things going wrong on this ship. Almost like someone's been tampering with it, isn't that right tech monkey?" Three says turning to look at Five.

"Back off," Six says getting protective of Five.

"Why you protecting her? You don't know her."

"I know I like her a lot more than I like you."

Three turns away, "Could this be sabotage?"

"The coupling is located on the outer hull. If someone wanted to tamper with it, they would have to preform an EVA." This information pulled everyone's attention in, including Seven's. An EVA, going outside... that's a very interesting concept to Seven, she's always wanted to see the stars up close... well not always, but recently.

Seven was thinking about the stars and everyone continued talking. She could name all the constellations, and other galaxies. If one were to ask her something about stars she could give you an answer, she knows a lot about stars. She doesn't really know how she knows a lot about stars, but she does. It must have been something she liked to do before she got her memories taken away and placed into Five's head. She only snapped out of her thoughts when everyone started leaving. A smile came to her face, Two's favorite constellation is the archer or Orion's Belt. Two read it in a book before going to sleep the other night and she likes that one the best. Seven followed Two out of the room, One was the only one left behind. 

She skipped up to Two and smiled, "Orion's belt."

"What?"

"You want to know if we can see Orion's belt from here, but we can't. You can only see Orion's belt from Earth's atmosphere or surface."

Two lays her hands on Seven's shoulder, "How did you know I wanted to see it?"

"It's your favorite."

She smiles and skips away. Two shares a look with Six and Five who were walking behind the pair as that conversation was held. 

"She does strange things like that a lot, doesn't she," Six says looking off in the direction where Seven went to.

"Yeah, she does," Two says suspiciously. She never told anyone that. How did Seven know?

... 

Seven had just been wandering around the ship after she changed into a green dress and long boots, but was stopped by One. He's gathering everyone in the mess hall to get answers. Seven doesn't really know how he's going to get answers, but she just followed him, skipping and humming the creepy tune.