Post Tenebras Veritas (Planes/Cars RP)

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Blade, Harper

Doc bit his lower lip at her refusal for pain medication, but he wasn't going to force it if she said no. "Okay." He replied before he went back to pulling out the shards. There were two he could see that were within reach of his tire again and quickly pulled those out before looking for any others, after he sealed the oil lines of course.

Looking her over, Doc could see at least one share that was wedged in a bit further. This presented a bit of a challenge, but Doc was fairly confident he could get that shard out. His tire went for a small clamp and he reached the device in carefully. "Hold still. I have one more major shard to remove. It's wedged in there a bit, but I think I can get it." Once he said that, Doc pulled the shard out quickly, and at once began to apply sealant to the oil line, which was badly pierced. Then, he placed a patch on the oil line as well, in case the sealant failed.

"Alright. That's all the major shards." Doc said before looking back at her. "How are you holding up?"

[Dusty Crophopper]

"No, no, you misunderstood." Connor told her as they drove up the ramp. "I meant you're a strong link... losing you would surely break the chain." He stated here. "And yes I... suppose mother would've had a heart attack heheh." he chuckled at this, smirking now. But as her hood was emitting large plumes of smoke, the Corolla's heart sank here. D***! It must be in part thanks to their ripping and cannibalizing parts off of her... but he wasn't sure.

As Dusty smiled at her, he warily backed away as he noticed her overheating engine. "Yeah I know but... I just hope the cost wasn't too steep!" he exclaimed, backing away further as he could see her engine cooking itself. "That... that doesn't look good!"

"Hold on!" Connor declared, driving forward. "Sis pop your hood! I'm gonna... see if I can fix or jury rig anything to help you!" he stated now. "I should well... know after all since I'm the one that... ugh!" he growled, wincing as he tried to get her hood to open up.

"Wait... Shadow... he... was one of the ones that...?" Dusty trailed off here, regarding Connor in a new light... both positive and negative. He was horrified that her own younger brother had treated her in such a fashion, but yet... pleased that the one car who was most knowledgeable on her internal injuries was now the one helping her. Would it redeem Connor? Dusty wasn't sure because he'd placed her in this situation in the first place, and it wasn't a very nice position to be placed in. Still Dusty... only hoped Connor could fix her.

Connor looked down now, swatting the smoke away with a tire. "Come on... come on... there has to be a... here it is!" he exclaimed, reaching in and pushing down on a poorly connected wire to cut its flow to her engine. "I can't actually replace the part here but... this... this might help cool you down oh and... this!" he said, knocking her coolant tank around just a bit, rocking it so it could more effectively empty into her engine block. "That should help... if even just a little." he said softly, looking over to her now. "You... feeling better?" he asked hopefully.

Blade and Miles - Tags: Harper and Raine

Blade was feeling exhaustion start to claim him now; he'd felt beaten within an inch of his life event though he didn't feel all that bad off, yet his current state wasn't lending itself to much energy or enthusiasm. He felt his eyes drooping, and then close as he exhaled a little here, hoping he wouldn't wake up dead... if he'd wake up at all. But her nuzzling him caused to come awake with a start, uncertain as to how long he'd been out, though it was probably only a few moments.

"Mmmph! Oh... hey there." he smiled at her sleepily. "Sorry I must've... dozed off." he confessed, yawning here. He pressed up against her a bit, and noted that Doc had finished. "Hey." he said, smiling. "You uh... you all fixed up?" he asked. "I didn't mean to do that... fall asleep on you... I... I honestly don't know what came over me." he told her here, still smiling.

