*Daric lay face-down, unmoving and unconscious. Voices crying out and echoing through the corridor are what he awoke to minutes later. He awoke groaning with pain. His first thought was to open his eyes and look around, but the face that greeted him caused him to attempt to scramble back. He immediately regretted the choice as the pain that exploded behind his eyes and in his ribs nearly caused him to black out. He heaved a couple of breaths despite the pain as he closed his eyes to calm himself. Getting up would not be an option so he opted for rolling over, which in itself caused him to break into a sweat.* "<em>Great, just great.</em>" *His voice sounded pained even to him. Even now all he could do was smile. Hiding in the locker wasn't so bad. He could have ended up like the poor chap next to him. He concentrated on his breathing to ease his pains and decided to lay still for a bit.*<br/><br/>*After a few more moments, he felt only slightly better. Cries of anguish and pain echoed through the ship. He felt like joining them, but he had to think. Where had he run too? Oh yeah, on of the storage rooms that branched off from the Atrium. He sighed and grimaced. Nothing medical in here, that was all in the Atrium, which meant that the nanite injectors for broken bones and such were locked down two rooms away. An old crypto lock too, so nothing but the accepted key could be used. He had such a key due to his job, nanites were very useful when cryo systems were involved. No telling which of the other techs had survived. He knew one of the nanite doctors even now was dead, because he saw him in the tank from earlier, so that meant it was even more vital that he get to that room and open it up to help the survivors. A cable overhead sparked with electricity, bringing him back to the situation at hand.*<br/><br/>*A voice cried out in the distance and he tried to yell, but only a labored yelp sound came out as the deep breath he pulled in expanded his ribs, which of course lanced pain all through his body.* "<em>Fuck this, I'm just going to lay here and wait till this shit feels better. Never know, maybe some fairy will come along and heal me of all my woes.</em>" *He laughed and his eyes teared in pain. Felt good to laugh though. Wasn't it the best medicine or something? Well nanites were, in his opinion, but who cared right now.*