Anjali was so excited she was practically vibrating. Also utterly terrified. She was going to do something she had never done before, go to a market on her own. She hadn’t told Dwayne that, heck no. She didn’t want to be laughed at, or worse, told to stay put, no one was going to stop her, if nothing else she had seniority over the entire world! She had never shopped, never gone out on her own. This was the most exciting thing ever. Bianca handed her a small, once inserted invisible, device to put in her ear so she could communicate with her. She didn’t know if Dwayne had one too. Once the doors to the hold opened two men plus armed escorts walked up the ramp towards them. Anjali's heart hammered wildly, what would happen? But she decided to take faith in Dwayne’s word, that she would be alright.<br/><br/>After the introductions, her now having the title of 'Science Specialist' she was taken away by one of the armed guards who took her to a windowless room. As warned by Dwayne she was peppered by a bored and uninterested looking man with questions about her purpose on the planet, her association with the Rag Tag, where she was born and sundry other questions, which the officer entered into a handheld device without looking up save to every now and then look at her chest and her midriff. Anjali chuckled to herself, in a line-up most men wouldn't be able to identify her by her face, they were such predictable creatures. The man left and she sat there for another ten minutes until an armed officer came and she was and taken to the medical officer. The sterile looking room was cold and she sat on the bench until a busy looking woman in a medical uniform came in.<br/><br/>"Name?" she asked without looking up from her tablet.<br/><br/>"Alvarez, Maria Alvarez."<br/><br/>The woman grunted and then pulled out a scanner which she ran over Anjali's body. She grunted again, and looked briefly at her, and then down again at her tablet.<br/><br/>"Hand," she ordered and pulled something out of her pocket and holding Anjali's hand stabbed a needle in her finger.<br/><br/>"Ow," protested Anjali not having expected that, "What was that for?"<br/><br/>"Our scanners only detect so many pathogens, for some stuff we still need blood."<br/><br/>"Well, warn a girl next time," said Anjali sucking her finger.<br/><br/>"Yeah, sure..." replied the woman distractedly furrowing her brow over the tablet, and then...<br/><br/>"Take your top off."<br/><br/>"What?"<br/><br/>The medical officer rolled her eyes at her. "Take your top off" she repeated slowly as though Anjali was a dimwit.<br/><br/>Anjali did, her bra-less breasts tumbling out as she pulled the tank top over her head. The medical officer stared at them with an admiring nod, "damn, I wish I had those," and then proceeded to check Anjali for rashes and other signs of disease. Anjali was very worried she might see the tattoo on the underside of her breast, but she never did.<br/><br/>"Ok, you can get dressed again" she said after a few moments and turned back to her scanner.<br/><br/>"There is something the scanner picked up which it didn't recognize, but it's probably just a glitch, so nothing to worry about. You're clear and healthy. Now be careful out there and don't pick up any bugs when you go partying."<br/><br/>Anjali thanked her and pulled her too short tank top over her body again and donned her jacket. The armed guard stood outside and took her to a small lobby where she saw Dwayne standing and waiting for her. Seeing him brought a smile to<br/><br/>her face and she walked up to him.<br/><br/>"Captain" she greeted with a nod.