134/My Brother's Keeper 3

**Windcry has posed:**
Windcry is BLISSFULLY unaware of the Destructors. Actually, there's nothing blissful about it. She's plain frustrated. But she's also stubborn. Since there isn't much help for it, she decides that being clever will have to wait for another day and she switches to force. Time to start firing at the door. Now it's just a matter of deciding which one, so she has a listen at each of them.

**Swivel has posed:**
 Phantom's sudden halt does alarm Swivel, and she also halts, avoiding even a light collision with Phantom's back. She glances around herself, screwing up her face into one of fierce concentration, followed by an expression of recognition, and then finally settling on destinct unease. She recognises these as the remnants in Nyon, the ones that Hot Rod had a fit over when some people began salvaging them.
      Swivel hardly has a chance to object to Phantom leaving her once again. Instinctively, the femme stoops down quietly and lays on her front, creeping towards the edge of the bridge to peer at the machines below. Still on the ground, she inches a little bit closer to where Ricochet and Prowl are talking, straining her hearing to try and eavesdrop. She doesn't dare get too close, though, for she fears being found out. She fears it deeply. But she's more afraid of trying to make a run for it and getting lost in the compound. So her only recourse is to wait for Phantom, and perhaps use that time productively.

**Prowl has posed:**
Phantom makes a brash move, speeding toward the room below where Quantum is being held. This draws the attention of Ricochet as well as of the workers and security. Shouts can be heard, and shots are fired in the seeker's direction. Alarms are also screeching throughout the entire building, now. With all the commotion going one, no one notices Swivel--yet.

    Windcry's blasts unfortunately don't seem to be doing much damage to either door. Scorch marks appear, but it seems she will have to either make a more focused effort, or try something else. The fembot will also hear the alarms wailing.

    If Phantom makes it inside, he will find Quantum connected to several machines, with his chassis gaping open and tubing snaking out of it. He is either comatose or in a dazed state.

**Phantom has posed:**
To avoid having a lengthy phase interval, Phantom avoids loosening his density until he's right in front of the wall belonging to the room Quantum is in. However, this does cost him a blow to his left wing. He grunts, and takes the blow, transforming once inside the room.

 He stares in horror at the machines. "What the hell..." he mutters. He then carefully assesses the situation, looking to see which connection he should sever first.

**Windcry has posed:**
UGH! This is getting her NOWHERE! Time to pull out the big guns. Or the bigger guns at any rate. Standing away from the door to clear herself some space, Windcry transforms. If her lasers won't do the trick, perhaps a couple of missiles will fare better. And with the sound of the alarms going off elsewhere, she doesn't really care about the noise at this point.

**Swivel has posed:**
Alarms are alarming, thus why they are called alarms! Hearing the sudden commotion, Swivel halts in her slow and careful creeping. She recoils a bit and begins to crawl backwards - an awkward endeavor, only occasionally looking behind herself. Her view, naturally, is partially obstructed by the large wheels on her back. Already, Swivel is looking for somewhere, anywhere, to hide herself.

**Prowl has posed:**
There are plenty of places for Swivel to hide. Lots of equipment, crates, what have you, for her to wedge herself into. The question is how long she can stay hidden.

    The explosive force of the missiles begin to do some work against the doors, which were already at least partially weakened by the lasers. Perhaps she should have started with those. Anyway, she finally manages to blast the bolts apart, and finds herself in the hallway beyond the room she was trapped in, the alarms still shrieking. Quite suddenly, a large bulky mech appears from around a corner and charges at her, attempting to knock her off her feet.

    Meanwhile, without much technical expertise, Phantom just sees a jumble of cables at first, but perhaps he has seen something like this before in Shockwave's lab. A holoscreen with a diagram of Quantum's body as well as series of readings reveals the pressure and flow rate of the various tubes being used and where they are coming from...he probably ought to start with those that are not connected to any vitals. Or at least what look like vitals. But he doesn't have a lot of time. He can already hear the door about to open, and voices shouting outside!

**Phantom has posed:**
Phantom is confused and afraid for Quantum's sake, but he realizes he has very little time. He quickly begins disconnecting the cables that look like they aren't connected to anything vital. "Don't worry my brother," he says quietly, more to himself than Quantum, "we will get out of here, and I will avenger all the wicked people who did this to you.."

