[SRP] Black Sun

[Evra]

chris looks shocked at reading this information "uh sir the aliens .. they attacked here then it goes on talking about colonists started dissappearing and as a latch ditch effort they apparently barricaded everything but then sir ... nothing theres nothing else here" he says as he continues trying to find more information fingers typing keys at what appears like lightning speed flashes from the screens as windows pop up and close chris reading over them

[Harri-chan]

Claudia, being Claudia, refuses to give up her weapon. When Paula starts to fire, she too squeezes the trigger of the rifle, aiming right down into the pod that the tendrils were rising up from, her nose wrinkling as the blue blood splattered over the legs of her battered black body armour, "Cut these things off my gun!", she snaps as Hawkins rushes over.

[Haylie]

The tendrils continue their way up the weapon... getting closer and closer to Claudia's arms. They will soon wrap around HER if she dosent let go. And they seem... surprisingly strong. Some begin snapping as Paula fires at them, and those that miss bury themselves into the blue pod... causing it to leak... blue blood? The fleshy pod shudders.

Claudia, being Claudia, refuses to give up her weapon. When Paula starts to fire, she too squeezes the trigger of the rifle, aiming right down into the pod that the tendrils were rising up from, her nose wrinkling as the blue blood splattered over the legs of her battered black body armour, "Cut these things off my gun!", she snaps as Hawkins rushes over.

Paula's voice is just barely heard over her continuous fire. "I'm TRYING!" She reloads and keeps firing.

Hawkins tuns around. "Did I not say dont touch anything?" He rushes over, drawing a combat knife.

"Not my fault, sir! Look at the BOUNTY HUNTER!"

[Knight Errant]

Chris manages to uncover a bit of footage from what must be the last stand, its degraded, but he should be able to display it on the main monitor...

Meanwhile, in the alien hive, the pod shudders... the tentacles going limp and releasing the gun.

Hawkins walks up, whirling Claudia around and pulling her up to his face. "You are to follow orders I give without question... and without deviation. Carelessness is not going to be tolerated. Is that clear?"

Without waiting for an answer, he lets her go, looking to Paula. "Keep your eyes peeled, we cant be having any more mistakes."

With that, he takes out his homing device, carefully walking through the pods.

[Haylie]

Paula nods, a triumphant look just barely hidden on her face. "Yes, sir." The veil drops as soon as Hawkins looks away and Paula glances at Claudia as if to say, "Haha."

[Harri-chan]

Claudia scowled at being told off, even more so when she caught Paula's glance. "It tried to take my gun.. ", she mumbled, her dark brown eyes glancing down in disgust at the blue splatters on her weapon and armour. "Where does that thing say your friend is?", she snorted as she turned to follow the two of them.

[Evra]

"sir watch this" chris says pressing a key as the video starts to play on the main moniter as he backs up watching it

[Knight Errant]

"She is right up here." Says Hawkins. "We are closing in. Right around this corner." They turn the corner... and are greeted with the sight of Razor! In the arms of the blue woman. The alien lowers her... into an open pod! The tendrils wrap around her, burrowing into her skin, and then the whole pod closes over the pilot. The alien turns, seemingly satisfied with a job well done... then freezes as she sees them.

Meanwhile, the main monitor in Central Ops flickers to life, displaying the room they are in now... only it is packed with frightened colonists. They look haggard, and most of them carry some kind of weapon. Many sit on the floor, and a few stare blankly... seemingly shellshocked. They all look up suddenly as a pounding is heard off screen. "They are at the barricade..." Someone says, just in audio range. A strong, rugged looking man who they might recognize as retired Commander James Armstrong, govenor of the colony, speaks up. "We all know what to do. Get in positions... they arent immortal. Coming from the staircase will just make them a shooting gallery."

They all scramble to follow his orders, as minutes pass... with nothing but the steady pounding on the barricade. Armstrong frowns. "Any contact?" Someone offscreen replies. "No, sir! The barricade is holding!" Armstrong frowns deeper, shaking his head. "Something is wrong... I have seen one of these things punch through a reinforced door... why is this..." His eyes get bigger. "A diversion! Spread out, search the-"

His words are cut off as suddenly the view is blurred... by a lithe blue figure breaking through the ceiling. It isnt alone, and soon the room is full of blue skinned women and frantic firing colonists. It dosent seem to be going well for the colonists, the surprise attack sweeping through the defenders before they have time to regroup. But before the battle ends, a stray bullet from a wildly firing colonist hits the camera and the feed goes dead.

Bright nearly bights through his cigar. He goes to his radio again. "Hawkins... Lieutenant! Answer god damnit!"

Blade looks around nervously. "Sarge... we should really get out of here, man... we are way over our heads..."

[Haylie]

Paula swallows hard upon seeing her favorite pilot lowered into the pod. Her rifle is rock-steady on the blue woman, but she looks half horrified, half outraged. Her finger strokes the trigger.

"Let me do it, sir. Just let me do it. I don't know what they're doing, but I don't think it matters anymore. Just let me do it."

[Harri-chan]

Claudia lifts her rifle and takes aim at the blue creature as she watched the pilot being swallowed up inside the pod. Her brown eyes glance towards Paula and Hawkins, widening a little. "You wait for your orders, puppy dog, I'm saving your friend!", she hissed, and then rushed passed them before, trying to swing her rifle upwards to catch the alien beneath the chin with the butt of it.

[Knight Errant]

Hawkins nods. "Take her out." He blinks as Claudia rushes forward. "Wait, what are you doing?"

The blue woman brushes the gun aside with ease, grabbing Claudia and whirling her around to hold in front of her. She has... inhuman strength!

She smiles at Hawkins and Paula, as Hawkins draws his pistol... scowling.

[Haylie]

Knowing a change of situation usually nullified the last order, she held her fire, but God, it took all she had. "Dammit, you IDIOT!" She tried to slide around to the alien's side so she could open fire. Maybe she'd graze the merc, but if that's how she reacted to the situation, she deserved about anything she was gonna get.

[Evra]

chris watches shocked at the speed and strength of these ... things as he thinks for a moment "wait a minute if they came in thr... damnit he says and looks up at the cieling holding his gun (:P )

[Harri-chan]

Claudia's rifle slips through her hands, and goes spinning across the floor after being brushed aside by the blue woman. The bounty hunter's eyes widen as the hands grasped at her battered body armour, looked stunned at the strength of the creature. As she was spun around to face Hawkins and Paula, with her back pulled against the creature's chest, she tried driving her elbow backwards into the blue-skinned woman's stomach!

[Knight Errant]

The blue woman watches Paula warily, shifting her human shield a bit as Paula tries to flank her. At Claudia's elbowing, she 'oofs' quietly, but dosent seem too concerned. Instead her gaze goes to Claudia she says something in a strange language, her tones soothing with just a hint of reproach. She moves a hand to Claudia's neck, and Hawkins and Paula can see the blue tendrils extending and piercing Claudia's neck. The bounty hunter hardly feels anything... but soon she feels sleepy, her will to fight draining away.

Hawkins looks on, his face grave. Soon he comes to a decision. "Claudia. Dont move."

He lifts his pistol, the blue woman having enough time to look up at him curiously before he fires a single shot... landing it right between the eyes of the alien. She falls backwards, going limp as her grip and tendrils fall off of Claudia.

Meanwhile, looking up Chris would see there are indeed holes in the roof! But it looks like a few of them have been patched already... hmm...