"Yeah... Good idea..." Should the engines go then this entire ship was going to be nothing than a floating wreck. Given their group size and the amount of supplies they now had it simply wasn't going to work out, they needed the space and resources. Losing the ship wasn't an option, not if they wanted to travel without people trying to eat one another. Damn shame that this ship was as large as it was, unless they were to fly it was going to take a moment to reach the rear where the engines were. They had to keep the pace fair slow, just in case it didn't end up being in the engine room, they didn't want to overshoot it. "I really hope this thing isn't breaking the engines... Then we're screwed."

The creature could scarcely stand at the moment, awkwardly trying to adjust its weight now that it only had three limbs. Perhaps it was lucky that the bulk of its mass was in its upper body, meaning that very little strain was being put on its remaining leg. However, with the loss of one appendage came a drastic reduction in its mobility. It could stand on its hind legs to attack but not move on them, it had to use all four in order to do that. Running now at any remotely quick speed was going to be dreadfully awkward. Seeing Viral bearing down on him once more the monster reared back on its one leg, preparing to snap its maw at him to try and stave off his attack. Seeing the attacker abruptly stop though and back off left it marginally confused, emitting only a low growl as it watched the Beastman, apparently in pain. It couldn't fathom what was going on, all it knew was there was an opening and it could get its food at last. Slamming down its arms on the ground it launched itself forwards, trying to ram its entire body into Viral and knock him down, and hopefully that pesky weapon away. Right as the distance between itself and the Beastman was rapidly closing that damn Saiyan interfered again, grabbing its prey from beneath the arms and lifting him up off the floor. Growling furiously the monster once more crashed onto the floor, skidding across and slamming into the guard rail, denting it and nearly snapping it apart. 

Vegeta exhaled thankfully as he rose up into the air, holding Viral just under his arms and well out of reach of the monster. He may have been able to stop that, but with a beast that big it would have been one hell of a collision if he'd failed. Seeing it skid across the ground he cringed as it near broke the rail, worried that if this continued on much longer there might be damage to the engines. For the ship's sake they had to finish this soon, preferably now. Since Ki was off limits the only thing he could really do was hit it and hope it died, but from his strike earlier he could feel it was an incredibly dense being, its skin felt pretty darn coarse too. Pounding away at it then wasn't going to suffice, they needed a sharp edge. Viral's machete ought to do the trick. Looking at his friend now though he wasn't too sure if the Beastman was up for the task, he looked properly exhausted. If they hoped to kill this thing without causing any collateral then it was their only real option. "Viral...? If I keep us moving can you still swing that thing? I can't break its skin, that hit had a lot of force behind it already. We need your knife to do this."

Racing right along it hardly took the squad much time at all to reach the opposite end of the ship. With no other indications that the sound had come from elsewhere they stopped outside of the engine room. Takeshi was dismayed to see yet another panel beside the door, expecting them to have to either hack it or break their way in. When he walked up to the console he was surprised then to see it was in fact unlocked, meaning someone had come by and gone in already. Frowning he looked at the door uncertainly, trying to pick up energies on the other side. As he focused in on the room he managed to find a faint spark, and with a bit more effort was able to label it as Vegeta, no question. Something else was inside there though, something he couldn't place. It felt strange, and just plain wrong, like it ought not to even exist. If he didn't know better he'd think Viral had transformed, but even then the Beastman didn't give off anything like that. It was unsettling, it felt properly dark and sinister, and feral almost. Just what in the hell was it? "Hey... You guys feel that...?"

"How can I not? Whatever that is, it's got me chilled to the bone," Kabocha mumbled, staring uneasily at the door. He too had managed to sense Vegeta, meaning that the Saiyan was inside, presumably fighting whatever in the hell it was. He needed their help, they couldn't sit here and just gape at the door all day. Moving to stand in front of it he swallowed back some nerves, stretching his arms out and rolling his neck before looking at Takeshi. "Open it up boss, we've gotta get in there."

Out of reach, now both of them were out of reach. Damn that Saiyan, and damn the Beastman for being able to fly. There was a pit forming at the beast's stomach as it stared up at the two, mouth watering in anticipation. Just one, that's all it needed. Just one and then it would slink off and recover. How was it going to get them down though? It couldn't blast them, the Saiyan had a reply for that. Voicing its frustration in a loud, shrill shriek the monster crouched down, readying to launch itself up at the two to try and drag them back down to its level. While pressed low against the floor it became distracted by something, swiveling its head to look at the doors leading out of the engine room. There were more scents, more prey, more chances to have a meal. Anticipating the doors opening it turned its unsteady frame around, aiming right for the door as it began to pull apart. Once the opening was large enough for it to fit through it barreled forward, growling ferociously with it's eyes set on Kabocha, trying to just get its jaws locked on him and tear off something, anything to make itself heal.

"WHAT THE FRIG?!" Kabocha shouted, staring wide eyed at the monster charging at him. No time to move, no time to dash off or even try to blast it. Stuck where he was he instinctively swept a leg back and balled up his right hand, throwing forward a hard jab right at the monster. Catching it between the eyes he winced as he felt his arm lock up, closing his eyes and gritting his teeth. The monster was knocked back from the strong blow, tumbling backwards head over heels and finally ending up awkwardly splayed on its back. Opening his eyes when he noticed he wasn't freak food he blinked in confusion, looking down at the monster then his hand, wincing seeing his hand all scraped up from hitting the rough skin of the beast.

Takeshi had only just seen the monster come out, but it was more than enough to get an idea of what they were up against. The engineers had been pretty accurate in their frightened description, it was definitely not something they had encountered before. This feeling of dread that accompanied the beast was nothing like they had seen, and he could have sworn that its mouth had looked... Well it almost looked like space did just outside the window. It was a relief that Kabocha was fine, save for the scrapes on his hand, but he'd live from those. Exchanging a baffled look with his friends he hurried over into the doorway, surprised to see Viral and Vegeta up in the air over the monster. What the heck was going on in this ship?