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Interregnum 01-02 S2 / Re: Day 09 [15:30 hrs,] Once Upon the Island
Last post by P.C. Haring -Hathev found herself in the rare position of being caught off guard when Cross took her and kissed her. She felt the sense of being dipped and the even more welcome sensation of his strong arms supporting her. Despite the danger she almost…purred…under his touch before he fell on top of her, when the Klingons opened fire over the rail.
“We survive this,” he whispered at her, “and I’m going to fuck you.”
He pulled away from her but she grabbed him and pulled him back on top of her. “We survive this, and I’m going to hold you to that.”
As he scrambled away, they fired at him. Their shots had no chance of finding their target given the angle, but it did provide Hathev the opportunity to make crawl to the deck gun and pull herself into position.
The weapon was as old as the rest of the ship, but it’s age also made it a bit easier to figure out. Throwing the switch, Hathev heard the weapon hum to life. The hand controls were somewhat intuitive, a logical design choice given the intended usage. Even so, they took a little finessing before the turret responded as she desired.
One of the Klingons on shore took notice of the movement on the deck and turned, his disruptor raised. Hathev squeezed the trigger, opening fire the first round missed, exploding on the beach, but Hathev kept the trigger depressed while she adjusted the aim and before the fifth round fired, the first Klingon exploded.
She continued firing, strafing the beach line as her targets either fell under her fire, or retreated back inland. Vengeance, she knew was illogical but she also had no desire to allow them to regroup so she continued her assault, using the deck gun to chase her would be attackers back. Only then did she cease her attack, all the while keeping the weapon trained on the path they had used. Occasionally she fired another volley to discourage anyone from trying to charge again. She had them well pinned, but even so she continued to watch the entire shoreline to make sure they did not try to circle back around and hit her from a different angle.
All she needed to do now was make sure no one else tried to advance and wait for Cross to get the engines on line so they could get the hell out.