Commander Amiee Shepard wiggles in her bed, feeling something move under the thin, brown blanket with her. She doesn't want to get up, she's warm and feels like soaking up every ounce of sleep she possibly can. Amiee decides to ignore it, pulling the blanket back up to her shoulder and again closes her eyes. The wriggle moves up her right thigh, waking her again from her much needed sleep.
"What the hell!" She screams as she throws back the blanket and stands on the foot of the bed, looking in haste for whatever trespasser has made it into the bed with her. "I know there's something in here." She starts to rifle through the blanket, eventually throwing in on the ground beside her. The sheet is in a jumbled ball, sitting by her feet. She lifts the corner and jumps off the bed leaving her assailant sitting there in all its might.
"Eeeeeek!" Aimee screamed as she moved to the couch, getting up off the floor as quickly as possible. "No fucking way! No fucking way! Edi! Thane! Someone get in here and handle this thing!" Eight eyes peered back her from the bed, inches from where she was just standing. The spider was easily the size of her hand and covered in brown fuzz. It wiggled towards the edge of the bed slowly, facing Aimee as she continued to scream out for help.
"Someone! Anyone! Get in here and fucking do something!" Amiee continued to scream as the spider looked at her with some hidden agenda. It creeped a few inches back from the edge of the bed and lunged at full force, flying through the air with ease as it landed on the coffee table in front of the couch. It squirmed for a minute from the impact of the landing, until it again peered up at Shepard.
"Nope! No way in hell!" Shepard, staying on the couch, she started to run across the sofa to get away from her brown furry friend, "Not happening! This isn't happening!" She was now on the love seat, as she stopped her haphazard run across the cushions, most of which were now laying on the floor. The spider had slowly turned while she had made her daring escape, facing her again as she stood there helpless and unprotected from its gaze.
"Don't do it! Don't you even think it." She pointed her finger at the creature, trying to negotiate with the enormous bug. The spider again fidgeted in place, looking as though it was contemplating making another jump. Shepard looked beside her, trying to find something that she could use to squash the thing without having to get much closer, without giving it the chance to pounce on her. The sight of a data pad on the floor caught her eye, the perfect size and weight for something that would squash the villain.
Slowly she slipped one foot off the edge of the couch, placing it on the floor without ever taking her eyes of the bug. The spider remained in its spot as it slowly started to rub its front two legs against one another. Amiee slowly placed her second foot on the tile, waiting for a moment before starting to kneel down for the data pad. She wrapped her fingers around the slick, refined glass and started to smile, feeling as though her victory over the evil doer was within her grasp.
"No hard feelings, but I hate bugs." Amiee beamed as she raised the data pad up over her head, preparing to squash the bug.
"Siha? I heard you calling though the communication system. I wanted to ensure…" Thane's voice was quickly drowned out by sea of Aimee's screams, as the spider used the opportunity to strike with her distracted. It leaped onto the right side Aimee's chest, causing her to dance around like she had lost her mind. She flailed her arms and bounced from one foot to another, shaking and twisting in an attempt to make the spider come loose.
"Get it off, get it off, get it off!" She screamed, each word louder than the last.
"Siha, if you… will… be still!" Thane tried to grab her several times but Aimee continued to throw herself around the room. Suddenly, Thane was able to grab her by her shoulders and pluck the spider off her chest, holding the creature around the middle as he gazed at her in bewilderment.
"I… It jumped! I was… I was attacked!" Aimee turned red as Thane shook his head at her.
"You will never cease to amaze me Amiee, you can face down something as gigantic as a reaper but something such as this can bring you to your knees." Thane goes towards the door, "No worries, I shall dispose of this for you." With a nod of his head he was gone, leaving his Siha there to calm herself down.
Aimee stood there, chest heaving in exasperation from the run around her cabin. Something told her that she had won the battle, but the war was just beginning.