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A life in the Shadows
Submitted by jacki on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 16:52
She took a deep breath and punched the door's emergency override. The cool night air rushed in, flushing the airlock of the freighter's stale, fetid odors with which she had lived for the last two weeks. The spaceport had its own peculiar aromas as well but they were a relief after spending the time sandwiched in an air duct.
Jacki slipped furtively out of the the emergency hatch. An alarm would sound of course but by the time anyone arrived to deal with it she would be long gone. She glanced around and spotted a number of stacked cargo pallets. After making sure there were no signs of movement out there she moved sprinted across the landing bay and slid between the large metal trays. Finally she was back home.