<div align="center"><strong>-=Dani, on board The Gamble, supervising various going's on, and finding her inner strength=-</strong></div><br/>Breathing slightly easier as she realised that the person wandering uninvited into their ship was part of a delivery crew, Dani relaxed her hold on Lex's arm slightly, but didn't let go entirely. She could see that another member of this man's team was depositing groceries on the ramp, and the thought of fresh food with which to cook actually brought the skittish woman out from behind her human shield.  Still gripping Lex's arm for support, Dani did something none of the crew would have thought possible of her - she raised her voice to make herself heard over the Happy Suck machine.<br/><br/>"Erm....hi,"  she began, her voice wavering slightly.  Dani reminded herself that she had Lex by her side, and Mr Chow down below.  For some reason, she felt quite at ease with the small Chinese cleaner. "Hello....." she called louder, waving her hand in the delivery man's direction to attract his attention.  That did the trick, and he tilted his head toward her, a questioning look in his eyes.  "Would you mind takin' the groceries down to the coolers for me?" Dani pointed to the row of upright fridges and freezers nestled along the wall behind the skiff at the far end of the cargo bay.  The man nodded, then hollered at his partner who was still filling the ramp with the foodstuffs that would sustain them in the black for the next month or so.  Dani frowned, not liking the fact that their groceries were being left on the floor, especially when the Happy Suck machine was still working. But the boxes were being carted down the back like she had asked, so the medic let it be, not quite up for a confrontation with the man who stirred some unpleasant rememberings in the dark recesses of her mind.  Dani noted that a third member of the delivery crew had appeared, looking decidedly raggedy compared to the other two, but the girl gave no indication that she wasn't supposed to be there, so Dani let her go about her business.<br/><br/>Dale scowled at the request to take the groceries back to the cold storage area. Normally, he'd just drop the goods in the cargo bay, and the ships crew would take them from there. But then he realised that the more time he spent on board, and the deeper into the ship he went, the more chance he'd have to bump into the intoxicating blonde who he'd been unable to get off his mind since she waltzed into his shop earlier that day.  And it seemed that at least one member of the crew was willing to help, despite the fact that she looked like she could use a week's worth of sleep, and....Dale surveyed her out of the corner of his eye....a gorram good scrubbin'!<br/><br/>Distracted by the arrival of Vincent, Dani gave no more thought to the strange girl in her too big jumpsuit, as she quickly checked through the box of meds that he handed her.<strong>"Here you go, we got everything marked on the list and then some."</strong>Dani smiled up at him, astounded that he had managed to get not only those things that she had asked for, but several other useful medications as well.  "Vince, you're amazing," she grinned, gratitude shining from her blue eyes. "How did you...?"  But he was already heading back outside, obviously eager to spend some alone time with Mae.  Happy for them both, Dani didn't bother trying to call him back.  No doubt he would recount his daring med-acquiring adventure to the crew at some point soon after take off, and all her questions would be more or less answered then.  With some embellishment for the sake of good story telling, of course.<br/><br/>"Lex, I'm just going to take these meds and put them away," she leaned close to the Companion's ear so he could hear her once again soft voice over the noise of the cleaning crew.  She didn't want to risk the pharmaceuticals being damaged or misplaced. They were too hard to come by.  And for them to be blessed with exactly what they needed and more?  Well, the conscientious medic wasn't taking any chances.<br/><br/>Heading down the stairs and across the cargo bay, Dani managed to give the delivery guy that made her plumb twitchy a wide berth, noting that Mr. Chow was very nearly finished with the cleanup. Hurrying to secure the meds in the lockable cabinet in the infirmary, she came back into the bay just as the Chinese cleaner was packing up his machine.  He motioned her over, grinning in a very self satisfied way, before gesturing around the now sweet smelling cargo area.  "You like?" he asked, obviously pleased with himself.  Dani nodded, returning his smile with a small one of her own.  "Yes, Mr. Chow.  You've done a wonderful job. Sasha told me to give you this when you were finished."  She fished the three platinum coins out of her pocket and dropped them into Mr. Chow's open hand, offering him a bow of thanks as she did so.  "Thankyou, Miss Dani. And thank Miss Sasha for me as well!" Affording her a bow in return, he continued packing up his cleaning machine before departing, the same noise that had heralded his arrival also marking his exit.  The delivery crew were nowhere to be seen, so Dani assumed that they had also completed their business and departed. With the Eavesdown refueling and water replenishment crews finished their work on The Gamble, it seemed that Dani's supervisory duties were now concluded.   She took a moment to enjoy the solitude of the blissfully stranger-free cargo bay before heading back to the cold storage to put the groceries away properly.