Star Trek: Starbase 777 - bf-back-corridor

Looking to the senior-most officers, she asked “Permission to shoot to kill? I know preservation of life or whatever but its a little late!” (edited)

It felt cowardly to retreat into this corridor while some of the other officers defended themselves, but what else could William do? He didn't have a weapon, and he'd already seen the results of one of its encounters in the sleeping quarters. Besides, they'd been ordered to move. There's nothing he can really do in this situation, right? William's heart beat like a drum, having never been caught in this kind of situation before, but he started trying to relax as Daso spoke.

Is that fucking Silas running away from you all? It is! He’s running toward the east!

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She broke out into a dead sprint, grabbing the ensigns arm as she went. “Alright, lets go, redshirt! I’m not leaving you behind without a weapon!”

"Mister silas stop! is not safe!!." He said as he arrived running.

“Take this.” She put her extra phaser that dmitri didnt grab into his hand, not waiting for a response.

Silas turned back to the Daso and William three-legged runner, and panicked, “Oh- Oh! Oh, hey, you’re alive!!”

William responded with as best of a smile he could, given the circumstances. He motioned towards where the group had been before. "I don't think it's following us." He responded. "A couple officers were fighting it off, last I saw."

“Yeah. I have a phaser. You, however, do not. Its not a threat, its a fact. Don’t leave our side.”

"Please sir stay nearby our security officers can only protect you if they can see you." He didn't really care for the whole shifty thing right now.

Daso raised a fair point. The most Silas had for a weapon was a plunger, one he’d abandoned. The engineer conceded and gave a nod, “…yeah, yeah, fair, alright.”

“Thank you. You are less likely to die surrounded by people with phasers than with yourself and a plunger.”

He did, in fact, grab that phaser earlier, actually. "Stick together. Strength in numbers."

She does, in fact, have 3, for some reason.

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“Strength in numbers.”

"Do you think the fight may be over?, oh also the creature seemed affected by phaser's, somewhat."

With Silas' running streak seemingly neutralized for the time being, and seeing no other officers present, William started trying to take the lead, albeit somewhat haphazardly - he wasn't a senior officer, after all. "Okay, let's head back to the rest of the group." He said. "Regroup with them. Strength in numbers - try not to get separated."

Silas took in a breath and nodded toward the #bf-east-corridor, “Or we can head that way…?”

“At this point, I’m putting my phaser on kill. I’m not letting it get away.”

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“Wheres the canteen?”

"I would want to see if theres genetic left over from the fight.. but i'll defer to the commanders."

“I’m no commander, but ive been doing this for 8 years. Get what you can but don’t do anything stupid. I’ll have your 6.”

"Look..." William said, knowing that Silas almost certainly wanted to regroup with their comrades. "We don't have any senior officers here. We'll get there soon enough, but we have to get back to everyone else in the #bf-central-corridor first." He looked towards the others. "... if everyone else agrees."

Would just follow the group.

Silas gave a weak little nod. Not much arguing he could do.

“Lets go.” She walks toward the central corridor.

William gave a gentle smile to Silas. He was scared, but who in their right mind wouldn't be? God - this was going to be a difficult time for clear-headed decision-making. "Alright, let's get back to the central corridor with Silas. Let's see if our officers there need any help. Those who are armed, take up either the front or the rear." With that, he went back to #bf-central-corridor. (edited)

He followed. It was probably better to be with the people who had three or more phasers.

Blegh followed Silas into the corridor. Her arm wasn't perfectly fixed by any means, but it worked, and that was what mattered, she supposed.

A suicide scientist. Fucking phenomenal. It was usually her division that suggested moves like that and it made her wonder if it was courage worth admiring or just plain stupidity. With the plan discarded, Marze positioned herself next to Blegh and followed into the corridor. Her boss was clearly tough, but a broken arm was a big disadvantage. She would shoot some more holes on that thing before letting it get another go at the Tellarite. (edited)

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And so now the group was back in the back corridor, where they had retrieved Silas earlier. If Paco was right about the different corridors, maybe the group would be faced with a dilemma soon - having to choose between either venturing down the east or western corridors. William would leave the decision-making to the professionals. For now, he travelled alongside Holly - trying to make sure he didn't set off any traps again.

Made absolutely sure to stay near holly, those things were scary, he also made sure to keep sak near holly, he didn't want to lose his newest science buddy, atleast they were grouped up again and knew that those creatures weren't immune to phaser fire.

Silas led the group to the entrance of the east corridor, though as he did, there was the skittering noise once more… “Hang on, just-” Before he could finish his statement, a pair of arms shot down from the ceiling and grabbed Silas by the shoulders, immediately dislocating them as he was yanked up into the pipes looming above the group. Silas screamed, but the thing moved fast with its prey in tow into the bowels of the bunker. (edited)

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Having taken a moment to mentally regroup, Suun caught up to the others, greeting her fellow officers with nods. She had totally been here the whole time. She froze, blood running cold. “Silas!”

