Enter the Kat

            A young woman jogged up as they laughed and spoke to Quest. He looked down at her and replied in another strange language. Together they looked at the two laughing women and shrugged.  The young woman poked Quest in the ribs and held her slender arms wide and he picked her up and spun her around.  The young woman was slender in a feline way, wearing a flight-suit like she had seen on Star Trek, a one piece getup with lots of pockets and tools hanging from a utility belt. The suit was black with silver stripes. The most striking thing about the young woman was that she had one blue eye and one green, that along with the platinum silver hair made her particularly odd in Vanessa’s view. After a moment, Quest sat her down and they looked back at Michelle and jerked a thumb over his shoulder.

            Michelle nodded after a moment and turned to Vanessa.

            “Shall we go aboard; those two will go on for awhile. They will open the hangar doors as we get the Freya ready for takeoff.  Let’s get you settled in and introduce to the plane and the rest of the crew.”

            Vanessa watched Quest and the young woman walk away- the young woman already chattering away in that strange language. Quest nodding every now and again. Then she turned to follow Michelle to the same hatch door that Flynt had just entered.