Ellen looked over at Richard as he began inputting an extensive sequence of button presses into the keyboard of the computer terminal. He's quick, but it's taking very long ... this hunk of muscle and bone is starting to ache my shoulder, she thought to herself. When Richard popped his head up from the terminal, that gave Ellen the signal to reach for the large button on either side of the door's outer threshold. Upon pressing it, a green light illuminated around the button, which also sent a stream of light towards the top of the door frame. The door swiftly separated, revealing a dark space.<br/><br/>Ellen led Daric inside and once she got in the vicinity of the sensors, the lights began to turn on. Due to the limited electricity flowing through the ship, the amount dwindling as they tried to find a way off it and survive, half of the light never turned on. About a quarter of the lights flickers on in unsteady interval, though never blinking out entirely. The lights that did stay on were mostly near the door, which was fortunate for Ellen and the light gave her enough sense to lead Daric further inside and prop him on a medical table, which illuminated as Daric's ass planted on the table's surface. A little bit of Billie Jean action going on. Ellen looked around the room and saw rows of secure cage cabinets. Whatever that wasn't secure was laid out on the floor, but none of the debris was dangerous, like glass containers and syringes. Now free of the big body leaning on her shoulder, she asked Daric, "Okay, big guy. What do you need?"<br/><br/>Before Daric could answer Ellen's question, a man suddenly ran in, stopping to catch his breath in the door's threshold. "That's nice ... someone finally got it open," the man said and then looked at Daric, seeing him in a pain he was familiar with. "Look like that guy needs some painkillers. Here," he finally said, tossing a set of two keys connected to a lanyard. "You'll find the painkillers in that cabinet over there." The man pointed to a caged medicine cabinet right next to the table Daric was sitting on. Without replying, Ellen immediately inserted one of the keys into the keyhole of the cabinet, successfully opening it, revealing about a dozen bottles of painkillers and about a dozen more of aspirin. She grabbed one and opened it as fast as she could, pouring about eight capsules into her hand. Ellen then gave the capsule to Daric. "Tell me if you need any more."<br/><br/>She turned around to catch her breath, but she also caught the man in the act of gracefully grabbing a medical duffel bag and stuffing it with a dozen bottles of painkillers, bandages, gauze, band-aids, and a few syringes. She asked, "Hey, who are you?" The man stopped what he was doing and took a deep breath.<br/><br/>After another pause, he replied, introducing himself. "I'm sorry about that. I'm Dr. Kevin Ericsson (http://www.starswelove.com/celebrities/c/chadmichaelmurray/pictures/chad_michael_murray046b.jpg). I'm the surviving Medical Lab Director of Cryostorage #3," he said. "And who might you two be?"<br/><br/>"Oh, This is Daric, he's a cryo tech and I'm Ellen Mendoza. I took the place of Dr. Emilio Allende on this expedition," Ellen said.<br/><br/>"<em>The</em>Dr. Allende? That's why the med lab is in chaos!" Ericsson exclaimed and then paused. "I just gotten word from Cryostorage #2 and the Medical Lab Director there was killed by a bulkhead. I guess that makes me the only Med Lab Director onboard. But, wait, you're here as a former criminologist, but you were supposed to be stationed at the Med Lab ... that must mean you know First Aid." Ellen nodded towards the question. "Cuz I'm a little shorthanded in the infirmary and I just ran down to the medical storage, seeing that it was the only one that opened. You think you can help me carry some supplies and help me with the wounded ... oww, that's some nasty cuts," he said, witnessing the scratches on Ellen's arm.<br/><br/>"I'm okay. It's only superficial," Ellen simply said.<br/><br/>"Alright, but I wanna bandage that arm and that head wound after we get to the first infirmary station. Just get one of those bags and start stuffing it with supplies." Without protest, Ellen stopped tending to Daric and helped Ericsson with the medical supplies, opening cabinets as needed to get the necessary amount in the bags. Once two bags were full, Ellen took two as well as Ericsson and without saying anything to Daric, she followed the Med Lab Director out the room and towards the infirmary station on the same floor.