She had to get through the main door at to safety. This area, designed for aliens and the T-Virus was separated from the main base by a yard thick pressure door. The door was made out of armor grade carbon steel reinforced with a complex monofilament weave, and then sandwiched in between thick layers of Ceramic poly-laminate armor specially designed to resist acid. The end result was a door that was virtually indestructible and could shed off an alien's acid blood like water off a duck's back.
Nanami cursed loudly as she approached. It was closed! There must have been a power failure in the central complex. When main power failed, every door in the place has its power cut off and automatically locks.
"Damn, damn, DAMN!"
She had a "key", a small portable power cell that would open the door, but it took forever to open and time is what she DID NOT have!
She skid to a halt, and all but threw the cover off the door's "keyhole". From around her neck she pulled her emergency power key and plugged it in. Immediately the motors that lifted the 25 ton door began to grind.
Nanami began to tamp her foot nervously. "Who the hell designs a security door that takes a minute to open. Why the FUCK were these people thinking?" she exclaimed.
Nanami's blood froze as she heard the sound of something impact metal.
She glanced at the door. It was not fully open but she could duck underneath. Good enough.
She yanked her power key and rolled under the gap in the door.
It was saying open.
"Goddamn it!" she cursed, again. She'd forgotten the door stays open an additional 30 seconds to ensure that the person who used the key made it across safely.
She peered under the door and a chill went up her spine at the two approaching black forms.
She stood up and looked the panel next to the door.
She had never felt as much relief in life as she did that moment. Two beautiful, wonderful words that echoed in her soul like the song of angels.
Emergency Door Release.
She pulled open the panel, and pulled down the handle inside, with just enough time to spare. The massive armored door slammed shut with a thunderous crash, and what felt like a less than a second later, she heard two distinct but faint thuds.
She was safe.
She was wrong.
Nanami sighed, and began to walk forward, but she had to catch herself as a wave of vertigo overcame her senses.
She was forced to her knees and almost fell forward, catching herself with her hands, and vomited
After what felt like a good ten minutes, she had emptied the entire contents of her stomach onto the floor and the painful dry heaves had subsided.
"Okay..." she muttered to herself, "Could just be a natural reaction to all that stress. People have been known to puke after running, or after a life or death situation... this is both..."
She paused and forced herself to her feet. The vertigo was gone, but she felt light headed.
"Who the hell am I kidding," she grumbled. "Okay... I was exposed to the T-Virus. The vaccine has Flu like symptoms are a sign that the it is working... of course some strains of the virus have flu like symptoms to show that they're working..."
Nanami pulled out her key and looked at the next door down. "I need to get to medical, they'll have the vaccine.... Yeah. That's the plan... get the Vaccine, bur this outfit to make sure its not contaminated, get to an escape pod, and get the hell out of this mad house!"
Nanami smiled and stood up triumphantly. She had her plan, and she knew what she would do. She'd save herself! Not just from the T-virus but from this entire asylum... then she'd come back with the colonial marines and kick their asses!
But first, more dry heaves...
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