Miles meanwhile rested a bit more easily on his tires, gazing with a big dopey smile at Raine. "Heh... you know... I... well was a bit more concerned about the effect I'd have on you than the effect you'd have on me." he admitted to her here. "See I... well... could end up back in prison but... well I'm hoping for clemency with Shadow's help and the others... they... they could help get me off the hook." he stated. "I... I wouldn't want to... make you suffer through that after all." he said, heart still racing, though he was attempting to calm it down. "Heh... uh... Raine uh... I'd actually... like to know more about you. Your parents were killed obviously in front of you but... well who were they? What kind of life did you... were you going to have had had they... well to the best guess... sorry if this is... painful." he stumbled over the words, looking at her now. "I mean I know how you grew up and were raised partly but... who would you be... otherwise... if that makes sense." he asked her now, trying to coax it out of her, his light blue eyes on her now.

Finn - Tags: Spray

But what Spray hit weren't loudspeakers, but was instead something else. The ship shuddered, groaned, and then, slowly, began moving forward. "Uh..." Finn felt the ship rocking under his wheels. "Shouldn't you... disengage the docking mechanism first...?" he asked, wincing as the mechanism was ripped right off the wall by the forward motion of the ship. "Uh... OK... well then... jettison it I suppose." Finn blinked, green eyes wide here. "Are you sure you know what you're doing?" he asked hesitantly, but it was a little late now to be firmly asking something like that of the FBI plane.

[Titanic X 21]

Spray - Finn

As soon as Spray felt the ship start to move, he panicked and with a yelp, punched the button he had pressed earlier, hopefully slowing it down. He scanned the controls, Finn's question echoing in his mind. 'Okay. So that button starts it... Then that means it will also shut it down. Then let's see...' he thought, scanning them over more closely. He could see that the symbols were odd, but some he could make out. Now that he thought about it, the speaker-like shape actually looked more like a thruster or a reactor of some kind. He marked it down in his mind and looked them over with his eyes more thoroughly.

'This button here... that meteor-like shape... it could either be a bomb or missile or some kind of other weapon. And the one right beside it... looks like a shield of some kind. That's at least my guess. And as for that one... It's gotta be some kind of cloaking. At least I hope so...' he thought. His mind cataloged a few other buttons, and he finally felt he had a sufficient grasp of them. Of course, there was no time to test them out, so he had to trust his gut this time.

He closed his eyes and began to pray to Chrysler, God, or whatever that his instincts would be right this time.

'Please... Let me be right on this! Everyone... please...' he thought to himself. He finally opened his eyes and looked at Finn. "I believe so," he said, though the tone of his voice indicated how nervous he was. "I got a few buttons worked out, or at least I hope so." He turned back to the controls, his eyes hard. "Because this is the only way we're getting outta here..."

[DexEuromat]

Dexter - Radar

"Okay if you say so, but I will watch over you until we get to the ship" he said giving Radar a place and start watching if any debrie coming on the path. He slowly followed Radar to the ship. He knew that any new dent or hole made by wall debrie could be catastrophic.

Dexter - everyone on the ship

Once they got to the ship, he spinned the wheels to seek for any kind of oil to help Radar. He saw Doc helping Harper and slowly approached them. "Excuse me, do you have any oil can? Radar needs liquids. He lost his dish and there are many leaking points." He then move out his foam gun. "I have a sealer gun which generates sealing foam. It might be a help for you" He smiled to Doc.

[ShadowWolfCelica]

"Break the chain? There are plenty strong vehicles here Connor... I'm not the only one. I can assure you the whole thing would not break should I fall" The Celica commented, glancing to her brother for a fleeting moment. Within several moments, the smoke was turning a thick black and becoming more prominent as she finally came to a halt. She saw Dusty backing away, causing her to become more alarmed that she already was, though she didn't let it show. She was used to keeping her calm exterior so she wouldn't let it drop now. "No.... it's not..." She simply replied to the plane, glancing to her hood. She knew something was very wrong, though upon her brother approaching her, she immediately backed away, her eyes glaring at him.

