12 Herta Space Station

"Erwin... Sir Erwin..."

"Hmm...?" Erwin who was being shaken woke up in tired eyes saw Pom-pom shaking him.

"What is it Pom-pom?"

"March said to wake you up when we are near our destination" To which prompt Pom-pom to leave with the door opened and closed when Pom-pom left.

"Alright then" Is what Erwin said as he grabbed a t-shirt and pants with the mandatory underwear and put them on his bed after which he grabbed his backpack, activated the terrain tool, and opened a portal to the bathroom.

After doing those he grabbed his clothes from his bed and gone inside the bathroom portal which he laid down his clothes on the closed toilet seat, locked the bathroom doors, shrunk the terrain tool, and settled down his backpack near the door.

During which we will skip the bathing scene and focus after that scene in which Erwin fresh out the bath gone outside his compartment to meet up with everyone.

Erwin pressed his forehead against the cool glass, a kaleidoscope of shimmering grayish colors blurring behind the sleek window of the Astral Express. Through the glass outside, Herta Space Station is shown, a majestic ring of gleaming metal and glass catching the starlight like a giant telescope. Its so large that he could see several rooms filled with people and a large part at the lower levels with no lights giving the possibility its either sealed off or an experiment is going on there but got abandoned instead.

For Erwin, this is much more cooler than the space station he was in and bigger too.

"Now this is what I call a space station" said the excited Erwin wanting to explore every room and sector to which he calm himself as he was with the Express and is only there because of a delivery.

Erwin's excitement dimmed down and walked to the parlor car where everyone is currently.

Pom-pom noticed Erwin first as Pom-pom is currently sweeping nearby and hello to Erwin and continued sweeping.

Erwin not wanting to disturb a Pom-pom's job walked to away and spotted March cleaning the lenses of her camera.

March who saw Erwin walking towards her greeted him.

"Uhh... finally your up we were going to leave with you."

Erwin smiled in embarrassment "Yea Yea... I know i slept earlier than intended but hey at least I'm here" Is what Erwin said when he looked around and saw that Dan Heng is nowhere to be scene.

"So where's Dan Heng then?"

"He's just doing last minute preparations." After that March then thought 'Hopefully in time to.'

Within a few minutes of talking about ordinary things Dan Heng arrived right before the others were leaving which left Himeko reassured and happy that there ware no delays left.

Himeko told everyone that she will be talking with the lead researcher here while everyone else will deliver the shipments to the storage zone.

During the delivery Erwin who was walking with March and Dan Heng saw many researchers during the delivery Erwin wanting to explore the whole but he is new this so he just followed obediently.

From around to their destination Erwin interacted with every possible terminal on how they work and only gone back to the group when they either alerted him or when he saw that he is far away from them.

Erwin, March, and Dan Heng had reach the door to the Storage Zone Erwin saw the whole zone, it is spacious with many platforms, and safety hazards on the form of semi holographic bridges, no railings, which he thought was very concerning.

Meanwhile March was taking several pictures and Dan Heng saw the concerned expression of Erwin looking at the platform itself and explained to him that the Storage Zone has many emergency measurement in case a researcher or visitors ever fallen off.

Erwin let out a sigh but still want to be careful when walking through the rail less platforms.

March saw Erwin treading through the platform careful making worried expression when he is going pass the edge so she snapped a few pictures intended to use for purposes.

In the moment of passing by a few minutes the crew had delivered the package of content Erwin doesn't want to know as he is now the delivery guy.

Going out after delivering the package, maybe cargo or shipment.

The alarms had gone off.

With Erwin, Dan Heng, and March having this sudden events went to where the populated places within the Storage Zone has and its currently empty with scattered papers meaning the researchers have evacuated.

"This is bad"

Dan Heng who spoke first with a calm look in his eyes.

"Let's go if there are anyone who's left behind"

Erwin and March agreed and the group explored the rooms in the Storage Zone if there are those who are either left behind or unconscious.

With a few minutes they met an unconscious man in the Storage Zone of what seems to be Herta's Curio Collection.

Which the crew inspects the unconscious man and tried to feel his pulse.

Dan Heng looked at his phone as a emergency signal came leading to the unconscious man and checked the coordinates which seems to confuse him.

"Huh...his coordinates are sent out from the space station...?" 

"Who cares? They're here and alive. Does he look like a mannequin to you?" Which March responded worried about leaving the man alone but happy that their ok.

"He only unconscious with a weak heart beat and pulse." Erwin with two fingers on the unconscious mans arm feeling weak breathing.

"...Weak heartbeat and pulse... March, you better do CPR." Dan Heng said to March

"Huh!? Hehe... I-I've never done it before! Erwin, you do it!" March panicking at pointed the responsibility to Erwin in which he said "Nope, not it."

Dan Heng then feeling that March and Erwin aren't performing CPR instead volunteered himself.

In the unconscious mans case as he is slowly waking up he saw the face of Dan Heng with closed eyes and parting lips going in for the kiss.

March's hand then appeared on the side of Dan Heng's face pushing him out saying "Wait - stop it!, They're awake!"

To be continued