She catches it!

The blade drops from her hand, and sails through the air. Watching it intently, she reaches out with her right hand and snatches it out of the air before it goes too far. Wasting no time, Marie looks up and slashes across at the tentacle holding it. With a single strike, the beam glides through the fleshy tentacle. The tentacle, unable to fathom this quick attack, recoils as the beam slices through.

Thankfully, Marie was able to cut the tentacle off before being lifted off the ground too fast. Even still, the sudden drop is enough to jolt her. Dropped from the appendage, Marie lands on the ground with a massive thud. Her internal AI warns her of internal injuries, but Marie doesn’t give it a thought. Scrambling to her feet, Marie looks up at the mouth above her. The same frothy cum from before leaks from the damaged tentacle, as it retreats back to its “mouth”.

Taking a deep breath, Marie curses this ship and its infestation. Focusing herself, Marie quickly moves from this maintenance room. She did not want to spend anymore time near the tentacle creature above her.

Exiting the maintenance room, Marie continues towards the reactor room.