"NO!" She seemed to instantly retaliate to his instruction, tensing up. Memories of her hood being forced open, her parts being ripped away and the searing pain it caused. It all came flooding back, the face she saw before her as just as clear in her memories. She backed away further, her stare latched onto the Corolla, her past memories poisoning her thought process now. "Don't you think you've done enough damage... Connor?" She spoke his name with acid, her breathing laboured now as she was both trying to stay cool and trying not to let panic seize her completely. Years of conditioning had left her wary of any approach to her parts or even herself, but this was just Deja Vu. She lightly bumped the wall behind her, the Celica warning off the Corolla with her glare. Her headlights started flashing now, a sign of her own emotions, flickering on and off within milliseconds, no distinct pattern or time frame between the flashes. She felt the heart surge through her, and she was in increasing pain... She couldn't let him touch her. She coughed loudly, trying to shake off the smoke if she could, but of course this was impossible.

"Yes Dusty.... he WAS one of the ones that would frequently invite himself to tear away any given part to my body that he felt like..." Shadow snapped, still eyeing Connor. She stayed away still, though found that the pain steadily increased further, her engine feeling searing hot and she was unable to think straight. All the faces and nightmares blurred into one thick block in her mind, shutting her eyes and trying to breathe. She wasn't stupid, and knew that she would have to accept the help that came her way, though the fact that it came from Connor was something she wasn't happy with. He had been supportive until this point, though this was a little close to home. With a fast fading will, she eventually slouched on her tires, lowering herself till she hit the floor, resting now as she released the catch on her hood, allowing it to pop up a little. She was still tense upon Connor beginning to root around, but she was perhaps a little more at ease knowing that others were around to help.... especially a doctor. As he began to adjust her, she could feel the nausea begin to set in, her paint paling a little as she tried to stay mentally in the room. She was pulling back from him still a little, though being against the wall there was nowhere to go. It took several moments, but once he had knocked things back into place and let her go, she shook her hood free a little, keeping it open to cool down faster. It took several minutes, but eventually, she wasn't feeling quite as ill. "I....I'll be ok" She answered weakly, resting on the floor now to ease what wounds she had. ".....Thanks"

Raine had meanwhile half closed her eyes, leaning her hood against Miles' lovingly and trying to rest for the moment, slowly blinking. "Heh are you kidding me? Not many can influence me... No, with how I am, I reckon I could do more damage." She spoke softly, rubbing against him very gently. Her eyes opened up a little as he spoke of his prison, and it was almost as if he had read her mind. Her gaze dropped a little, nestling herself a little more as she let his voice move through her. She was a believer in the more 'animalistic' and 'natural' side of them all, that there was an inner voice that drove them without them knowing and that helped them with basic senses. She knew that it wouldn't be long before she'd recognize his scent and voice, and she took this all in now. "Suffer... through what? You... going to prison?" She asked, shifting her weight uncomfortably. "I... Well I was hoping that you wouldn't have to go back... I mean how long would you be going back for? A few years?" She asked a little too hopefully, looking up to him fully at this point. Her expression faltered a little as he asked more about her past, and she backed away a little, not being used to the question. No one had ever asked her that. No one. She took a slight inhale, unsure of how to answer. She could get worked up about it but... she tried to keep her cool as she remembered back.

"Oh... Uh.... well, my.... father was... actually an agent, like... Finn and Shadow. For an agency called CORD... only the best of the best get hired there... he was an agent through and through.... was amazing at what he did and... never lost. He had a lot of friends... they... were all like family to me you could say. All external... uncles and aunts you could say. My mother was a really well known accountant... she was good at what she did too..." Raine began, letting the nostalgia and emotion swirl around. "We... had a nice house... a nice neighborhood... quite well off actually... We were... what you would call posh perhaps. We were gonna... travel the world and... see everything amazing... They were my everything and... they did so much for me. I... was going to have siblings you know... They always wanted more... We were going to just... have an amazing and wonderful life... they taught me never to give in and that.. I was... worth it" She spoke, her breathing a little shakey in the end and tears prickling her eyes. "It's not fair that they were taken... they..... they did nothing wrong... I lost everything but... escaped with my life.... why?" She asked now, her watering eyes meeting his, desperate for an answer.

