Grimacing to herself, she raced from the bridge at the report from the internal motion sensor - this could only mean one thing! She stopped at the weapons locker to grab a power-staff.
The report had come from deck 79, deep in the farthest reaches of the cargo area. Her blonde hair whipped around her as she ran from the Turbo-Lift, slowing only as she approached the grid reference from whence the alarm had come.
Rounding a corner, she skidded to a halt as she came face to face with it. Acidic spittle sprayed from its lips as it roared through yellowing fangs, its fetid breath nearly enough to bowl her over. Four long arms reached to pull her closer as it lurched from the darkness toward her.
Suppressing a shudder, she aimed her staff weapon and fired one burst. The monster convulsed once, then wailed as it dissolved into a cloud of monster-molecules.
"Damn varmints" she muttered as she flicked a monster-bit from her reflective spandex. She shook her head, turned around and headed back to the bridge... "They get into everything - They're worse than bloody cockroaches!"
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