Several things happened simultaneously.<br/><br/>The soldier leaped off Alec, using the corner of the airlock as leverage, and lunged in a sprinter's stance for her rifle.  Rebekah, who had picked the weapon up, held it away while Alec told her to, "Let her have the rifle."  Sean sat off to the side, nursing his jaw.<br/><br/>Zoey stepped in at this point and tried to block the soldier from reaching Rebekah, but she wasn't having any of that.  The soldier's right hand swung up in a fist -- starting at her hip, rounding out the curve at shoulder height, zoning in at the last second -- and cold-clocked Zoey in the left side of her head; the momentum of her run had turned it into a haymaker.  Fortunately, Zoey's movement allowed her to bleed off some of the force: she may see stars, but she probably wouldn't lose her feet.<br/><br/>"You fucking killed them!" the soldier screamed as Zoey reeled.  She continued forward, bowling into Rebekah like a defensive lineman into a wide open quarterback.  The pair went down much as Alec and Sean had moments before.  Through the raw emotion of her tackle, an observant eye could spot the practiced skill that had been instilled via years of training: the way she planted her foot before contact, how she aimed for the stomach with a tucked shoulder, lowering her head and keeping her arms loose.  Not a movement was wasted, and her body moved with a fluid grace as Rebekah went down with a heavy thud.<br/><br/>The soldier rolled with her momentum and came up on her feet at the far end of the airlock, rifle in hand.  Her visor was cracked, and they could see bloodshot brown eyes set in a round brown face, blazing with fury and hatred and fear and pain.  Her hands released the magazine, cleared the chamber -- unspent bullets clattered to the floor -- and pointed the empty weapon at Zoey.<br/><br/>"Chris Browning and Cassie Kabiri!" she shouted, her voice molten iron.  "We had time, we had backup coming, but you killed them!  Chris Browning and Cassie Kabiri, you'll remember their names!"<br/><br/>Her finger never touched the trigger.  Upon closer examination, you might notice that she was actually pointing at the wall just to the left of Zoey.