Quick footsteps could be heard echo through the vast hanger bay, from the darkness, Decius peered into the void to find five dark figures advancing towards them two ahead of the other three. They quickly became illuminated by flashes from their muzzles and bullets whizzed past, embedding themselves into the hull of the troop carrier, the midnight blue paint breaking off in little circles with a black centre. Decius was taken off his feet as one lucky, or well aimed shot found a new home in his chest. He hit the ground with bent knees pointing into the air before they dropped to the metal grated floor, and Lyra began scrambling, forcing the bleeding man against the metal of the hull, leaving a crimson trail from where he landed.
Sandra fired four shots and pulled Byryl and Bene back, Bene tripping over in the confusion, but steadying himself as he broke for cover behind one of the stacked containers, projectiles dinging against the protective barrier, Byryl cried out for his husband as Sandra pulled his head below the metal as a bullet impacted where his head and just been. Xern emptied his weapon into the small crowd of advancing enemies, knocking one to the floor, but as he forced another clip of ammunition into the base of his rifle, the figure jumped back to its feet and unleashed a fresh brutal onslaught of fire.
Soon, the three figures took up positions and ceased their advance, taking heat as they reloaded. In the midst of the bullets finding new homes, a roar erupted and ending the gunfire. Sandra, Bene, Xern, Byryl and Sykra looked on in horror, Lyra put pressure on Decius's entry wound, His blue breast armour had been removed and rested next to his bleeding body to allow her to do her work. Which incidentally would save her life.
The roar, followed by a blue figure soaring through the air, hitting the hull of the carrier above Lyra's head and landing on top of her as she worked on Decius. The dark figures turned their attention to the red creature that now chased a fleeing brown tattered figure, "Zhou, the fucker's back!" called the figure on the right, the centre figure removed his black helmet and the hatred was evident and if his eyes could cut flesh, the creature would have been stricken down to bare bone.
The red thing gained on the running ragged prey, almost close enough to swallow him whole. "Hey! Lobster!" spat the central figure as he tossed metal cylinders towards it and firing a few rounds at the bright red target. This brought the monsters attention away from its desired meal. With another chorus roar, it charged into the trio, tossing two aside that had come forward, and clamping its hideous jaw at the waist of Zhou, his upper body disappeared into the mouth of the creature. His legs went limp as they fell to the floor and out flowed the life blood that disappeared into the grated floor. Zhou's skinny torso was last seen as a glimpse as the creature flung its enormous head back and forced him further down its gullet and swallowed. The two dark figures picked themselves up, both seeing their commanders dead legs spread on the floor, they fled the hanger.
Lyra quickly rolled the stunned form of Solomon off her and began flashing a light in to his eyes, checking his pupils, they seemed fine. But he didn't respond cognitively. A bullet smacked into the hull as Xern moved forward to get a better aim and was swiped at by the creatures tail causing him to misfire. Lyra swore loudly and in her frustration slapped Solomon across the face as hard as she could. Niceties had gone, she needed him up and about for this fight. He blinked in return and kissed her tense lips with such passion, Lyra forgot about the ensuing battle and horror that got closer and closer with each passing second.
Xern was insulted by the action taken against him and planted his knife in the creatures tail, forcing enough strength into the blow it pierced the deck plating, keeping the creature pinned, only able to move the length of its tail in any direction, Xern smiled and spat at the creature, who in turn battered him with a back hand swipe, forcing him back, where he tripped over the corpse legs of Zhou, and he caught the light reflected off a metal cylinder attached to a leg pouch, still fixed to the limp leg. "Huh, wonder what this does." asked Xern aloud and pulled the pin from atop the cylinder and tossed it to the creature. Unable to flee, the red abomination was caught in a gust of blue flame that erupted a pathetic chorus scream from the creature which got quieter as the seconds passed before all the group could hear was the crackling of the burning red flesh.