12 years later

Lawrence was sitting by the window of her cabin and looking at impenetrable space. Her dream came true, she became an astronaut. Her biological father (who was asshole anyway) had allowed her to work in space reasearch centre, which was directed by his father-in-law. She had undergone several years of training and had severe tests, but she had made it, she had been choosen for colonization mission. After nine years of cryosleep they will get to untouched by a man, virgin paradise, Origae-6.

She remembered David words, spoken so many years ago: "Some day we will go for space conquest together." Unfortunatelly, Prometheus mission had gone and everyone probably were dead, but David... there was a chance he survived, if only Prometheus had landed, not crashed on an asteroid. Lawrence couldn't stand thought that her dearest guardian and friend, was all alone in some distant corner of space. She tried to find something to do and didn't think about David, whom she wouldn't meet anymore.

In her cabin, there was not much to do, so she went out on one of the ship's corridors. They all looked the same, she would have a problem with distinguishing them however there was the Mother (main computer), helpful everytime when she took wrong turn.

"Lawrence!" she heard Daniels voice behind.

"Hi! What's up?"

"Not much... Just I'm just happy for almost decade of sleep. " said Daniels, with little smile on her face.

"Yeah, I need to sleep for a long time really badly."

"Let's go to the bridge, I belive everyone is there. I have to say a few words, Jake is not feeling well." Jacob Branson was husband of Daniels, he got fever couple hours before cryosleep.

As Daniels had foreseen, all crew was already on the bridge. There were fifteen of them plus that luckless android - Walter, who accompanied them and to whom Lawrence had mixed feelings. He looked almost like David, though he didn't dye his hair and moved differently, in more natural way, he still had the same face and very similar voice. His sight made the memories come back, sometimes they were pleasant memories, but sometimes really painfull.. Some piece of her soul, wanted to stay in his company, cos it felt like David came back.

"Miss Weyland?" Walter interrupted her thoughts.

"Shush! Don't call me that!" hissed Lawrence, looking around anxiously. She didn't want anyone to know about her kin, but the rest of the crew did not pay attention. Walter sat down on a table, in front of her.

"Sorry. Lawrence, that's better?"

"Yeah" Lawrence nodded."I'm listening."

"I must ask you, why you are always watching every move I make?" said Walter. "Don't get me wrong, as a robot, I don't feel any mental discomfort. I'm just wondering if you will not turn me off someday."

Lawrence smirked at that little joke. She was impressed, David couldn't joke. He was amused by some situations, but didn't understand jokes she was telling.

"I'm sorry if it looks like that. You just remind me someone."

"Someone? I believe there is only one ...'form of life' on Earth I may remid you, I mean other android. You wanted to say, that you know any other?" there was nothing extraordinary in Walter's astonishment. Even with such developed technology, androids still remained in sphere of most people dreams. There were not much of them besides, their prices seemed enormous.

"I used to know,... David 8 raised me." she replied with an effort. It had been a long time since she said that name out loud.

"Android was raising human child?"

"Indeed, and he was doing it well."

Walter stayed silent for a while just like human who weights words, and finally asked: "I am just wondering how it's affected you? Androids don't have maternal instinct... "

"My android apparently acquired it." Lawrence shrugged. "He replaced whole family for me. Maybe he was't too sensitive, but I couldn't complain."

Walter again hushed for a second.

"I wouldn't like to commit some offense nor hurt you, but you are telling about him in past tense, is that mean he's gone?"

"He had gone on a space expedition, and ... never came back." Lawrence replied shortly. She didn't think Walter would find out that she was talking about David from Prometheus, eventually androids assisted in every space mission.

"I see. It must be a painfull loss for you, and you left completely alone..."

He known! Of course robots were way too much inteligent. He sumarised all facts and guessed whom she had been talking about. Maybe he also guessed Peter Weyland was her grandfather. She always pretended that she was daughter of his nephew, not his son.

"I was completely broken." she decided not to hide anything from him, it was no sense, anyway she could not harm no one now, when grandfather died and father stayed on Earth. "When he left I was just a kid, it took me a long time to gather up. At the same time total strangers took care of me. Shortly they got bored with that, and found boarding school which I could attend. When I am thinking about it now, I believe it was best thing they could do. I was quite good student, indeed David had always cared about my education. I went to the college and then I got job in space reasearch centre."

Walter perused her, what reminded of the psychologist whom spent couple days during a week, before the flight with her.

"Now you are staring at me strangely." she laughted. "Did I said something wrong?"

"No, of course not. Just wondering ... is this a coincidance that from variety of possibilities avaliable on Earth, you chose exploring universe as your job after your guardian missed during ...

"I know what you are aming for, but it is not like that." she interupted him. "I was dreaming about space travels still, when David took care of me. He suported me in my dreams and if we were not separated, he cartainly would help me achive them..."

"I am sure he would." admited Walter, smiling gently. "It's possible he would be here instead of me ..."

"Is the android molesting you?" Lawrence jumped out surprised, when one member of the crew turned to them, she felt like cought up in the act.

It was Ledward, quite nice and funny guy assigned to the mission for protection and handling of heavy equipment.

"It's more like I'm molesting him." Lawrece laughed, trying to hide her abashment. She didn't want anyone of the ship's crew, now about her connections with Prometheus.

"Oh, I see... So I won't bother you any longer..."

"You do not bother, Ledward. We have already finished." said Walter standing up. "I assumed Lawrence has enough of my whinning about preparations for cryosleep. I will leave you two now." when he went away, the girl sent him thankful smile.

"It's hopeless, I will never get use to robots looking like humans." said Ledwars, sitting on Walter's chair. "Sometimes when I look at him, it seems like he's just usuall guy, but then, he says something with that unnatural calm and emotionless voice...

"His voice is designed like that, so people with whom he stays are feel comfotable and safe."

"Alright miss Wiseacre, maybe we will play game called: I-am-saying-something-and-you-not-respond-as-officious-scientist?

"Sorry, man." Lawrence laughed. "I just can't restrain."

At that time Walter started to do medical examinations of crew members before cryosleep. Daniels came last.

"How do you feel Daniels?" he asked.

"Fine"

"Any disease? Nausea?" he was still asking, taking swab from her mouth.

"Nae." she mumbled, pushing stick for collecting organic substances with her tongue. It looked quite adorable and Walter smiled gently to her. In sudden tide of affection, Daniels responded the same.

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Lawrence went to hibernation pod in bad mood. She was irritated by Walter insinuations that she had set off on a space trip only to find David. Who, he thought, she was? Kid would know it's impossible. Even if she would really wanted to find David, destination of Prometheus mission was unknown. If she had thousand of lifes she still wouldn't find him, universe was too huge. But in deepth of her heart, which was embarassing even for her, she had a longing for that.