[ WP ] Just as you are falling asleep you hear a knock on the door . Which is bizarre because all the other astronauts are already inside and accounted for .

`` What the hell?'' I whispered, reaching up to flick on the light in the ceiling above my bunk. The soft light brightens the room a bit more. `` Frank. Frank, wake up.'' I reach down and shake our engineer on the bunk below me. 
 
 Frank swats at my hand and rolls back over, groaning about needed to fix everyone's shit or something. I was about to shake him again when the sound echoed through the whole pod. Frank sat up in his bunk and looked at me. 
 
 `` What the fuck was that?'' He said, concerned. I shrugged and jumped down from my bunk. He got out of his bunk too. We tiptoed towards the airlock. 
 
 The captain, probably awoken by the sound as well, shook the comm officer and joined us by the door. 
 
 `` Frank, any ideas? He whispered. The knock sounded again. Frank pounded in some codes into the wall mounted monitor. 
 
 `` Systems are good, no warnings, no problems.'' Frank stated. 
 
 `` Sarah, load up the security feed on the outside.'' 
 
 `` Yes sir.'' The communications officer pushed the enginner aside and entered codes of her own. Instantly the monitor filled up with live feeds from the dozen or so cameras in and around the base. `` Here, something on the main door... It looks like... Is that a person?'' She tapped the image. It expanded to fill the whole screen. 
 
 `` Holy shit.'' I said. `` Who the hell is that?'' I did a quick head count. There were four of us. Marcus the captain, Sarah the communications officer, Frank the engineer, and me, the medical officer. Everyone was here and accounted for. 
 
 Marcus looked at us for a second. The knock sounded again, this time louder. `` Alright, here's the plan.'' He pointed to the magnum mounted on the wall in the locked box. It was labeled for emergencies only. `` We'll let this stranger into the airlock but if he makes any moves, you blast him.'' He opened the box and handed me the gun. `` The rest of you, stay here and keep watch.'' 
 
 The captain entered his codes into the computer and the airlock door slid open. We entered and it shut behind us. We suited up. Marcus nodded to me. I checked the revolver again and we approached the second air lock door. Pressure dropped and the door slid open. I raised the gun to face the intruder. 
 
 He raised his hands. `` Hello comrades.'' He said, his accent that of a Russian cosmonaught. `` We just set up a few kilometers from here. I come to greet you as our new neighbors. And to ask of you a favor.'' 
 
 `` Yes? Marcus asked suspiciously. `` What is it?'' 
 
 The Russian reached into his pack, pulling out a glass measuring cup. `` May we please borrow a cup of sugar?''