 "<Hey did you get out yet?>" he radios Windcry. "<See if you can find me, I am in that really tall building>" he says, sending her the pictures Buzzsaw gave him. "<I will probably need your help soon>"

**Windcry has posed:**
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Instead of trying to resist, Windcry obliges by ducking low and creating a stumbling block for the fellow charging her, banking on the fact that a brute like him won't be able to stop himself on a dime. Either way, she's already planning to dart out of there the moment he falls or fails to fall.

"< I'm just dealing with some trash. Shouldn't be long now. Keep an optic out for me in case you see me before I see you, >" she 'beams back to Phantom, getting ready to move.

**Swivel has posed:**
Swivel is not a fan of bridges. As such she carefully backs her way off of it, and opts to stuff herself into a narrow nook between two machines. It forces her body into an awkward position, but she doesn;t really seem to care at this point. She feels her way slightly behind one machine and hopes to not be discovered by anyone who would do her harm... but also that she doesn't hide too well and get left behind by Phantom and Windcry. She does not even dare use her radio, switching it off.

**Prowl has posed:**
The mech, Pummel, stumbles a bit but doesn't fall quite fall over. He turns and comes around for another swing, his fist aiming for the side of her head!

    Phantom miraculously manages to pull Quantum out of that machine without causing any further damage to his systems. However, that's far from the last of his problems. The door slides open now, and another winged mech opens fire with a subsonic repeater from the doorway.

    Swivel manages to remain hidden for a few more breems...that is until she hears the voice of someone familiar from the other side of the machine she's hiding behind. "Well, well, well. What a coincidence!" Yep, it's Ricochet. "Weird that they brought you, since you appear to not be good at anything excepting cowering in fear."

**Phantom has posed:**
He saw that coming this time though, and manages to enter a phase interval just before the shot can cause him any damage. He hoists Quantum on shoulders and activates his boosters, attempting to sideswipe the other seeker and exit the room.

 "<Where is Swivel?>" he radios Windcry. "<She does not respond to any messages I try to send her!>"

**Windcry has posed:**
OW! The problem with trainer with Seekers is that Windcry is used to fighting...well...Seekers. She severely miscalculated that one, and now the ringing in her head tells her she's paying for it. On the upside, it also means she knows what's expected of her, and that's to run away and shoot back. Surely he won't be expecting her to actually take a swing back at him. So that's what she does. Maybe it's a tactical move, or maybe she's just angry.

 "< Not sure. Apparently the garbage is fighting back. Who knew. >" It sounds like she's more uncomfortable than the last time she messaged Phantom.

**Swivel has posed:**
The little femme lets out a string of exotic curses she heard on her travels. With all that was going on, how could anyone even bother with her? Alas, with her position found out, the femme shrieks high, shrill, and as loudly as possible while she flails an tries to grab a hold of something - oh like say that large tube-looking thing attached at the back of the machine she was hiding behind. "LEMMEGOLEMMEGOLEMMEGOYACREEP!" Her grip is tight - if the mech wants to fully pull her out, he'll yank the tube out right along with her.

**Prowl has posed:**
"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that, dear." Ricochet sneers. "You may not be useful to your friends, but you are -very- useful to me!" He grabs her legs and attempts to force her off, not caring if he dislocates her joints in the process.

    Pummel didn't expect Windcry to come back swinging, sure. But he also has a lot more armor than she does, and her punch doesn't do much damage at all. He just kind of grins and attempts to grab her arm to twist hard and pin her to the wall.

    Coil, the seeker who is up against Phantom, doesn't react fast enough to physically stop him from putting some distance between them. However, he brings out his rifle and attempts to strike from afar.

**Phantom has posed:**
Phantom, unable to enter a phase interval while carrying Quantum, gets struck by Coil's laser fire. His stamina is slowly draining, but Swivel still needs rescuing and perhaps so does Windcry. He banks left, heading towards where Ricochet and Swivel are meleeing. He aims his photon rifle at the some of the ceiling structures right above Ricochet, attempting to crush him and destroy the bridge in the process. "Jump!" he shouts to Swivel, "I will catch you!"

 "<Okay, just try to get out now>" he tight beams to Windcry, "<we are really needing to leave now>"

**Windcry has posed:**
The element of surprise was fun while it lasted, but it didn't do much damage. Unfortunately her best damage dealing capacity also lies in her least armored form. Decisions, decisions. But then a message comes from Phantom and that makes things simple. She bolts for the exit, planning to transform and fly off the moment she sees open sky. "I'd like to say it's been fun," she says to the large mech, "but it really hasn't."

