"Not expected to?" she replied, gripping the comm unit tighter. "The same way she wasn't expected to shoot off a round in your common room? Got some work to do on your presumptions, Captain." Getting near her wasn't a problem--Alex wasn't about to approach a being who lay smoldering along the floor. Fraggin'--footprints? The other woman had melted footprints into the metal floor.
Definitely do not get closer. "This is not coming out of my paycheck."
Alex rolled her shoulders back against the wall, attempting to relieve pain even as she revisited her last comm. Riiiight. He'd rescued her. Her 'paycheck' was alive-ness.
Supposedly.
She peered out from behind the wall panel and was surprised to see the woman standing--staring her down. What had he said? Don't look at her? Or don't let her look...
A man like him, Alex repeated silently, mouthing the words as she tried to ease out of line of sight and found there really wasn't anywhere to go until she was able to regain her feet. It was laughable, really. He'd revived her from a nightmare, fed her actual food, given her a place to stay. Most importantly, "He hasn't shot at me. So at least we're on the same page of the 'stay back' manifesto, oh temperate one."
As one might expect, and as typically happened for Alex, the other woman's response was to retrieve her weapon. Thankfully, Captain Fenris chose that moment to appear.
Once again, saving her life, in Alex's estimation. Though if he'd mentioned she might need to be more alert, she might not have needed rescuing this time. She could blame him--she didn't. If her nose hadn't been as per usual buried in tech, she would have seen the woman and the weapon, and retreated far from danger to comm him from safety.
Damn though, that suit. She bit her lip as she watched the scramble, her fingers itching more now than they had during the meal.
"Yes...explanation. When you say 'outlier'," Alex said when the battle was won and the fiery one subdued, "how many do you typically encounter on a run? I ask for statistics' sake--one does like to know if there'll be a need for a super shotgun proof suit in one's future. You know. After I make sure we're actually flight-worthy."
There were far more important questions to ask but none of them would settle into a complete sentence in her head. She knew she'd opted for cheeky in their stead and so after she stopped talking she propped her chin in her hands, sent him a sweet smile and batted her lashes.
When he removed his helm a squeak caught in the back of her throat. Gingerly pushing herself off the floor, she waited a beat to catch her breath and let the wash of pain fall back to its more recent, high threshold before she dared speak again.
"Never doubted you for a second." Another grin, because they both knew that was a lie, and to ease the fact there were more doubts in the air now than the question of his humanity.
"I'm fine. The shower helped a lot; the pain is improving. Ish. Very ish. Anyway, she had terrible aim." She jerked a thumb over her right shoulder. "Unless she had a grudge against that particular environmental sensor. In which case, excellent. But don't worry." She reached up to pat his arm. "I can fix it."
Ever curious, she took a half-turn around his suit to stare at his head. "Just checking for wires around the back," she said, the end of the sentence pitched upward with excitement as she caught a glimpse of plates. "You really are stacked. If you would..." she cleared her throat, failing in an attempt not to sound utterly giddy at the prospect of ogling more tech. Her fingers were already tracing the air as if she hadn't just watched him in action and shouldn't still concerned with her near demise. Truthfully, now that new tech had been revealed, her brain's curiosity levels would rearrange themselves to the most intriguing option before recalling DANGER. There seemed to be something wrong with the helm, for instance, and for a chance to prod at its inner workings..."I'd love a closer look. Please. If you wouldn't mind my fingers up your circuits--the suit I mean, not like somewhere more--moons, I should stop talking now--but yes, would you mind? Oh, but probably..." and there it was. Reality circled back. Alex's hands dropped as she sent an uneasy glance toward the couch where her assailant lay prone and she finished, "after."
She paused for a long moment, a reprieve that possibly was due to her self-chiding 'shut up' mantra, but then she stood on her tiptoes to peer over the edge of the furniture at a safe distance and her mouth was moving once more. "Interstellar mass murderer? Beauty queen on a rampage? Science experiment gone wrong? How did she even--she certainly didn't teleport here, and she REALLY doesn't like you. Or me. Because I'm with you. Hmm. What did you DO, Captain?" Her train of thought jumped, switching tracks with its usual efficiency and chaotic ease at a sudden snap of her fingers. She spun around to face him. "Speaking of doing, diiid you happen to remember clothes or were you too busy saving my life again?"