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tag: Dexter

"Just take what you need from my medical kit. I packed more than I need just in case." Doc replied without even looking back. "But don't take too much. I need it for others like my current patient here."

Doc didn't waste much time getting an IV drip set up for Harper and inserting a line into her fuel port. "That should keep you from bleeding out while I seal the rest of your oil lines." Doc said here as he looked at Harper now. "Are you feeling okay so far?" Doc wanted to be sure Harper didn't need any emergency medical procedures. If she did, he would have to perform it right then and there.

[Niixa]

Harper: Doc | Blade

Okay the easy part was over, maybe refusing the meds was a bad idea but she couldn’t risk becoming drowsy right now, she was tired as it was and the fear of not waking up was still present, so she decided to grin and bear it, it’d be over before she knew it.. hopefully. Taking deep and steady breaths, she stayed as still as possible so Doc could work without disturbance but as he got to the deeper impacted areas it was difficult not to fidget in order relieve the pain, her rotors twitched back and forth and her tail rotor continued to spin at a faster pace; her eyes were shut tight but she managed to open one as he went to reach for the clamp, that was going in by the looks of it and she couldn’t suppress the yell of pain as the gem shard was extracted, that one hurt. Though some relief was felt as her oil lines were sealed up, she felt herself shaking, possibly from the shock more than anything but she was unable to stop it from happening.

"I need a drink." She replied a little bluntly, her words were strained and she sounded exhausted overall, but she was awake and talking so that was a good sign, hopefully the tremors would stop soon as well. She hadn't noticed Blade had dozed off until he woke up suddenly, it worried her that he was sleeping but he was probably as exhausted as she was, so she let him off. This time.

"If I'm not aloud to sleep, then you aren't either." She smiled up at him, the tremors still wracked her body but she was fixed.. for the time being anyway, "M'fine.." She nestled against his side more, not actually minding that he dozed off against her, it was comforting. As the ship suddenly moved she flinched again, she could still hear the chaos outside and she hoped that Shadow and the others were safe.. or alive at the very least. She then glanced towards Doc as he addressed her, "I'm fine..."

[Dusty Crophopper]

Connor looked at Shadow and knew enough about his sister to know she was panicking, and tried to calm her now. "Hey look... look I'm not gonna..." But it had been useless until Dusty came forward, hovering near her and though initially doubting Connor out of a desire to protect Shadow, he bit his lower lip then finally decided to trust the Corolla, despite his fears and doubts.

"Shadow... Shadow it's OK... I'm here... he's just... he's just gonna... help." Dusty urged quietly, nuzzling her with his nose again. When Shadow finally slumped down Connor got to work then backed off to see his handiwork firsthand. Shadow thanked him, and he nodded here. "No problem. I'm gonna see what this ship has in terms of parts and well... I... I..." he hesitated here, thinking it all over before he finally just came out with it. "I'm gonna fix you sis... get those parts back in... restore your engine somehow... I... I don't know if I'll be able to do it but... I guess I owe you that much for saving my life and towing me to the hospital." he said now, looking away shamefully. "I certainly didn't deserve it..." He said darkly here. "Anyway... I'll be back... hopefully with something..." he said here, starting to drive off.

"Hey... you OK?" Dusty asked now, moving against her to nuzzle her. "I... I'm proud you trusted him... I think he helped right? I just... don't know what I'd do if anything... were to happen to you... and well... this agent lifestyle of yours..." he trailed off here, then shook his front. "Never mind... I'm not gonna come in between you and it. Ever." he stated now, closing his eyes. He used his wing to nudge her hood down, but slowly in case she told him to stop. "Heh... you uh... OK with it being left up?" he asked now, peering around it to see her.

Miles meanwhile listened and realized that she'd misunderstood him, and he winced as he could tell she was in pain relating his past to her. That was... not his intent. He closed his eyes, grinding his teeth as he pictured it all... not wanting to but doing so all the same. But first he had something else to address. "Uh well... it'd be life unless... Shadow and possibly Finn intervened on my behalf." He said, slumping now and closing his eyes with a heavy sigh. "I'm sorry... I just... I... will not be good for you in that state." he stated with regret.

