Alec was the stronger of the two, and he was the one trying to get the hatch open.  That left Zoey to watch the carnage unfold with sickening clarity as the strange mass killed the first via several tentacle punctures through the body, and then promptly began slicing through the second.  All in a matter of moments.<br/><br/>Zoey had never seen such sickening, almost insane violence directed at anyone or anything.  And then it was aiming for the two of them, and it looked seriously angry.  It coiled, and pounced.<br/><br/>Zoey jumped too.<br/><br/>She lunged herself at the creature.  Well, not exactly AT the creature but more in its general direction, aiming for the fallen rifle of the soldier sawed in half, the casings actually causing her to roll across the deck faster than if she'd simply jumped and skid.  No matter, her goal was the rifle, and she would use it in a very non-traditional way.<br/><br/>When in doubt, club the thing to death.<br/><br/>That is, if the thing didn't literally rip her in half and leave her corpse behind.