Definitely do not get closer. "This is not coming out of my paycheck."
Alex rolled her shoulders back against the wall, attempting to relieve pain even as she revisited her last comm. Riiiight. He'd rescued her. Her 'paycheck' was alive-ness.
Supposedly.
She peered out from behind the wall panel and was surprised to see the woman standing--staring her down. What had he said? Don't look at her? Or don't let her look...
A man like him, Alex repeated silently, mouthing the words as she tried to ease out of line of sight and found there really wasn't anywhere to go until she was able to regain her feet. It was laughable, really. He'd revived her from a nightmare, fed her actual food, given her a place to stay. Most importantly, "He hasn't shot at me. So at least we're on the same page of the 'stay back' manifesto, oh temperate one."
As one might expect, and as typically happened for Alex, the other woman's response was to retrieve her weapon. Thankfully, Captain Fenris chose that moment to appear.
Once again, saving her life, in Alex's estimation. Though if he'd mentioned she might need to be more alert, she might not have needed rescuing this time. She could blame him--she didn't. If her nose hadn't been as per usual buried in tech, she would have seen the woman and the weapon, and retreated far from danger to comm him from safety.
Damn though, that suit. She bit her lip as she watched the scramble, her fingers itching more now than they had during the meal.
"Yes...explanation. When you say 'outlier'," Alex said when the battle was won and the fiery one subdued, "how many do you typically encounter on a run? I ask for statistics' sake--one does like to know if there'll be a need for a super shotgun proof suit in one's future. You know. After I make sure we're actually flight-worthy."
There were far more important questions to ask but none of them would settle into a complete sentence in her head. She knew she'd opted for cheeky in their stead and so after she stopped talking she propped her chin in her hands, sent him a sweet smile and batted her lashes.
When he removed his helm a squeak caught in the back of her throat. Gingerly pushing herself off the floor, she waited a beat to catch her breath and let the wash of pain fall back to its more recent, high threshold before she dared speak again.
"Never doubted you for a second." Another grin, because they both knew that was a lie, and to ease the fact there were more doubts in the air now than the question of his humanity.
"I'm fine. The shower helped a lot; the pain is improving. Ish. Very ish. Anyway, she had terrible aim." She jerked a thumb over her right shoulder. "Unless she had a grudge against that particular environmental sensor. In which case, excellent. But don't worry." She reached up to pat his arm. "I can fix it."
Ever curious, she took a half-turn around his suit to stare at his head. "Just checking for wires around the back," she said, the end of the sentence pitched upward with excitement as she caught a glimpse of plates. "You really are stacked. If you would..." she cleared her throat, failing in an attempt not to sound utterly giddy at the prospect of ogling more tech. Her fingers were already tracing the air as if she hadn't just watched him in action and shouldn't still concerned with her near demise. Truthfully, now that new tech had been revealed, her brain's curiosity levels would rearrange themselves to the most intriguing option before recalling DANGER. There seemed to be something wrong with the helm, for instance, and for a chance to prod at its inner workings..."I'd love a closer look. Please. If you wouldn't mind my fingers up your circuits--the suit I mean, not like somewhere more--moons, I should stop talking now--but yes, would you mind? Oh, but probably..." and there it was. Reality circled back. Alex's hands dropped as she sent an uneasy glance toward the couch where her assailant lay prone and she finished, "after."
She paused for a long moment, a reprieve that possibly was due to her self-chiding 'shut up' mantra, but then she stood on her tiptoes to peer over the edge of the furniture at a safe distance and her mouth was moving once more. "Interstellar mass murderer? Beauty queen on a rampage? Science experiment gone wrong? How did she even--she certainly didn't teleport here, and she REALLY doesn't like you. Or me. Because I'm with you. Hmm. What did you DO, Captain?" Her train of thought jumped, switching tracks with its usual efficiency and chaotic ease at a sudden snap of her fingers. She spun around to face him. "Speaking of doing, diiid you happen to remember clothes or were you too busy saving my life again?"
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