"Time, backup?" Alec snorted. "What we<strong>had</strong>was a plane staying in the air in much the same way as bricks<strong>don't</strong>and a creature that was doing a splendid job of evicerating anything it touched," he added, after the other man was done speaking. "You'll notice that when we got in here the people on the other side of the door were telling us to ditch the cabin. Help wasn't coming." It might come across as heavy-handed, both of them ganging up on her like this, but they needed this soldier to pipe down before she hurt someone properly.<br/><br/>He sighed as he moved over to the woman who'd taken the punch. He placed a finger under her chin to gently move her face towards the light so he could check the inevitable bruise. Alec shrugged out of his overcoat, shrouding the woman's shoulders with it.<em>Wouldn't have minded having GI Jane here on the RE boxing team...</em><br/><br/>Turning, he faced the commando again, unflinching in the face of her anger. "So, yes, Browning and... Kabiri? Am I saying that right? They're dead. If the fall doesn't get them that thing will. But they'd have been dead if they stayed. And so would you. And who would remember you? We don't even know your name."<br/><br/>He looked to the other four, thinking that while he was going he may as well continue. "Alec Llewellyn, by the way. I'd like to say it's been a pleasure meeting you, but..." He gestured lamely towards the hatch.