Who needs realistic goals when you have tenacity? [OPEN]

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It had literally been a day after being released from GLaDOS (oh, she was going to give that bit of AI a piece of her mind, no doubt ... ) when it started. The message from Shodan, the ship shutdowns, the robots ... one AI for another, great. Just her luck, right? But there was a problem with this situation: the medbay was under her control. Martha could sit back and allow other places to be taken (albeit with much anger and gnashing of teeth) but the medbay was not one.

So she set out with one stupid goal in mind: get into the Medbay. Yeah, thinking it out only went so far, and as smart as Martha knew she was she was also tenacious as hell. At least she could grab some supplies, maybe smaller equipment, something to help the people in need. She walked around the entire Earth in a death-zone, how hard could a trip to the Medbay be?

Currently hiding behind a convenient outcropping of the ship, listening for the disappearing metal footfalls of some robotic creature, and trying to keep her heart rate and breathing down, it would likely be much harder than she thought. Maybe she could use some help.

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[windwitch]

Maxine was concerned, admittedly, about Medbay, herself. She didn't work there, and she didn't know how much help she could be, but that was a pretty obvious place to try and secure. People were going to get hurt, as much as she hated to think it, and they needed to be able to help them. And Medbay was obviously going to make or break a good part of that effort.

She was totally on foot, conserving what little power she could muster for her abilities, and she saw another woman near by, whom she recognised. She sidled over, eyes darting around the hallways to make sure she wouldn't be seen. "Are you going for Medbay too?"

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Martha didn't think anything else could make her jump again, but the sudden appearance of another woman proved her wrong. It was only a mild jump, though, and her heart didn't skip this time.

It took her a second to recognize the other, but when she did she let out a small sigh. Maxine, right.


"Yeah, at least trying. It's worth a shot."

[windwitch]

"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to startle you or anything..." Maxine frowned. It probably wasn't a good thing to accidentally creep up on people, considering everything that was going on. It was really terrible...

Maxine nodded. "I don't know if I can help, but I have to try, right? If we got Medbay back then we'd have a lot of invaluable resources. And if people are hurt-- which I guess is most likely-- then the space will be good to have..."

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"Exactly what I was thinking, great minds think alike right? The only problem is getting in ..."

She paused in thought, puzzling out the same problem she had been before Maxine had showed up. There were robots everywhere, and although she could outrun some of them to be sure (practice with the Doctor had made perfect), there was always the chance of running into more.

"Any bright ideas?"

[windwitch]

Maxine smiled faintly at the 'great minds' comment, but didn't say anything (for once). She nodded. This was definitely going to be an issue.

There were a lot to face, and just the two of them. They could call for backup, but people were dealing with a lot of their own problems elsewhere, too. This wasn't going to be easy.

"I could use my powers to deflect any attacks to an extent-- but they've been severely limited. Normally I'd be able to do a lot more, maybe even clear a path completely. Maybe if-- I could make a distraction, maybe, and give you time to get try and get through? But what if some still stay behind and go after you? I couldn't let that happen."