It had been a complete accident that she had been alone in the first place.
In the short while she'd been on the Tranquility, she'd found herself getting better accustomed to her frequent treks to the Medbay, and had actually managed to get from point A to B without getting horribly lost, so there was that.
For the work itself, she found she was enjoying it, the people were interesting, and she liked having something to do that didn't feel like it was nothing. It had taken her a bit to catch up, the technology was beyond what she'd been trained in, but she'd seen stranger things than a surgery that could run itself, so she figured she was alright in the long run.
Martha had taken a late shift, or what could be assumed was a late shift, space was always a bit relative, and so had found herself in a near deserted Medbay on her way out. Regardless, she'd peeked in to say goodbye before heading off to the last few on shift, to let them know she was leaving.
Then she must've taken a wrong turn, or possibly the elevator hadn't understood her, or she hadn't understood it, but either way, when Martha looked up from reading over her Comm, she didn't recognize a thing.
Sure, it was close enough, the color was right and all, but the turns were wrong and Martha stopped.
"What in-…." She paused and turned back to look in the direction of the lift, uncertain, and the Comm began beeping, the hazard warning clear across the screen.
She decided it was clearly time to leave and with a look over her shoulder, she hurried back to the elevator, trying to signal it back, hoping the creeping sense of something watching was just paranoia and had nothing to do with reality.
That was about the time a scratching came from somewhere down the hall, like metal on metal, Martha stopped again, and looked towards the noise, her eyes widening as the sound came closer. There was something there, Martha was sure. She tried to call the lift again, a little more urgently this time, and put her back to the lift door, ready to step back if it opened.
"Hello? Is anyone there?" She asked looking off into the shadows, trying to catch a glimpse of what was coming.
The scraping got louder and Martha took a deep breath trying to stay calm as a shadow moved at the edges of the dark, one of the panels casting enough light to tell something of a shape, enough to know it didn't walk on two legs.
The doors behind her finally opened and she stepped back with as she saw the shadow move again, disappearing into the dark. Just as the lift's doors slid shut, there was a massive clang, and a loud screech like nails on a chalkboard, enough to rattle the lift door, and knock Martha to the wall.
As she stood there, leaned against the panelling, she turned on the comm, hoping she was correct in having reached security, she hit a button wrong twice due to shaking fingers, but she did eventually get through.
"I don't know where I- I'm not quite sure what happened, but something just tried to attack me. I didn't get a good look at it," She said. "But it shook the whole lift. "
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Date: 2013-05-11 04:29 am (UTC)In the short while she'd been on the Tranquility, she'd found herself getting better accustomed to her frequent treks to the Medbay, and had actually managed to get from point A to B without getting horribly lost, so there was that.
For the work itself, she found she was enjoying it, the people were interesting, and she liked having something to do that didn't feel like it was nothing. It had taken her a bit to catch up, the technology was beyond what she'd been trained in, but she'd seen stranger things than a surgery that could run itself, so she figured she was alright in the long run.
Martha had taken a late shift, or what could be assumed was a late shift, space was always a bit relative, and so had found herself in a near deserted Medbay on her way out. Regardless, she'd peeked in to say goodbye before heading off to the last few on shift, to let them know she was leaving.
Then she must've taken a wrong turn, or possibly the elevator hadn't understood her, or she hadn't understood it, but either way, when Martha looked up from reading over her Comm, she didn't recognize a thing.
Sure, it was close enough, the color was right and all, but the turns were wrong and Martha stopped.
"What in-…." She paused and turned back to look in the direction of the lift, uncertain, and the Comm began beeping, the hazard warning clear across the screen.
She decided it was clearly time to leave and with a look over her shoulder, she hurried back to the elevator, trying to signal it back, hoping the creeping sense of something watching was just paranoia and had nothing to do with reality.
That was about the time a scratching came from somewhere down the hall, like metal on metal, Martha stopped again, and looked towards the noise, her eyes widening as the sound came closer. There was something there, Martha was sure. She tried to call the lift again, a little more urgently this time, and put her back to the lift door, ready to step back if it opened.
"Hello? Is anyone there?" She asked looking off into the shadows, trying to catch a glimpse of what was coming.
The scraping got louder and Martha took a deep breath trying to stay calm as a shadow moved at the edges of the dark, one of the panels casting enough light to tell something of a shape, enough to know it didn't walk on two legs.
The doors behind her finally opened and she stepped back with as she saw the shadow move again, disappearing into the dark. Just as the lift's doors slid shut, there was a massive clang, and a loud screech like nails on a chalkboard, enough to rattle the lift door, and knock Martha to the wall.
As she stood there, leaned against the panelling, she turned on the comm, hoping she was correct in having reached security, she hit a button wrong twice due to shaking fingers, but she did eventually get through.
"I don't know where I- I'm not quite sure what happened, but something just tried to attack me. I didn't get a good look at it," She said. "But it shook the whole lift. "