 "< On my way. I'll meet you at the shuttle. Did you get who you came for? >"

**Swivel has posed:**
 The tiny femme does not want to go easily. Not like last time. Granted, last time a sedative was slipped into her engex, so going quietly could not be helped. And getting hit does not make the femme any more compliant. No, in fact, she squirms and twists herself around, bending herself almost in half to plant her feet against Ricochet to try and use the power of her legs to push her way out of his grip. "I din wanner be 'ERE, I din wanner work fer ya, 'n I'm tired o' bein' 'andled!"
      When Swivel hears the command to jump, the femme looks about herself with an incredulous expression. Phantom must be crazy. However, looking upwards to what Phantom is aiming at, it's a matter of get squished or fall and get smashed. Lovely. The femme attempts to dive out of Ricochet's reach, preparing a bunch of mean and nasty things to say to Phantom when this is over. It's not likely she'll actually SAY them, though - but it's noentheless cathartic to rehearse in her mind in the face of impending doom.

**Prowl has posed:**
Pummel doesn't have really have any sniper rifles or missiles, but the marauder turrets outside give Windcry a run for her shanix. Still, drones are probably easier to dodge than people.

    "Slag it!" Ricochet curses when Phantom starts destroying the bridge, and pieces of the ceiling begin to fall. He manages to dodge them, but is forced to let go of Swivel in the process, especially since she kicked at him. Not that it did much damage, but with all the debris falling it certainly doesn't help. He directs his missiles downward at Phantom upon spotting him attempting to get away with their specimen.

**Phantom has posed:**
Ricochet's missiles strike Phantom as he retreats, carrying Quantum and bravely trying to avoid letting Quantum get struck in all the chaos. He swoops downward quickly, catching Swivel as she jumps off the bridge. "Hang on for your life," he says to her, heading to exit the structure.

 "<No. But I will kill him later. Now isn't a good time. I am weak, and so is my brother. Hurry back>"

 Phantom does his best to avoid the rest of the security and fly back towards their shuttle.

**Windcry has posed:**
Windcry makes it to open air and transforms, fleeing for her life. In all her training, she's never been damaged so badly. This is serious stuff. But she did make it out of the room, so hopefully Phantom won't be too severe with her once they get to relative safety. Hopefully this whole ordeal won't be for nothing. "< If you have your brother, the rest can be done later. >" She struggles to keep panic from her voice.

**Swivel has posed:**
Swivel does, indeed, hold on for dear life. It's a little tricky what with her being small and him being jet shaped. It's not like he comes with handles. So Swivel, valueing her life more than Phantom's armour, gets out a sharp implement she'd pocketed from the warehouse and drives it into the jet like a piton and holds on to it with one hand, while the other feels around for any catch or groove to work her fingers into.

**Phantom has posed:**
The piece of metal digs into his already damaged armor, driving in further than Swivel probably intended. His blood, a reflective silver color drips out, dribbling onto Swivel's hands. It's very warm.

 Phantom doesn't protest though. He grunts, and continues flying, allowing Swivel to do whatever she feels is necessary to hold on.

 "<You.. passed>" he tight beams back to Windcry. "<Good job>"

 "You are okay?" he asks Swivel softly.

**Prowl has posed:**
Despite the odds, Phantom, Windcry and Swivel manage to escape intact, mostly thanks to the seekers' fairly superior flight speed. It's amazing that he can carry both Swivel and Quantum and still get away, really, with how much damage he's already taken. But dogged determination can sometimes work wonders.

    Quantum's condition, on the other hand, is yet to be seen...

**Windcry has posed:**
Windcry flies in closely to Phantom and a little beneath, so if he should falter or lose either of his precious cargo, she is there to pick up the slack. "< That's a relief, but we'll worry about all that later. You sound as bad as I feel. >" While it might not be the best move to admit she's in pain and feeling like one foot in the scrap heap, she also realizes that acting as though it were nothing isn't particularly wise either. Honesty may just be the best policy here.

**Swivel has posed:**
"I'll letcha know when me feets touch ground again!" comes Swivel's reply as she continues to hold on. Sure, for a wheeled vehicle she can zip along at some pretty good speeds, but she is not used to the velocity a jet can reach. Swivel tries not to let the sensation of the warm fluid bother her. If she did, well, she'd want to try and flick it off, which means letting go. So it's best to pretend it isn't there and look elsewhere. Better yet - just shut her optics entirely.