Ashton listened to the girl, head tilting a little to the side as she processed the information given. Pondering for a moment before nodding her head in response to her question. Soon her gaze saw Duncan coming over, giving a bloody thumbs up. She mildly frowned with disapproval but understood the situation. Despite her profession, she didn't enjoy killing unless necessary. Still, they were SeeD members who were in a life threatening situation and could hardly afford and mishaps. Even the woman she knocked out was still a risk if she were to wake up and set the alarm. She may be out for a hour or so, but the tall woman was unsure if they would be long gone by then.

Nodding in response to Duncan's 'All Clear' sign, she turned her gaze back to the woman, glancing back and forth between the two as they spoke. Duncan seemed to recognize her and she responded in turn as she corrected the man on her name. Even without Duncan's order to let SeeD member Grants out, Ashton still would have released her. Her words didn't sound false at the very least. Then again she was known to be soft. Fumbling with the keys, she unlocked the cell before ripping the jackets sleeves before using the cloth to tie up the guard and gag her. Putting her into the cell and closing it. Ashton would of probably taken the guard's clothes, but they were much too small to fit her. Locking it, the dirty blonde looked to Minerva as she asked for good news. 

Giving a slight thoughtful look, she lifted her right hand flatly, shaking it a bit in a so-so manner, leaning more downward manner meaning that things didn't really go well. Thinking for a moment, she handed the SMG to Duncan, then the baton to Minerva. Allowing to get at least some decent equipment. Ashton felt better with her rifle. Although she was a sharp shooter and could still aim pretty well with any gun, it felt extremely uncomfortable from what seemed like a significant downgrade in accuracy when using a SMG compared to her sniper. Duncan would probably find better use for it. After, Ashton glanced up before raising her hands. Tapping her left index and middle fingers against her right wrist as if trying to tap a watch. Before crossing her arms in front of her to form a 'X' then pointing to the stairs then upwards.

Getting into a crouch, Ashton carefully tried sneaking back to the stairs. Slowly moving up them and carefully checking her corners. It seemed at least those guards were mostly in charge of this floor. Ducking behind a box, she peeked around the corner, having to crouch significantly just to stay out of sight, and spotted quite a armored door. Two guards standing by it. Looking quite bored as he rocked on his heels. Sucking in her left cheek in thought, she turned to look at her two comrades questionably.