Intrigued, I retraced my steps around the bow of the craft and stopped in
front of the hatch. With my right hand still resting on the butt of my Eagle, I
used my left hand to reach out and touch the glowing circle alongside the
hatch. I heard an electric hum and a hissing noise and then jumped back when
the hatch slid open.
I peered carefully through the hatch and saw a small compartment, roughly
two meters by two meters, which I deduced to be an airlock. I tentatively moved
forward and stepped through the hatch into the airlock and then looked for a
button similar to the one outside to close the outer hatch and activate the
airlock cycle. I pressed the only button I could find in the compartment and
assumed it was the right one when the outer hatch slid closed and oxygen
started hissing into the compartment. The inner hatch slid open when the
hissing stopped, and I warily stepped into the alien craft.
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