Loretta would, by the time this was all over, greatly appreciate that she loaded her hunting shotgun with slugs rather than shot, which she saved for the sawn-off. The skittering noise's second attempt at getting attention worked for her, at which she drew her larger shotgun; buckshot spraying everywhere would be just as likely to hurt her teammates as it would her enemies, and she would<i>never</i>have that. The burst of...<i>things</i>that scuttled from the ducts only had her firing like mad, spending six shots by the time she saw the one ready itself to launch at Becca. Following it just right, Loretta fired. The slug went right in the creature's back, and put a four-inch hole through the long end of it. Though she imagined that Becca would not appreciate being coated in the thing's guts, it was better to be a little dirty than it was to be very dead.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>