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On the third day at noon, Annie arrived in the medical bay looking thoroughly displeased. There, she found the unlucky Uncle Gordon, who had lost a leg for some reason and was receiving the treatment that would regrow it. On another bed lay Uncle Isaac the robot, completely motionless. Captain Ed, First Officer Kelly, and the young lady Alara were all there, looking like they'd just survived a catastrophe.
And, of course, there was the ship's chief medical officer, Dr. Claire.
"Hey!"
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"Did I miss something?"
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Only one night had passed, but Annie could tell that things were different from yesterday.
Yesterday, Aunt Kelly had still been at odds with that idiot Uncle Ed, loudly insisting that she wanted to arrest the new woman. She'd caused a lot of awkwardness and bad blood between Uncle Ed and herself, as well as with a bunch of people on the ship.
But now, they were all acting like everything was fine and dandy. Even Uncle Ed and Aunt Kelly, who'd been at each other's throats, had made up. How could Annie not realize that something had changed?
"Oh!"
"I almost forgot. I don't think we saw little Annie at all between last night and just now!"
"That's right!"
"Now that you mention it!"
"Everyone was so scared and panicked at the time that we forgot she was even here!"
"Ha!"
"If you hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have realized she really didn't show up at all last night!"
When they saw Annie's angry little expression, Ed, Kelly, and Alara exchanged glances. Only then did they finally realize that from the moment things had happened last night until now, none of them had seen Annie anywhere. And not one of them had thought to ask her for