show_my_cannons | 11 - Action for Azalea / Text

[He jerks awake. Immediately, his hand goes to his chest, to the back of his head, fingers scrambling over his human form.]

[Everything is whole. Everything intact. There's no rust, no gaping wounds from Sentinel's weapon. Even the scars remain. His body is breathing, it's moving. Its systems are functioning as well as can be expected. Even his hip and shoulder feel better.]

[That's not right.]

[He hadn't made it out of DC. He'd felt everything go dark, felt his systems crumble away while he tried to fight to stand up, to shoot, to act and not let the inevitable happen. They'd been betrayed -- he couldn't lie down and let it happen. He'd tried, he'd tried with every failing piece of his strength to stay online. But it hadn't been enough.]

[And now he's here. Alive.]

[It feels like he's been gone for years. And it was -- since the battle in Egypt, it had been three years... His eyes rest on the 'gear.]

[For a while, he just sits in silence, staring at it, while gradually realizing there are people here who may be concerned for him. His team... his friends... they're beyond his grasp now. That realization in particular feels like a physical blow, and he has to bow his head and breathe for a few minutes longer before he can pull himself back together. His allies. His leader. Everything he'd fought for, everything he'd tried so desperately to return to, was gone.]

[There is no more going back.]

[Finally... Ironhide picks up his 'gear, and taps out a brief, halting message.]

How long was I out? Feels like... |

[He leaves the text unfinished, dropping the 'gear in favor of silence and brooding.]

((ooc: Potential spoilers for Dark of the Moon abound in the post and possibly in the comments.))

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My hip stopped hurting. I can walk.

Y'sure? Don' wantcha gettin' in trouble with th'nurses.

If nothing hurts, then nothing is wrong.

Act'ally...

[She sighs]

There ain't a point in arguin', is there?

[Not when Ironhide's made up his mind, Lottie.]

[He pushes himself up. And if he shakes a little, it's mostly because he hasn't walked in a very long time.]

[Lottie rushes over and moves a chair to where he can grab it. Just in case. She'd offer a shoulder, but....she's five foot three and he's Huge.]

[He actually growls -- not really because he's angry with her, but more because he's frustrated. With himself. With this situation. Everything.]

[But he does end up gripping the chair.]

[Hey, it happens. Lottie keeps an eye on Ironhide, ready to grab...something if he needs help. Thankfully there's a lot of chairs between here and outside]

[He pauses in the doorway, gripping it until his knuckles turn white.]

... this body is so weak.

[Lottie's next to him, making sure he's okay]

Nah, y'just a little rusty, that's all.

[Ironhide actually flinches at that word. Rust.]

... Needs to repair itself.

An' it will, jus' gonna take some rest an' exercise, that's all.

Been doing enough resting. Just... want to move.

Well, c'mon then. Y'ain't movin' if y'just standin' in th'doorway.

[She steps out a little ahead of him, smiling still]

I am moving.

[He says as he shoves off the door, and limp-marches determinedly toward the exit.]

[And Lottie follows, holding Napalm's ball and, as far as the nurses are concerned, 'escorting' Ironhide outside.

The day Lottie escorts anyone is the day Cliff flies]

[He stops on the steps into the Center... and just... stands there.]

[Give him a minute to take things in. Seeing the outside world after experiencing your own death is difficult.]

[Lottie does, just looking around. Her Glameow comes over from where she'd been playing with a Meowth, and Lottie picks her up]

[He stands there for a while longer before letting Napalm out.]

[The first thing the Onix does is stretch out, yawning. And then promptly curls herself around the big man, with a pleased sort of humming sound.]

[That makes Lottie giggle]

Think she missed ya.

Yeah... seems that way.

[Napalm agrees with this assessment. And she is not moving for all the pokemon treats ever.]

[Lottie...tries to pet Napalm's head but just settles for a random rock]

Hopefully, she'll letcha go if y'need t'sit down.

[The big Onix uncurls part of her tail for the girl, lifting her head slightly to peer at her.]

Probably will. She... knows things like that.

Like my Evangeline. I sweah, that Mareep's more motherly than any human I evah met.

Ma... what?

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