Wei-Li Uncrated Unit two and began breaking it down so she could get to the problem.  It was amazing how relaxing breaking apart a peice of equipment could be.  She was about to open the solvent bottle when she heard something behind her

Kyron froze just inside the doorway to the shuttle.  The new passenger was there working on something.  He couldn't let her get in the way.

He slipped in behind her, shifting his grip on his gun.  As she started to turn, he became ruthless, pistowhipping her with the gun butt.

He listened carefully as she dropped to the ground and smiled.  Some people were so trusting.

He moved to the controls and got to work.  He didn't have much time.
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Kyron quickly sat behind the controls his fingers flying over the buttons, then he leaned under the terminal and quickly found the wires he was looking for.  He gave a quick tug and a few sparks flew as he pulled the wires out, and then reconnected them.  Nice thing about this older ships is that they were so easy to sabatoge.

He then looked at the girl lying on the floor, too risky to leave her there in case someone walked by, glancing at his watch he still had a few minutes before Destiny picked up the delayed signal.  He grabbed her under the arms and pulled her under the bench in the shuttle - out of site.  Kicking her slightly to force her all the way hidden.

Wei-Li groaned as she opened her eyes and tried to keep the shuttle from spinning around her.  She remembered the impact, and then, she was pretty sure she'd lost consciousness.

Then... she was being dragged... Kyron.. It all came back in peices.  She had to warn the others...

She pushed herself out from the wall, and tried to stand.  She felt something tucked up her sleeve and smiled, his mistake.  She staggared towards the door, trying to figure out how to warn the others.

It was still coming to her in peices... A scream... the room listing to the left, and then to the right...

She moved forward, afraid it was too late.

Wei-li looks up, startled at the sound of gun fire.  "This can't be good," she thought.

She forced herself to move.  She had to get somewhere.. the shuttle was a dead end.

---- To Cargo Bay ---->  (a little shakily)

---> From Dining Hall

With Kyoko's support, Rhaef dragged his body into the second shuttle. His leg screamed in pain, and he pretty much was running on fumes, he collapsed into one of the seats, exhausted.

   ((From: Dining hall.))
   Lei stepped into the shuttle, and immediately went to the bulkhead on the far side. She leaned with her back against it, and slid down until she was sitting against it. She drew her knees up, and sat there staring at the floor in front of her.

Geoff entered the shutle slowly after Lei and moved to stand next to where she sat. He leaned back against it, hoping to keep the knife sheathed behind him hidden from view, and kept his eyes on the man who had herded them in here. If he slipped up even once, Geoff would make him pay and pay dearly...

---- From Cargo Bay ----->

Kyoko helps Rhaef to the bench and then looks around for the first aid kit.  "Rhaef.  I need you to try and stay awake. I'll be right back.

She moved to the front, grabbed the kit and came back, opening it and getting to work stopping the blood flow.

As kendra reaches the door way of the shuttle, Kendra pauses turns to look back at kyron and walks forward.
(She tries to position herself facing kyron and so that she could possibly get of a shot-he'd have to let Acacia go, even if it were to toss her in here-all she needed was a second)

Rhaef grimmaced with a grim smile, "Stay awake, Kyoko, the pain pretty much assuring me of that."

Kale was the last to enter the shuttle, eyeing Kyron/Datton coldly as he did, his mind racing, trying to come up with something, some plan to get them out of this.  However the gun was still pressed firmly to Acacia's temple - there was very little he could do.  So he joined the rest in the shuttle.

Kyoko gave him a gentle smile.  "Don't be a smart ass.. and help me get your pants off so I can clean your wound"

Her tone was teasing, but it was clear she was concerned.
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Kyron waited for everyone to get on the shuttle and then said, "Oh and Captain, if you could kindly launch the shuttle for me, I'll stay here until you have - wouldn't want to miss seeing you off.  Bon voyage!" he said with a smirk.

Rhaef grimmaces back and removes his suspenders and then unbuckles his holster and undoes his pants. He can feel the fabric ripping away from the wound where the blood had soaked in. It was creating a whole new wave of pain.

Kale casts one last angry glance at Kyron and closes the shuttle doors.  He doesn't say anything to the rest of his crew, he can't even bring himself to look at them as he heads to the shuttle controls.  How could have been so stupid, how could he have gotten them into this mess.  He took a seat, looked at the controls and frowned.  Kyron had done a number on them.  He didn't know much about mechanics but something told him that once they launched they'd be dead in the water.  There was nothing for it though.  He hit a button and the engine roared to life and then they were shooting out into the black - and for the first time he didn't feel like he was heading home.

Kyoko puts a hand on Rhaef's shoulder and helps him finish getting his pants clear of the wound.

"Looks like it missed anything vital, she told him as she began cleaning the wound.  "Didn't hit the artery."

She knows it's little consolation, but at least its something.
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"Well that's good to know. I'll live long enough to die when our air runs out." Rhaef replied with a morose laugh, his gallows humor returning.

Kendra paces, shuffles her feet-She yells, "I couldn't even get a shot off!  Ben tian sheng de yi dui rou!" she bows her head down and puts her palm to her forhead.

Kale was right - no control now that they had taken off.  "Ai ya wo men wan le." He looked back into the shuttle. "Is Rhaef okay?" he asked.  He sure wish he had Charlie right about now, but Rhaef was the next best thing, maybe he could try to make something of this mess that Kyron had made out of the shuttle controls.  "If he can move I need him up here."
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Kyoko gives Rhaef a chiding smile.  "We still have air, which means we still have hope," she said.

Then turned towards Kendra, her voice quiet but firm. "Kendra.. you're using more air doing that..."

"noted" Kendra murmers,looking at Kyoko. She leans up against the wall and slides down, sitting with a thud. Knees drawn up towards her chest.
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   After listening to the shuttle's engine's fire, Lei climbs to her feet again. Destiny wasn't a big ship, but the shuttle was tiny. Too small, and too crowded. She tried not to look at how small. If she didn't know, she wouldn't be able to work out how little air there was. Lei didn't want to know how little there was...
   Lei crept towards the front of the shuttle, and looked at the control panel from a distance.

Rhaef hears the Captain as Kyoko finishes cleaning the wound and applying a makeshift bandage. "On my way, Cap." He adds with a determined grit, as he crawls/limps to the controls. "What can I do, Cap?"