And suddenly there were people keeping near her again ... as if she was a safe place to be. Holly offered Vokk a little smile. Poor guy. He only ever wanted to do science and he kept getting thrown into chaos. Her focus was drastically shifted to the ... arms? Holy shit. She tried to get a clear shot of whatever it was, but missed it by an inch.

Paco took a slight sigh of relief as the party began moving again. He didn't want to stay still there for too long. Felt safer to keep on moving, that's probably why snipers took up the 'shoot n' scoot' tactic, but that's unrelated to this situation. For now Paco stood close to the two science ensigns, feeling responsible for them in a sense. Then the scary thing came from above and took Silas from the ceiling. "...oh no."

Fuck fuck damnit shit. She'd lost someone. She'd let someone get taken under her watch. She stood, frozen, floundering, at a loss of what to do. After a long moment, she let out a low growl. "Shit!"

"Holy FUCK!" William yelled as Silas was taken away. Jesus Christ - keep an eye on the fucking ceilings. This thing can MOVE.

Ehlai took a deep breath, watching as Silas was pulled towards the ceiling. Now, that was not good. That was not good in the slightest. "Should we try to get a read on any tubes in the station that this... thing... might be using...?"

“Vesta’s eyes widened behind her transparent visor. She raised her phaser in the direction, but lowered it as the thing disappeared.*

Dakom had totally been here this whole time. It was a good thing Dmitri had dragged him along, because otherwise there was no knowing what he'd been up to. So of course, he remained alongside the other doctor of the group, although maybe that was a bad idea. And oh, shit, just in time for more bad things to happen. Not that he could do anything about it. No obvious reaction, just a sigh. And a cautious glance around all the places where shadows fell in the corridor, because apparently those things could move.

The entrance to the #bf-east-corridor loomed before the away team when they were ready to go…

He'd returned this corridor with the others. "Lt. Tollum, please let me know if you experience any dizziness or fa - oh. Nobody stand under there." God, the meds were working today.

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Useless. Useless, Blegh was useless, and she'd let this happen. Her stomach churned, different from a side effect of her previous pain. She'd failed. "Keep going. Let's-- let's keep going. We'll find him," she said, trying to make it sound like she believed her words. She didn't.

That had been sudden, too sudden for any reaction. “Wait… we can’t see this thing on the sensors, but…. We can see the life sign of that guy… at least while he is still alive. Get a sense where the thing is going! But quickly.” If not to rescue him… at least to guarantee it had gone away for now.

"You heard her, people, let's go—" Holly began herding the two ensigns she had been stuck with, as well as anyone else in her way, towards the entrance.

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That man’s shoulders had been ripped out of their sockets. She doubted that they would find him alive… but she didn’t say that.

"...oh no..." Paco repeated his formerly emoji catch phrase as he scanned the ceiling, if there was any lifesigns moving within the range of the tricorder, probably not. but it was a thing worth trying anyway before quickly moving along to the door to try and open it before that thing comes back.

She nodded, trying to vanish the image of what she’d just seen from her mind l, patting Blegh on the good arm before moving with the others.

She paused. The junior lietenant had a point. "She's right," Blegh nodded, the unsavory feeling still clinging to her skin. "Someone try to track him. We'll keep moving, but this is useful information." (edited)

No lifesigns to speak of…it seemed Silas was dealt with quickly.

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Fuck, what could they do? Was Silas dead? Was it because of them? Regardless, Blegh's orders drew him back into the present - to which he nodded in response. "Yes, sir." He simply stated, trying to keep his mind on the here and now. (edited)

Ehlai tried to keep that information from causing him stress. The needs of the many, the needs of the many, the needs of the many. What he knew is that he needed to move. And so, he started to.

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"He's dead, Jim." Paco reported as he continued to work on the door whilst also keeping scan for at least some sign of that thing if it ever came close to them, and also if he could get an idea of where the vents lead, if it did vent out of here.

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"Who's Jim?" Holly frowned.

She shook her head, it was what she expected. It was concerning though, really, any one of them could be next.

Vara'l frowned a bit once he'd recovered from the initial shock and had lowered his weapon, having raised it but not fired. That as he'd failed to find a safe firing angle at the back of the group. "Nobody stand under there indeed." The Romulan xB observed then before he added. "Someone should probably keep that vent covered from a slight distance until we're well past it." Vara'l stated as he lowered his rifle to keep the torch played on it and rifle pointed at it!

He just saw someone die, okay deal with that later, stay away from the walls, it had been so fast, he didn't even get time to get shocked, he looked around making sure his friend count hadn't dropped.

"Yes!" Paco quickly answered Holly. That's the universal answer for everything when stressed as he moved towards the east corridor. "Keep moving forward, Ensign. No use lingering around there."

Movement…movement toward the east corridor…

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With little resistance, save for a few straggling deactivated APUs, Liza would lead the team into the #bf-office

Vara'l followed Liza through this. As he did, he watched her very carefully. He harboured no suspicion of her yet. But better safe than sorry.