<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6b/Lt_Laura_Alicia_Hicks.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Major Laura Hicks (MSF)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>Suiting up room</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> Louise, Stephen, Vlad</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Getting "briefed"</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Laura nodded to Vlad when he entered the bay. She knew everyone on the base by sight and name, although she hadn't had time to meet everyone since they had arrived. The last week and more had been spent prepping for this trip, recertifying her security team and the day to day humdrum of being the chief security officer of the colony... the Marshall, for lack of a better term. "How are you Vlad? Adjusting to Mars?" she greeted as she finished inspecting her suit. Like any special forces professional, she wouldn't trust her 'chute to be packed by anyone who she hadn't been in combat with and the E-suit was just as important in her mind. It wasn't a matter of trust, but of survival. She knew her own hands, she didn't know the machines.<br/><br/>She glanced up as Stephan strolled in and offered him a smile at his greeting, "Hiya bossman, I'm hanging in, I hear you've been busy with your whip." She winked and laughed softly before Louise spoke and Laura nodded. She sat the suit back on it's bracket and rose, "Excuse me." she said and followed her lover around the lockers.<br/><br/>She groaned into the kiss, returning it with as much passion as she was given; her hands wrapping into the collar of Lou's and pulling her closer, the time apart making it's presence known in the way that the younger woman reached down and cupped a breast, hedless of where they were, she was feeling neglected. When the kiss broke, Laura was breathing hard and grinned impishly at her lover, "Already taken care of... that was the first assignments that I made and made sure no one could get included... just you and me." She pressed her lips against Lou's again, her tongue darting in to wrestle  and another soft groan escaped her throat. When they broke again, "I saw the doctor this morning... we'll know if it took in a couple of weeks... will you still want me once I'm fat?" she asked with a grin.