He opened his eyes again to address her second point. "I meant... I think you misunderstood. I didn't... want to drag you into the past... far from it in fact. I wanted more correctly to hear what YOU yourself would be doing NOW if your parents were still alive... what kind of life would you be leading...not the one you led before they died." he said softly. "I'm sorry that you had to go through that... I truly am... I was just more curious... about the now... the... type of car you'd be. What you'd be doing... where you'd be living, those kinds of things." he stated, smiling here. "Can you give me an idea on that?" he inquired now.

Blade - Tags: Harper, Horah, Doc

"Heh yeah well I... I dunno... sorry. I just... oh! A drink?" he blinked here, wondering if he should move from her side. "Uh... well uh... I could try and get you some... course if you want... you could just stick your nose under me and take a drink from my busted tank." he joked here. "Still... I'll try and find you something... just... wait here... actually." he said suddenly, not wanting to leave her side. "Hey! Horah!" he shouted, trying to get the bigger plane's attention. "Can you get us some water?" he asked now, nodding in Harper's direction. "I have no idea what's on this ship but I'm assuming... well it has to have something... though whether or not androids drink... no idea." he sighed here.

"Well least you're fine." he stated, nuzzling her gently. "Yeah I'm sorry I fell asleep on you... I guess you were more comfortable than I realized." he chuckled now. "So Doc... what's the damage like on me?" he asked warily. "I know you have a lot to look at right now, including Miles, but maybe you should get to him first if you want." He suggested now.

Finn - Tags: Spray

The ship merely slowed as Spray hit the button again, it didn't stop. "Well all right... just remember your logic might not apply to these controls since this isn't an Earth made vessel and who knows what Tenebris did to control it!" he informed Spray. "Still do whatever you think is best... and hope you can make this thing go!" he said as they flew out of the hanger now and glided over the burning landscape. Finn took a moment to soak it all in... the pit of his stomach sinking. "My word... what an awful sight..." he said now. "I hope we can pass through the portal and back to our world... but we should be able to. Anyway you'd best hurry up and figure this thing out!" Finn insisted here.

[ShadowWolfCelica]

Shadow didn't want to hear her brother out at this point, too panicked and overwhelmed to try and even contemplate what he was offering. It was only really when Dusty came closer that she visibly calmed, though she was still flustered and cautious. Her eyes left the Corolla to focus on Dusty now as he began speaking, his voice flowing through her gently and causing her to pause on her actions. She nuzzled him back eagerly, before seeing his way. She wasn't happy about it, but it would have to happen at some point.

She still felt light headed after he had finished, and her gaze was a little unfocused to begin with. She tried to come round a little more as Connor started speaking, eyeing him from the side a little due to her hood being up. She was surprised at his words, and wasn't sure how to take it at first. It was certainly... insane for her to hear those words. "......Fix me.... you want to fix me...." She more stated quietly, mostly in disbelief. She wasn't sure whether to exactly trust him. They had spent years and years against each other, fighting and trying to end one another... it seemed too unreal that they would be able to just... forget. She hesitated herself, gaze flicking to Dusty, as if he would have some form of answer for her. She knew she was more alone in this choice, as he wouldn't have known everything that had happened between them. "Why would you do such a thing? Isn't it... weak to give help?" She reminded him, though her eyes dropped slightly as she heard him out. "I know you perhaps didn't deserve me to save you but... as an agent I have a duty of care to everyone in my charge. You included. I did what any other agent would have done. It just so happens you're my brother" She spoke carefully. She closed her eyes at this point to think it over, though she knew her brother was aware of what had been placed where.... maybe it was a chance to get fixed. She never let doctors see... for fear of any rooting around they would do in her past. They would try and access all manner of records... which would activate certain things her mother kept track of... letting her know where her runaway daughter was. She eventually nodded to Connor before he moved off, watching him for a few moments after he left.

