Underneath someone else's lucky streak; [OPEN]
[backdated to the beginning of the event, I had a big paper due so I couldn't do this right off the bat, sob.]
Claire was trying to catch up on things she'd missed while stuck in GLaDOS's mazes when the ship went dark. It didn't even take her as long as it took SHODAN to cackle about domination over the speakers for her to be up and moving around her office. She always kept a flashlight in the top drawer of her desk, just in case. Never know when you're going to need a flashlight, and since the wiring in the school was probably extremely old it was a good idea on its own.
The shotgun had been mostly a joke, mounted on the wall just in case any of the students got out of line, but she didn't even hesitate to grab it, swearing under her breath that she only had a dozen shells for it sitting in the desk. By now Boon was up from where he'd been curled in the corner of her office, and he wuffed softly at her.
"Keep your ears open, Boon," Claire murmured softly, moving back to the desk to stuff the shotgun shells into her pocket and strap the holster of her reserve 9mm to her leg. "We're about to have company." She taped the flashlight to the barrel of the shotgun, before hoisting it up and running into the hall, making a line for the front door. The biggest blessing here was that it was later in the "day" so most of the students had hopefully cleared out. The downside of this was Claire had no idea who was still in the building, so after she'd secured the front door, she started back through the building, checking each classroom, and locking up the ones that weren't already locked. She caught a glint of metal movement every once in a while out a window, but for now it seemed more like SHODAN's puppets were casing the joint. Either that or stalking her.
Claire was trying to catch up on things she'd missed while stuck in GLaDOS's mazes when the ship went dark. It didn't even take her as long as it took SHODAN to cackle about domination over the speakers for her to be up and moving around her office. She always kept a flashlight in the top drawer of her desk, just in case. Never know when you're going to need a flashlight, and since the wiring in the school was probably extremely old it was a good idea on its own.
The shotgun had been mostly a joke, mounted on the wall just in case any of the students got out of line, but she didn't even hesitate to grab it, swearing under her breath that she only had a dozen shells for it sitting in the desk. By now Boon was up from where he'd been curled in the corner of her office, and he wuffed softly at her.
"Keep your ears open, Boon," Claire murmured softly, moving back to the desk to stuff the shotgun shells into her pocket and strap the holster of her reserve 9mm to her leg. "We're about to have company." She taped the flashlight to the barrel of the shotgun, before hoisting it up and running into the hall, making a line for the front door. The biggest blessing here was that it was later in the "day" so most of the students had hopefully cleared out. The downside of this was Claire had no idea who was still in the building, so after she'd secured the front door, she started back through the building, checking each classroom, and locking up the ones that weren't already locked. She caught a glint of metal movement every once in a while out a window, but for now it seemed more like SHODAN's puppets were casing the joint. Either that or stalking her.