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Post by Blackout on May 12, 2008 18:17:23 GMT -5
Arriving at the coordinates specified by Shockwave, Blackout descends, lowering Eye-Fire gently to the ground. Scorponok disconnects, dropping to the ground and unhooking the makeshift bindings from Blackout's cargo hook. The big chopper then transforms, setting down beside the wounded sniper and beginning to unwrap the bindings.
"Shockwave will be here shortly to begin repairs," he rumbles, guessing by Eye-Fire's previous reactions that he's not deafened.
Scorponok dives into the ground, burrowing away to begin keeping watch, both for Shockwave's arrival and for any other approaching parties.
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Post by Victoria Raines on May 12, 2008 22:13:29 GMT -5
It does not take Shockwave long to reach the coordinates he specified, considering they were but a stroll away from his encounter with Perceptor.
He is in clear view down an alley way for a few minutes before he reaches the the pair. As he looks down at Eye-Fire, Shockwave shakes his head.
"If your reality had a Primus, Eye-Fire, I would ask what you had done to offend him. It seems to be your lot in life to be in constant need of a medic."
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Eye-fire
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Post by Eye-fire on May 13, 2008 1:56:14 GMT -5
"Blame whoever.... coded my survival..... programming sir. I think they left some out." Eye-Fire says weakly when he hears Shockwave. He sounds about as close to relief as he can get.
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OOC: Skippable unless questions are directed agianst him.
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Post by Blackout on May 13, 2008 6:21:55 GMT -5
Blackout finishes unbinding Eye-Fire, looping the cable neatly and setting it aside. He then stands back to give Shockwave room to work. He has a few minor injuries of his own, but Eye-Fire's are obviously more critical. Blackout can request his own repairs once the sniper is stabilized.
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Post by Victoria Raines on May 13, 2008 22:27:13 GMT -5
"Hrm."
Once Blackout is out of the way, Shockwave sets to work stabilizing Eye-Fire as best he can. He clamps off the torn fuel and assorted other lines first, keeping what fluids that are left in the sniper. Only after that does he adjust a few key pain sensors in Eye-Fire's chest and gun arm so that Eye-Fire is perhaps in slightly less agony. Only slightly less though; Shockwave isn't adjusting the sniper's entire network.
A few checks, some pokes and prods, and Shockwave says, "There is little enough I can do in such a setting, and with limited resources. If the Autobots are as intelligent as they are foolishly courageous, they will be going to ground soon. We'll be setting up a triage center then."
Because certainly, no one here actually expected to completely destroy the Autobots in one fell swoop? That would make for almost as horrid an ending as having your comic book canceled mid story arc.
"I will do what patches I can, reroute systems so you can subsist on minimum energon until we can properly repair you." Shockwave turns his head, gives Blackout an appraising glance. "And then I will tend to you."
OOC: Assuming by virtue of Eye-Fire being in pieces and requesting/desperately needing repair, that Shockwave can manipulate Eye-Fire as needed. If Eye-Fire's computer rises from the dead and he says this is not the case, or a mod overrules that assumption, I will edit.
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Post by Blackout on May 14, 2008 5:50:18 GMT -5
About all Blackout needs to get back into the fight is a missile launcher opened and his rotors straightened out enough for combat maneuvering. Much of his other damage is minor or ignorable; his EMP generator is offline, but that will require more work than is possible in the middle of a combat zone. He can still shoot just fine.
He gives no reaction to Shockwave's look; any robotic soldier worth their oil knows better than to irritate the only available tech. He simply waits his turn.
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Post by Victoria Raines on May 14, 2008 22:53:00 GMT -5
Busy, busy, busy. Shockwave works swiftly to reroute and bridge systems. He shuts down all but the most vital; Eye-fire really had lost a lost of fluids and being transported had not helped matters.
It takes time, though. Shockwave is in his own way as exacting as Hook when it comes to such things. And then there is the simple fact that is doing most of this work with one hand and a pair of needles.
Shockwave is about halfway through what needs to be done when the Dark Prime's next count comes over the general channel. He pauses, looks up as if considering something, then says, to no one in particular, "Arrogant whelp."
Shockwave bends back over Eye-Fire, continuing his work.
Soooooo, all cool with a time skip to being done with Eye-Fire and Blackout's repairs in Shockwave's next post. Yes? No? Anyone? Bueller?
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Post by Blackout on May 15, 2008 5:26:40 GMT -5
"Arrogant or not, he destroyed a Dinobot with a single blast," Blackout replies. Yes, he knows Shockwave wasn't actually talking to him. Blackout's just still irritated about having his first fight in a while interrupted for no apparent reason other than the Prime having fun.
He'll never admit it, would sooner tear anyone who dared to ask limb from limb, but there might be a tiny thread of fear in there, too. To destroy a warrior, even an enemy, so ignominiously.....
Blackout may not have been on this world for long, but he learns quickly. This Prime is one to be wary of.
Fine by me.
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Post by Victoria Raines on May 15, 2008 9:21:49 GMT -5
Eye-Fire is stabilized, even if he is running on fumes for the most part. Blackout's more pressing injuries have been repaired or patched. The problem at the moment is that leaving Eye-Fire untended is nor really an option. Normal Autobots, if acting according to type, will not destroy a helpless enemy, of course. However, it is not the Autobots with which Shockwave is familiar that gives Shockwave pause. Nor is it concern for Eye-Fire, himself, but at the possible loss and waste of so much work.
The noise of battle is all around. Where best to be at the moment?
Hellbender is still engaging Omega Supreme. And the worm is likely losing, despite his strength. Shockwave cannot quite blow a hole in this guardian, but he can damage him, hopefully enough to require much of the Autobots resources and time.
"He will be fine for the time being," Shockwave says to Blackout, "And he can be moved, if needed. Keep watch on him."
With that Shockwave heads on out of thread.
OOC: Thanks guys.
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Post by Blackout on May 15, 2008 10:20:18 GMT -5
Blackout is clearly not pleased at the order to stand down and guard wounded. For so long, his Decepticons have been searching, tracking, avoiding conflict in the name of trying to find their leader. He wants to cut loose, to fly into the battle with guns blazing, feel his blade chop into enemy armor, see his enemies driven before him and hear the lamentations of their fembots.
Unfortunately, he can't bring himself to defy an order, or to abandon a wounded comrade. And Scorponok alone would not be able to hold off a determined attacker for long, nor carry Eye-Fire away, certainly not above-ground. And Blackout certainly isn't about to abandon Scorponok.
In the end, all he can do is give a grudging "Affirmative" to Shockwave. His main rotors, back to perfect flight condition, twitch slightly, betraying his annoyance, but he makes no move to follow Shockwave, or to otherwise take off. Instead, he calls Scorponok back to him, to look over the little minion's damages himself. No one touches his pet.
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