"Guys--guys!" Oh jeez, this is happening. She'd regret her choice of negotiating partners except there were so few options at this point that she can't really think of an option besides just not having invited anyone else, which would have been really stupid if it turned into a fight anyway.

Marina turns her radio on and blasts silvery liquid metal on the ground. In an instant, she's an octopus, cutting through the metal like a fish in water (or an octopus in water, maybe).

If she can get to Venus and the radio first, maybe this doesn't have to be as bad as it could be.