Chapter 6
It was 4.06am ship time when the emergency bell went off in the corridor. In the few seconds it took me to jump out of bed and into my pants, I realised that the ringing bell signified a medical emergency and furthermore, that I wasn't on duty. But I threw on my shirt and went outside anyway. In the corridor, Julia almost crashed into me.
"Charlie! You're going the wrong way. Not the hospital, the docking bay."
I ran after her. "Docking bay?"
"A shuttle came in from the Forward. Stab wound. A bad one."
No. Another one.
We ran into the docking area, where a number of dock personnel and medical grunts already waited. The screen of the airlock camera, showed the shuttle already in place. Lights flashed. Flight assistance personnel were manoeuvring the ramp into place. A few nu
