The impact with the water jostled Maki around in her seat, causing her to curse quite audibly as the whiplash caused her helmet to impact the headrest of the seat. Her vision swimming for a moment, Maki quickly did a quick scan of the Hellcat's systems and assessed the damage she received from the fall. Her shields were down. Great. It wasn't like the only machine with any protection among them was down for the count.

Alice's words got her moving quickly. While the Hellcat wasn't exactly designed for underwater movement, she didn't have far to move. Trying to look at where the water was leaking into the Sentry's cockpit, Maki tried to use the Hellcat's arm to cover where the worst of it seemed to be happening. The other arm secured around Odin's back, the Japanese pilot put the Hellcat in full thrust upwards, trying to get the both of them above the surface before they drowned.

[color=00a651]"Alice, can you get a read on Odin's vitals?"[/color] Maki asked, more worried about saving her squadmate in the machine rather than the suit itself. Machines could be replaced, but a member of the 7th wasn't. [color=00a651]"This bastard's more trouble than he's worth."[/color] She cursed the man again as she tried to save him.

She had six Rapiers left and was down to half ammo. If they were attacked again in force, she wasn't sure she had enough to fight back effectively. The Hellcat's point defense systems had more than enough to ensure that any ground forces not supported by MAS would be cut down before they were even close enough for their weapons to be dangerous to her. What she was worried about was more experimental machines or improved Coalition Ferirs attacking. The 7th had been getting their asses handed to them by the white MAS, she wasn't sure two of them alone at less than peak condition would be able to hold out long against more of the same.

[color=00a651]"Alice, I don't want to risk tipping the enemy off to our positions by activating the distress beacon, do you think you can report our position discreetly back to the Lincoln?"[/color] [i]If the Lincoln's still there.[/i]