The team ran down the hallway. Even with Crimson's efforts, time wasn't on their side. Hearing footsteps, they stepped around a corner, waiting for whoever was coming to pass. So far, no alarms had been sounded, thanks to a quick hack from Reed. He'd blocked any signals coming from the distributor maintenance center, but if they were spotted now, they could be swarmed before they knew it.
"Alabaster? That prick's aboard?" The voice of one of the guards echoed down the hall.
"Can it!" The other scolded. "You may be First Mate but he still outranks you, and with that Semblance he could be right behind us."
The man sighed. "Why's he even here?"
"If something goes wrong, he stays behind to go through with plan B so you and I don't have to." Their voices trailed off as they continued walking, not having spotted the group.
"Plan B?" Nina asked.
"We still don't even know what the main plan is." Melanie muttered.
Reed paused. "Melanie, can you get it out of them?"
She looked Reed in the eye. "But the bridge-"
"I can handle the bridge." He cut off. "Nina, go with her, you can keep an ear out while she's busy with the guard."
"Are you sure?" Nina asked.
Reed nodded. "I'll be fine. Go."
He proceeded to the bridge on his own, drawing Schultz as he approached the door. He took a breath to prepare himself, and with a simple trigger pull, Schultz lit up with electric dust. The door opened, and he dashed through, channeling electricity at everyone in the room. Everyone not wearing armor was sent flying and knocked unconscious. Those with armor had their communications fried, and likely some of their weapons. Before they even had a chance to react however, Reed was slashing away at the nearest guard, each strike delivering another electrical surge. Aiming for the gaps in the armor, it only took two hits to incapacitate the man, before Reed moved on to the next. Security had recovered from the initial shock, and tried to swarm Reed, but he was prepared. He flapped a wing into an opponent's face to stun them, before hitting them with a heavy strike. Quickly, he turned to deflect a stun baton, striking that guard in the shoulder and the leg to knock him down. When three tried to tackle him at once, he jabbed Schultz into the ground, sending a small electric shockwave to knock them off their feet, before he delivered the finishing blow to each one.
"Stay down." Reed said, sheathing his sword. "Now, let's see about stopping this ship."
He sat down behind a terminal, and attempted to access the ship's systems. A few security protocols blocked him, but he started working past them.
"I can't get into navigation or steering..." He muttered, before speaking through comms. "Course is locked in, all I can do is shut off the weapons."
He heard Crimson responding, but his voice was choppy and incomprehensible. Reed looked through the programs for a scroll jammer, but couldn't find one.
"If it's not software, it must be hardware." He muttered. "And I don't know what to shut off to fix that." He looked at the console, before sighing and standing. "At least this ship won't be dangerous to anyone that gets close...for now."
