Sydney followed the marines and heard the drones thump onto the ship.  She felt the pop as the first beams cut through and blew out the environment.  She slapped the mask over her face and grimly held on to a small crease in the wall then saw the first soldier black out.<br/><br/>Without a thought she crawled forward to reach the unconcious soldier and froze in horror as he was cut into parts.  She couldn't move and her bladder let go when the beams lanced out and sliced others.  The scream of one galvanized her and she reached forward with her hand and pulled as his scream was cut off and she looked at the inside of his brain.  She gagged and pulled the corpse away from more desecration and held him crying from a slightly safer place barely around a corner from the massacre.<br/><br/>She was not ready for this!  She had no right to let these good people down!  She drew her pistol and looked at it as if it was a strange growth in her hand.  A tiny voice said<i>Aim through the mouth and up, end this now and the pain and fear are gone.</i><br/><br/>She shook her head and looked back to the battle and crawled forward.  If she couldn't save any, she'd at least go fighting these horrors.  The Generators!  Where were the generators?  She wildly looked around and saw a marine running down a corridor and blindly followed him.  She knew she was in a bad place and wanted to go home and snuggle in bed, but that was forever gone for her.<br/><br/><span style="color: navy">"If I live through this I am getting laid by the first man or woman I see god dammit."</span>Sydney did realize her comms was transmitting as she ran after the marines.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>