Characters: Laura Cadman
Prompt: explosives, Laura Cadman


Laura listened to the sounds down the corridor; the fighting, the bullets that hit target or bounced off the walls. She listened to the screams coming closer, yet her concentration was on her hands which were attaching C4 to the door in front of her. Her fingers kneaded the clay into small shapes. Her marine colleagues had often joked about her explosive artwork but Laura'd always done the job right when something needed to go boom. She searched her vest pockets for the detonator and set the small charges. She glanced over her work, admiring the stars and moon she'd created. Orion was her favorite constellation and as such it took an important position on the door.

Cadman nodded satisfied, stepped back to the corner and signaled her team mates to take cover. "Fire in the hull!" And at once Orion blew a hole to freedom for them. She vaguely registered her team running past. She briefly admired her explosive work and then hauled ass to the gate.