Cindy

Cindy continued to dodge the incoming blows of the behemoth, but she knew she couldn't keep it up forever. She also saw bone spikes beginning to protrude from the fists of her attacker. This thing was not happy with her.

She rolled to one side, to avoid an attack, but then rolled the other, knowing the phaser was over there somewhere. She grabbed it and rolling onto her back, held it in both hands and fired.

There was a bright flash of light. She then realized that she was still in the heavy mist of the evaporating coolant. It was very effective at what it did and it caused the energy stream to cool and distort, becoming useless.

She cursed and rolled out of the way just in time as it renewed its attack. She finally managed to scramble up on top of a console and fire, just as it was reaching for her. It glowed for a second before disappearing, but she heard a thud. Looking down, she saw that the outstretched arm had not been destroyed, but had fallen to the deck.

She hopped down and then gasped in horror. The hand grew teeth and turned into a mouth, while eyes popped out of the back of the hand and looked around on stalks. Spider legs grew out of the sides of it and it began to crawl away.

She shook her head, "This bullshit has got to stop! Why won't you die!"

She then shot it, leaving only a scorch mark on the deck. She looked around to be sure she had gotten them all this time.

The computer gave an audible countdown, which brought Cindy back to the need to get to the valve. The computer was down to ten seconds. She had lost sight of the valve. She ran back over to the area she had been in and then spotted it. Jumping as high as she could, she climbed the pipe and turned the valve with both hands. Even then, it was going to take a second or two for the coolant to reach the system.

=/\=...5...4...3...*chirp*...Coolant system reactivated. Nominal flow detected. Please see diagnostic review for suggested follow on maintenance...=/\=

She gave a heavy sigh and climbed down. she looked around as she did so, hoping the worst was over.

The ventilation system was clearing out the last of the coolant now and she hoped that the others had all gotten to safety. She headed over to the Jeffries Tube hatch and looked inside to investigate. She also reached out to the sensors on the ship, trying to determine which direction the remaining intruder may have gone.

Tucking the phaser into her belt, she climbed into the tube. Someone had to do something and everyone else was occupied trying to keep the ship in one piece.

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OOC: I'm presuming she has cleared engineering, but let me know if she has not.

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XO LtCmdr Samantha Waters
Lone Wolf
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