The two were in the cargo hold of a small ship.
He went to the cargo hold, first, to make sure that everything was in order.
They store them in the cargo hold, did you know that?
The room was large enough to be a cargo hold.
A moment later, he found himself in the forward cargo hold.
Finally he got up and went quickly out of the cargo hold.
He could not use the cargo hold, since it was empty.
Then he found the access door to the cargo hold and went down inside.
"I was so happy to see you walk into the cargo hold."
That would give me time to get Paul out of the cargo hold and into a safe place forward.