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No problem?

That was the first thing that made Coru wonder. But it wasn't enough to make her think, nor did she have enough time to do so, before all hell broke loose. Stupidly, there was a part of her actually awed by the fact she now stood face to face with one of the Mu, and that he was cooperating so well. He had to understand they were both screwed down here. She knew it, having no communication, no real supplies, and no arms beyond the blaster...which looked like a toy compared to the rifle he carried. Damn.

For a moment, when he turned, she half expected some kind of specter face to fill the inside of his helmet. The fact that he seemed as human as she did was unsettling...to a degree. She didn't have a chance to debate whether or not this was really the case because he fired off several shots and sent her reeling. Not literally, but it took her so off guard that she panicked. It was more distraction then he'd need, her scream small but more then enough to be heard even with the rumble above them. She actually ducked her head, arms brought up, her stance changed to that of the universal 'protect yourself but get nowhere doing so' pose. He was already aiming for her and she was still in this position! A second cry was let loose as the room shook, rumbled again, and the place crumbled all around them. Coruith didn't even have a chance to think of the horror that had opened up in front of them before it swallowed her, too. Debris followed her in her descent, her blaster lost from her grip, the light from her helmet now dimmed from the dust.

"Yerick! Yerick, do you read me? We got through, we're com--"

Just in time. Nothing like having communications come back up when you've been knocked off your feet by a room caving in and having it all go down again when your hopes should be high that you'll be saved. When you've got an enemy almost in your grasp (okay, not exactly, but close enough) and possibly with something very much worth while to the entire crew aboard that cruiser up there. Nothing like it all going to hell...because a space geek found it first instead of the regiment in charge of the mission.

She prayed something soft would break her fall.