"Max! What happened?"
She listened over the comms… but heard no answer. He couldn't be dead already. She felt rooted in place, however. That sound... holovids from history in particular replayed in her mind. A signature hum that was once the hope of the galaxy... Or the bane of it.
She gritted her teeth and tried to will her feet to move. Her hands shook as she held the blaster... But then she took a deep, cleansing breath, and began to move forward. It wouldn't be long until they figured out systems were down; she had to move fast, and get to her partner. She had to make sure he was alright... but equally, she was sorely tempted to gun down the gangsters that lurked here.
She sucked in another breath, crouching as she stalked forward. As the door hissed open, she glanced left, then right down the narrow hall. Nobody yet... but that luck was gonna change real soon. She started stepping forward, when down the hall she heard voices in another room.
Voices rising in a panic.
@Nefieslab
She listened over the comms… but heard no answer. He couldn't be dead already. She felt rooted in place, however. That sound... holovids from history in particular replayed in her mind. A signature hum that was once the hope of the galaxy... Or the bane of it.
She gritted her teeth and tried to will her feet to move. Her hands shook as she held the blaster... But then she took a deep, cleansing breath, and began to move forward. It wouldn't be long until they figured out systems were down; she had to move fast, and get to her partner. She had to make sure he was alright... but equally, she was sorely tempted to gun down the gangsters that lurked here.
She sucked in another breath, crouching as she stalked forward. As the door hissed open, she glanced left, then right down the narrow hall. Nobody yet... but that luck was gonna change real soon. She started stepping forward, when down the hall she heard voices in another room.
Voices rising in a panic.
@Nefieslab