Niy looked at Mia's innocent expression.
"Don't tell me- the microwave," Niy said.
Mia nodded. Both paused and stared into each others eyes for a minute before jumping to their feet and running out the door of the common room and into the navigation area. Lights blinked and alarms sounded as Niy and Mia went to different positions around an interactive command consol and started pressing buttons.
"The main drive is done," Mia shouted over the noise, "and the side propulsion units have overheated."
"If we don't shut down the main power core, the whole propulsion system will be shot," Niy hissed back.
"If we shut down the main power core we'll be stuck in space," Mia returned. "I'm switching to manual. Shut down those side units!"
Niy pressed a few buttons and slammed her fist in irritation on the consol. "Damn it," she snarled, "The controls are fried!"
"You have to turn them off Niy, the temperatures are going to crit!"
"I'm on it," Niy scowled, shoving her hand behind the consul and using force to pull out three sparking wire ends.
"-And I wouldn't have any problem doing the dishes, if someone on this ship grew a FUCKING PERSONALITY," Rezan shouted in rage the instant after the lights stopped blinking and the sirens silenced.
Niy and Mia both glared at the short, long-haired Saiyan.
Rezan was startled for a minute at the loudness of her own voice but then she frowned, realizing her bad timing and tryed to recover from her sudden outburst.
"I. You.It.How. What the hell are you staring at?!"
Mia put her head in her hand and shook it. Niy snorted in disgust and went back to the consol to diagnose the ship's condition.
"DAMN IT TO HELL," Rezan screamed and both Mia and Niy flinched at the sound of Rezan slamming the door behind her.
Niy muttered to herself in low tones as she eyed the door for a few seconds, and then went back to pressing buttons.
"Bad news, Mia- the main core must have a leak in it some where because the pressure is dropping," Niy said, continuing to press buttons. "The ventilation system is still online but without power we may have to confine ourselves to the common room in the next couple of hours." Niy looked up from the lit consol and into Mia's eyes. "We need to stop somewhere, process a complete system shutdown and make repairs."
Mia sighed and pressed a few buttons, and a hologram of a map of the part of space they were in, blinked to life between them.
"Niy this is the quadrant of space we are in," Mia said, and the hologram changed into a blank grid of yellow lines. "We are in uncharted territory. This was our last resort, remember? To escape the Hand?"
"Yes, I remember, Mia, you don't have to get an attitude, all I asked for was a location to land at," Niy hissed. "Computer, use long-range sensors and display all planets, space ports and bases on the hologram screen."
The hologram light blinked into a list of places arranged by numbers, and a grid map covered in red dots.
"The problem is that our main drive is offline, Niy," Mia said, frowning, mad that Niy was ignoring her. "Even if we found a place that was adequate enough for our needs, it would have to be far enough away for us to use the Hyper Drive and close enough for us to only use it for a fraction of a second so we don't waste anymore of the main core. "
Niy didn't react, pushing in a few more buttons onto the consol and furrowing her eyebrows deep in thought.
"Niy, listen to me, even if we do find someplace that is distance-wise okay, it might not have the level of technology we need to repair our ship. Niy?"
Niy didn't react again, the computer screen getting her full attention.
"Damn it, Niy, look at me!"
Niy glared at Mia, staring deep into her eyes. "If we have to we can make the repairs ourselves, but we need time and air. Here," Niy said pointing at the one blue dot on the screen "Is a location good enough for our purposes." Niy's finger lightly touched the screen and a picture appeared.
Mia's eyes widened as she looked at the picture, and her stunned gaze slowly made its way back to Niy.
"Do you have any idea what you are suggesting, Niy," Mia asked, her voice slowly heightening as she spoke.
"Don't tell me- the microwave," Niy said.
Mia nodded. Both paused and stared into each others eyes for a minute before jumping to their feet and running out the door of the common room and into the navigation area. Lights blinked and alarms sounded as Niy and Mia went to different positions around an interactive command consol and started pressing buttons.
"The main drive is done," Mia shouted over the noise, "and the side propulsion units have overheated."
"If we don't shut down the main power core, the whole propulsion system will be shot," Niy hissed back.
"If we shut down the main power core we'll be stuck in space," Mia returned. "I'm switching to manual. Shut down those side units!"
Niy pressed a few buttons and slammed her fist in irritation on the consol. "Damn it," she snarled, "The controls are fried!"
"You have to turn them off Niy, the temperatures are going to crit!"
"I'm on it," Niy scowled, shoving her hand behind the consul and using force to pull out three sparking wire ends.
"-And I wouldn't have any problem doing the dishes, if someone on this ship grew a FUCKING PERSONALITY," Rezan shouted in rage the instant after the lights stopped blinking and the sirens silenced.
Niy and Mia both glared at the short, long-haired Saiyan.
Rezan was startled for a minute at the loudness of her own voice but then she frowned, realizing her bad timing and tryed to recover from her sudden outburst.
"I. You.It.How. What the hell are you staring at?!"
Mia put her head in her hand and shook it. Niy snorted in disgust and went back to the consol to diagnose the ship's condition.
"DAMN IT TO HELL," Rezan screamed and both Mia and Niy flinched at the sound of Rezan slamming the door behind her.
Niy muttered to herself in low tones as she eyed the door for a few seconds, and then went back to pressing buttons.
"Bad news, Mia- the main core must have a leak in it some where because the pressure is dropping," Niy said, continuing to press buttons. "The ventilation system is still online but without power we may have to confine ourselves to the common room in the next couple of hours." Niy looked up from the lit consol and into Mia's eyes. "We need to stop somewhere, process a complete system shutdown and make repairs."
Mia sighed and pressed a few buttons, and a hologram of a map of the part of space they were in, blinked to life between them.
"Niy this is the quadrant of space we are in," Mia said, and the hologram changed into a blank grid of yellow lines. "We are in uncharted territory. This was our last resort, remember? To escape the Hand?"
"Yes, I remember, Mia, you don't have to get an attitude, all I asked for was a location to land at," Niy hissed. "Computer, use long-range sensors and display all planets, space ports and bases on the hologram screen."
The hologram light blinked into a list of places arranged by numbers, and a grid map covered in red dots.
"The problem is that our main drive is offline, Niy," Mia said, frowning, mad that Niy was ignoring her. "Even if we found a place that was adequate enough for our needs, it would have to be far enough away for us to use the Hyper Drive and close enough for us to only use it for a fraction of a second so we don't waste anymore of the main core. "
Niy didn't react, pushing in a few more buttons onto the consol and furrowing her eyebrows deep in thought.
"Niy, listen to me, even if we do find someplace that is distance-wise okay, it might not have the level of technology we need to repair our ship. Niy?"
Niy didn't react again, the computer screen getting her full attention.
"Damn it, Niy, look at me!"
Niy glared at Mia, staring deep into her eyes. "If we have to we can make the repairs ourselves, but we need time and air. Here," Niy said pointing at the one blue dot on the screen "Is a location good enough for our purposes." Niy's finger lightly touched the screen and a picture appeared.
Mia's eyes widened as she looked at the picture, and her stunned gaze slowly made its way back to Niy.
"Do you have any idea what you are suggesting, Niy," Mia asked, her voice slowly heightening as she spoke.