[SRP] Black Sun

[Harri-chan]

Having climbed onto a counter top to reach one particular cabinet, she was now dropping back onto her feet, a first aid tin beneath her arm. "I know", she said in reply, giving her dress a tug as she went to set the box on an examination table and flipped it open. "What did they do... shoot you? I can remove bullets, I've done it before... Get over here and let me see the wound, Paula". She was pulling various items out of the box, examining them, putting several back while setting others on the table.

[Haylie]

"Don't worry about me. It's just a flesh wound. I've had worse hits than this." She grunts as she limps over to Claudia. "All I need's a pain med and I'll be fine."

[Harri-chan]

"It could still be inside you... ", protested the teenager, and looked suprised at the concern in her voice. "Even if it's not, atleast let me clean it up and bandage you". She carefully set out a bottle of disinfectant, a white gauze, a peer of tweezers, a bandage, as well as a small bottle of pills. Her brown eyes gazed into Paula's eyes for a moment, a mixture of concern and confusion, "You'll need to take your armour off... ".

[Knight Errant]

((When did Paula get injured? o.o))

Hawkins enters the room of Central Operations, Razor over his shoulder. "We came into a few... snags on the way, Bright."

Bright looks over. "No, really... where are the other two?"

Hawkins: "On their way..."

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Stryker would find without the girl doing... whatever she was to him, he slowly regains consciousness! But that dosent help the large patch of blue on his neck...

[Haylie]

(I figured when I was on my hiatus and she was unintentionally left behind. I imagine she lost sight of Hawkins at some point and had to find her way back, and on the way, she was ambushed and shot)

"I don't see the point," Paula sighed, "but fine." She began flipping clasps and switches on her white, now scuffed armor, until she was wearing the underlay, a skintight white jumpsuit with nodes that connected to the computers in her armor. That she unzipped down the front so her white bra and matching panties showed, though those were pretty unflattering.

Now the suit was off, Claudia could see just how high Paula's pain threshold was: In her upper-thigh, not her hip, was a rather nasty-looking hole, still bleeding a bit. Some of it just splattered up to her hip. Her suit must have some minimal medical protocols, because now Paula's face was screwed up with pain and she was breathing faster. "See? *Huff* It's... fine."

[Harri-chan]

"Ugh... I thought it was just the guys that tried to ignore stuff like this. You're hurt, badly". Paula stripping down to her underwear didn't seem to get any kind of reaction. There was no attraction, no jealously, something that the teenager only seemed to realise after she'd screwed the top of the bottle of pills and set it down beside Paula, "Take two... ", she murmured, her puzzled expression returning again. "Did they get you with their tentacles?", she asked as she began to dab disinfectant on the other female's thigh. She was convinced the aliens must have done -something- to Paula, to create this new, not yet understood feeling she was having towards her rival. Bending down a little, her brown eyes squinted as she nudged at the hole with the tweezers, "Is there a bullet in there?".

[Evra]

chris walks around the dropship after having layed stryker down as he dosent really seem to be doing anything

[Zoey]

Stryker breathed heavily as he regained consiousness. He couldn't believe what happened, maybe the girl drugged him? The thing is nothing was stolen, he didn't know much information so if she proded his mind unless she wanted to know where the bathroom was she got zip. He got up and rubed his sore neck, where the girl clung to him. He looked around for signs of the girl, but again found nothing. "Little alien ******" he swore getting up to his feet. "Screw this, I think I earned myself a rest..." he said to himself grabbing his belonging and going to the crew quarters.

[Danarth]

The travel through the tunnels would become more harrowing as they would approach closer to the surface. While they were underground, they had the tunnel system to fall back on, to hide in. Even with all the buildings on the surface which could provide cover, they would be much more likely to be spotted and cornered above ground, but if there were to meet up with the with marines who had come, they were going to have to risk another surface run. So far the only reason they had risked surface runs was to collect supplies left behind.

Another junction, but before they were able to cross, a thud then a loud crash from down the main corridor spooked them. Ducking back into the corridor for a moment. They would wait there for a moment before once again peering outside the door. Down the corridor that had been used for large drilling and digging equipment was now filled with twisted metal and rock after several supports had given way. Checking a digital schematic on a small device, Christian would shake his head for a moment before crossing the corridor into the next side corridor

"I told them those supports wouldn't hold for too long...seems I was right" he grumbled to himself as they made into the next corridor.