Dusty's movement caught her eyes and she flicked her eyes back to him, smiling very gently. She exhaled a little, bringing up what remained of her front to nuzzle him back once more, enjoying the contact. "I.... I'm alright.... Just need a few minutes" She spoke gently, nodding her hood. "He should have.. helped, it feels okay at the moment" She admitted, glancing down for a moment. She too was worrying about her agent lifestyle when it came to Dusty, not wanting him to be left alone... She fretted a little as she pictured a future where he waited for her, only for her not to return one day. She shook her hood a little in distress, trying to wipe the picture away. She put a tire on one of his pontoons for a moment, looking up to him. "No.... What were you gonna say?" She asked, her eyes searching his. "Please... I want you to tell me... I know this agent life... is pretty dangerous. I've... made it through just by the skin of my teeth at some points. It scares even me sometimes but... maybe now I actually have something.... someone to fight for... maybe... well... perhaps I might see about changing up... a few things" She said carefully now, watching him. She bowed her hood to him as he began to nudge it closed, giving him a nod to encourage him. "It's ok... I've cooled down a little more now"

Raine opened her mouth to speak about his prison sentence, though could only watch him with... anguish. Pain and hurt flickered across her expression, though she looked away quickly to try and hide it. Life.... Life. She closed her eyes as images flashed in her mind of them speaking to each other through glass, and perhaps once a month meeting in a controlled canteen... It hurt to think that that was perhaps the life that now lay in store for her. To never be with... the one she had learned and come to love... after everything... It was like yet again, those who mattered were ripped away from her... Perhaps this was stupid. A stupid thing she had gotten herself into... she knew nothing of romantic love! She was a fighter... She kept her eyes closed for a few moments, not responding to his comments, barely hearing them. She swallowed painfully, her eyes slowly opening, though downcast as she geared herself up to speak about it. To start, no noise came from her, only the stretching silence that seemed to reach worrying lengths. "It's... it's ok" She spoke eventually.

She was still looking to the floor as he regarded her story, seemingly she had misunderstood what he had meant. She felt rather stupid for a moment, her gaze darting to her tire as she fiddled with something on the floor. "Oh... right... yes... um..." She started, clearing her throat. She finally looked back to him, uncertainty in her eyes. "Well... if they were still alive.. I wouldn't be here that's for sure. I... always had aspirations to be like my father so..." SHe glanced to Shadow now for a moment without her knowing. "I'd... be like her... I guess. It's hard to say." She reasoned, though she looked back to him now. "Maybe I'd be living in the USA... perhaps I'd be an accountant like my mother... maybe a lawyer. I'd be helping people... I know that. I'd be making peoples lives for the better in whatever way I could... I'd travel around and see different places on holidays and... I would... just live life, instead of sticking to the shadows as some unpaid bounty hunter. I'd... be happy" She sighed, looking away as she moved to the side now. "Maybe have a family of my own... who knows" She added, closing her eyes finally.

[Niixa]

Harper: Blade | Shadow

“I think I need something a little stronger than water.” She jested, though she appreciated the gesture and she really could do with some water but she didn’t want Blade to leave, she was still shaking to a degree but the tremors were less prominent thankfully, the shock was wearing off by this point. “.. What are the chances that this ship has a bar?~” That would be ideal but alas, she highly doubted.

Her smile returned as he nuzzled her, she needed that and it gave her some small hope that all this would be over soon but she still had the nagging feeling that all of this was far too easy, then again, Carew was still wrecking havoc outside, she bet he'd come back for them given the chance. "It's alright.. I could get used to it if I'm honest.." She settled down as she said that, exhaustion beginning to creep over her again but she tensed suddenly, they weren't out of the woods yet and she hoped that Blade's injuries weren't anything serious and she hoped that Shadow was safe, she couldn't bear the thought of her suffering out there, she had to make it back alive. so she messaged her,

"Shadow? You still there?.."