Metafire

Marie was the first one to notice. "Platon, someone has opened these closets."

"What do you mean?"

"I sealed them. The seals are all broken. But nothing appears to be disturbed inside. Let me see." She pulled out a rack of boxes and handed them over to Platon to stabilize in the microgravity. Then she pulled out another rack, and said, "Oh. There is something here. It's on the other side. Count the boxes."

"Sixty four." Platon did a rapid multiplication.

"Should be ninety six."

"These racks are short. There is something back there." She continued to pull out racks. An aluminum box in the back of the closet started to take form. It was attached on the side to the main ventilator shaft of the capsule.

Platon looked in while he was securing the racks with string. The aluminum box was big. It was big enough for a person to be hiding in it. "That was certainly not there before. Don't touch it. Does it look like it has any external sensors?"