After a short while longer, they made it to an above ground, out of one of the small entrances. According to standard protocol, at least that set down by the Commander after the evacuation, told that the first place to go was the Central Ops to check for any transmissions as well as picking up sesmic updates, since they were needed to make sure the main camp was safe as they did not have the equipment to scan back at the camp. After that, they would try and find the marines, unless they had found their way to the Central Ops first.

Not that he particular wanted to go back to the Ops, after the near miss with the Last Stand against the aliens

After entering the abandoned Ops building they would make their way to Central room. They would stop outside one of the other doors to the room, hearing voices inside, clearly human, but they were going to be careful for the moment, so they retreated back a bit and hit the intercom that contacted the central Ops room.

Speaking clearly into the intercom as he held on it

"Who is in there? If you a friendly, you should be able to tell us the reg code of this colony"

[Haylie]

Paula winced as the tweezers touched the wound. "No. I managed to work it out on my own when I took care of the hostiles." She then popped two pills into her mouth and swallowed them both. "They didn't get me with those tentacle things, either. Somebody has to watch out for you and the boys."

There was mostly sarcasm, but the last sentence might have had some semblance of concern in it...

[Harri-chan]

Claudia carefully cleaned out the wound and the blood splatters, seeming as experienced as she claimed, which must have looked odd considering her teenage appearance. Placing the gauze over the hole, she unrolled the long bandage and leaned closer, her brown curls inches from Paula's mouth and nose as she wrapped it around the other girl's thigh. Lifting her head, she looked suprised at the comment about needing someone to look after her. "They've done something to you, you feel... different", she muttered as she packed away the first aid kit. "Did you bring my gun? I dropped it in the tunnel when they tried to blow us up".

[Brnin8r]

Bendak nodded, his smile receding since he would have rather started it his way. "Well that's a good thing." he said slightly disappointed, "Now. First question. Where are the other humans?"

[Haylie]

The blond soldier grunted a few times as Claudia worked the gauze, but she kept perfectly still. "It's called a rifle. Guns are toys that have no place on a battlefield. 'This is my rifle, this is my gun; one is for fighting and one is for fun'. Remember that. All I could find was a sidearm."

As soon as Claudia was done with the bandages, Paula stood up and began redressing: First the white jumpsuit, then the armor. As soon as she turned her armor's VI back on, she stood straight and strong again. "I'm telling you, they didn't get me. I got them first. And what do you mean, 'feel'? You never touched me before now."

She attached her assault rifle to her back and held out a familiar-looking pistol handle-first and a few spare clips for Claudia to take. "Don't lose it. Understand?"

[Harri-chan]

Claudia's eyes narrowed into her familiar glare as Paula recited the rhyme, "You knew what I meant.. ", she mumbled, and then watched her pull her jumpsuit and armour back on, sulking internally as she thought of her battered bodysuit, discarded on the ground somewhere out there. "I don't mean feel in that way.... you just... seem different", she said, the frustration clear on her face at not understanding what she herself meant.

She wore an envious expression as she watched Paula fix the assault rifle to her back before handing over the pistol to her, but reached out to take it. After turning it over and examining the gun, she went to slide it into clothing, but immediately realised the short, tight blue dress wouldn't have a place to store weapons, as it was meant for 'school'. "I didn't lose that last one", she snapped, the pistol remaining in her hand as she turned towards the apartment door, and then hesitated. For a moment, she seemed nervous, "You go first... I'll cover our back.. ".

[Knight Errant]

Bright sends a message to Chris. "Marine... whats the situation?"

* * * * *

Stryker could end up at the quarters near Central Operations... or in the dropship bunks... which does he head for? Meanwhile, his neck continues tingling.

* * * * *

Bright looks over at the intercom. "... I'll be damned." He goes over, hitting it. "This is Sergeant Bright of the ESF Marine Corps. We are here to save your sorry asses... unless your an alien speaking English. Then we are here to space you."

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The blue woman looks up into Bendack's eyes. "Are none." She blinks as she hears the intercomm, then looks over. "... missed some?"