The firefight continued, and Kala couldn't do much do much other than stand behind the gunners cowering.  The only reason she wasn't curled up in a ball on the floor was her being completely ready to bolt, the desire fueled by her fear.  She wanted to be out of here now.  It didn't help that she had a time limit that she could see ticking down right on the face plate of her EVA Suit.<br/><br/>She actually did fall on her ass and scrambled back when that one husk dropped down into their midst, and started attacking the other human in their group of survivors.   She had no weapon so she could not shoot at it like the others were, all she could do was back off as both the turian and Taseer unloaded on it with their avengers.  She watched as the machine was turned into swiss cheese.<br/><br/>She could barely focus on everything enough to see the pile of husks around the commander.  All she could focus on were the ones crawling across the ceiling and advancing on their group of survivors.  At the yells that they should be running, she couldn't help but add her voice to it all.<span style="color: sienna">“No shit!  I don’t even have 10 minutes of air anymore!”</span>she yelled as she scrambled to her feet.<br/><br/>It was when she turned to start running that she was just as blinded as the rest of them as the light from something hovering there, and the roar of its engines became obvious.<span style="color: sienna">“Oh shit.”</span>Was all she got out before she was suddenly pulled to the ground?  A sinking fear filled her that what had just grabbed her was another one of the husks.  It spurned her to start struggling before she realized that what had grabbed her had three fingers, not five like the husks did.  It was Shira.  She couldn't hear much of anything over the roar of the shuttles guns.<br/><br/>Finally the thunder ended and she could hear what everyone was saying.  With Shira, Kala stood up again and watched what was happening.  Saw that Falkris actually climbed out of the pile of husks, still alive, much to her surprise and relief.  But then everyone started to run in to try saving the turian.<span style="color: sienna">“Wait, what are you… shit… this is not happening…”</span>she cursed as she backed further down the ramp to be in the cover of the shuttle.  But she had to help some how and from safety.<br/><br/>Immediately she opened up her omnitool and began working on something.  Connecting to the terminal she had attached the power cell to get the lights.  She should be able to reroute the power.<span style="color: sienna">“You all better hurry, I’m shutting the doors!”</span>she yelled as they began moving back her way and the lights were starting to lose power.  to was being diverted to the doors which started to close slowly.  She was hoping to give them some cover.<br/><br/>Once they reached her, she couldn't miss the husks jumping down on the shuttle.  Seeing everything that was going on, Kala just seemed to have a mantra of cursing, repeating every one she knew as they moved.  She just wanted to get out of there.  She had 5 minutes before she ran out of air.<br/><br/>It was when she noticed the husks also assaulting the Asceron and trying to get onto their ship.<span style="color: sienna">“Oh god… “</span>she muttered, but didn't stop running towards the ship, she could still hear the shuttle firing and saw some husks explode.  They had cover.  She just tried not to notice all the Husks around them.<br/><br/>When they finally reached the Ascheron, Kala didn't hesitate to dash up the ramp and inside.  She didn't even bother stopping at the defense line.   All she could see was the timer counting down before she would suffocate on the atmosphere.  And on top of that, the image of the face of the Husk that had been on top of her was flashing on the top of her mind.  She was making a b-line to the elevator which she knew would act as an airlock.   Plus, at the moment, she didn't want any of them to see the signs that she had been crying when she was about to be killed.  She had been trying to look tough, that would completely ruin the image.<br/><br/>…………………………………….<br/><br/>Darion kicked a husk back that had been charging at him, sending it tumbling into hoard that had been charging at him.  The weight made a group of them fall over, and take out another one with a round through the skull.  It had been trying to join those that had been attacking Maethis.  It also gave him a chance to get  into the doorway to hold them off, and hope to get them off of.<br/><br/>As soon as he was there and holding him off, he heard the fast past rattle of her auto mattock.  And with it he noticed his shields flare up bright blue one, forcing him to turn to see what had happened.  Seeing Maethia on her back with one husk torn to shreds.  Making quick work of the two others that had snuck in while he was trying to get here Darion motion for her to hurry.  He couldn't leave the doorway or they would get in again.<br/><br/><span style="color: Seagreen">“Maybe they just agree with me, you are beautiful, and they want a piece of you like that.”</span>Darion said jokingly before starting to move again with her behind him.<br/><br/><span style="color: Seagreen">“Move, through the fire.  Fast as you can, everyone is converging on the Ramp.  Move!”</span>He yelled, not even bothering to try making a joke now.  They had to get out now!<br/><br/>With that he ran straight at the flames and jump through them and moving, his rifle firing as fast as he could, taking the husks out as he moved, trusting Maethia to follow after him.  He didn't have the time to wait much more than a few seconds covering her.<br/><br/>As soon as he got to the area that Firas and Sorv were covering, he ran all out to get to the ramp.  Once he reached it he ran up the ramp and started up to a point close to Sorv before turning and starting to take potshots with his rifle, aiming for heads where he could, and covering the girls as much as he could when not reloading as soon as they came into view.<br/><br/>Beyond that, most of the fight became basic military, defending the position until their way out was open.  As soon as Firas was moving up the ramp Darion did the same until they were in the airlock.<span style="color: Seagreen">“Fire in the hole!”</span>he yelled a moment before activating his last grenade and rolling it down the ramp behind the last people up it.  He hoped it would give him a chance to set up a way to close the whole thing.  It followed the ones trying to get at sorve, and him dropping a grenade into them all.<br/><br/><span style="color: Seagreen">“Cover me a second.  Putting some explosives into the airlock.”</span>He yelled as he put his rifle on the maglock in it’s mag lock before pulling out the block of plastics he had brought and the detonators.  Taking a knife he cut the block in half and poking a hole in the side of the packages.  Each one he stuck to the wall of the airlock and push a detonator into each.  He used his omnitool to activate the timers on the detonators, and this he synced with everyone’s omniools.  They would all know how long they had before they blew.  He took less than 30 seconds to do all this before he joined the others in getting ready to go.<span style="color: Seagreen">“10 minutes to get our asses out of here.  That should bring this cavern down on their heads.”</span>He didn’t even need the lights to get those ready.<br/><br/>Even as the light died, Darion didn’t care as he instantly turned on the light on his rifle and ran to the crawler, plus the light from the outside fires and his grenades thrown down the ramp was enough that he could see.  He turned and fired into the mass trying to get through his flames. Before starting to back and then braking to run to the escape vehicle with everyone else.<span style="color: Seagreen">“Sorv, can you close the doors to the site?   I don’t want them messing with those explosives until it is too late and we are out of here!”</span>he stated as he climbed into the bed of the vehicle and took a knee to begin firing any that tried getting into where they were.  Any that found a way around the ramp.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>