2028: The blue form of the ex-Autobot turned Intergalactical Court bounty
hunter smiled in a way that indicated his obvious respect for his new
partner. His other partner, a term to be used loosely since the green
colored lizard-like humanoid just hung out with him, mumbled.
"Yes, she certainly does handle herself well." Defcon agreed with his
companion.
He moved toward his female partner, the red, purple, and silver form
of Dawnstarr, and her quarry, a brutish male mech by the name of Thug.
He was about to assist, but Dawnstarr caught his movement in her
peripheral vision and stated, "I'm fine thank you."
He shrugged, if she wanted to be stubborn then he'd let her, but only to
an extent, one good shot from Thug and she was down for the count. Forced
to watch, he admired the technique, the form, the movement, thrusts and
counter thrusts Dawnstarr had to offer. Having fought her himself, in
order to test her skills, he knew how easy she made it look. Thug went for
a rabbit punch at the base of the skull which connected even though she
managed to deflect it. It was of enough force though that she staggered.
Defcon attacked with a blur of motion. Thug was detained for transport for
his trial. Defcon then turned to Dawnstarr, she laid on the ground
obviously in great pain.
He knelt down beside her and she gritted a disturbing sentence
between her teeth, "I think he did my neck bad, I can't move anything or
feel anything. Defcon knew that moving her may well worsen her current
state. He pondered what he could do, but she thought of it for him.
"There's a communicator behind my shield, use it to call my sister
Nightstarr."
Defcon got up and went around so he could reach into her shield,
which was secured to her back. Luckily she was laying on her side or
fetching it would have been more difficult than it already was. Finding
it, he pressed the send button and said, "Come in, Nightstarr."
A few moments later an answer came. "Who is this?"
"An associate of your sister, Dawnstarr. She is badly hurt, I suspect
a severe neck injury." he replied.
"I'll come with help. Just press the yellow button, that'll send a
beacon for us to follow." Nightstarr stated.
With that done, he checked the prisoner quickly. He then directed his
lizard friend to keep watch on Thug and to tranquilize him if he came to.
When he turned around, he was surprised to see two figures stepping
through some sort of portal.
He approached them, "I'm Defcon."
"Depth." the red, purple, and white male replied and to Dawnstarr,
"So, how's it going?"
"Its my neck, I feel numb everywhere else and I can't move." she
replied.
He whistled and said, "Well then, let's see what I can do." And out
came an assortment of portable, hand-held scanners and other medical gear
from various storage areas in his armor.
Defcon decided she'd be okay in their hands, he left Nightstarr his
inter-Bot frequency and was gone. By the time he had Thug in jail,
Nightstarr was already buzzing him.
"How is she?" he asked.
"Depth was able to reconnect the necessary torn linkages so she'd be
able to move a bit. We're at the hospital right now. They are attempting
to keep her stabilized as the fix the rest. One wrong move..." Nightstarr
stated.
"I know. I've homed in on you, be there as soon as I can." Defcon
replied.
He got permission to take leave and was at the hospital as fast as he
could get there. Getting info from the desk droid, he met Nightstarr in
the waiting room along with another female.
"I'm Dreadstarr." the purple and silver female said.
"How is she? he queried.
"Depth, Shadow, and Magmorta are helping out the doctors with her
specific mechanics, you see were a bit different from a Transformer."
Dreadstarr reported.
"She has been in and out of consciousness, they say the blow did more
damage than they thought. We can only wait now. Its up to the doctors to
fix what they can and for her to heal the rest." Nightstarr relayed.
Defcon bowed his head, it was his fault that he listened to her and not
helped her. Now she could die due to his inaction. He rather liked her and
didn't want to loose her just as they were getting to be friends. Time
passed so slow it felt like a year had gone by.
Depth announced, "We fixed what we could. She'll be in a coma for
awhile, but we think she'll pull through."
"Can we see her?" Dreadstarr inquired.
"Family only, doctors orders." Depth replied.
"Sorry, Defcon." Nightstarr consoled. Defcon only quirked a smile and
the two sister were gone.
Depth gave him a once over, "Don't be so down, man, they'll let ya
see her once they feel she can handle it."
"Yeah." he murmured.
Depth came up and put a hand on his shoulder, "Oh man, you do have it
bad."
"What?!" Defcon snapped.
"Whoah, negative vibes." Depth said, "You do care about her, is what I mean."
"Sure. She's my partner after all." Defcon replied.
"Nah, is beyond that, man. Its so obvious, its like reading a book.
You love her." Depth stated and let him be.
A nurse came up to him, "Are you Defcon?"
"Yes." he nodded.
"Dawnstarr is asking for you. Come with me." the nurse smiled. When he entered, Dawnstarr gave him a smile."I'll leave you alone." the nurse said
"Sit next to me." Dawnstarr requested. Defcon obliged her.
"I'm glad you're all right." Defcon stated.
Dawnstarr smiled, "I'm out of the woods. Were you here all the time I
was unconscious?"
"Yes." Defcon nodded.
"Depth said something to me concerning you." she stated.
"What was it?" he inquired.
"He said that when he saw you in the waiting room that you seemed to
be concerned about me, he thinks you care about me more that just a
business partner." Defcon was quiet, she reached out and clasped her hand around his.
"Silence can be answer enough. And if you're curious, I care about you too." Dawnstarr sat up and slipped her arms around his waist, "We'll talk more about this relationship later, right now I got to rest."
Days later, they walked away from the hospital in good spirits.
Dawnstarr was completely healed and hopefully the injury wouldn't be
repeated now that Depth had installed additional armor to protect the her
neck.
hunter smiled in a way that indicated his obvious respect for his new
partner. His other partner, a term to be used loosely since the green
colored lizard-like humanoid just hung out with him, mumbled.
"Yes, she certainly does handle herself well." Defcon agreed with his
companion.
He moved toward his female partner, the red, purple, and silver form
of Dawnstarr, and her quarry, a brutish male mech by the name of Thug.
He was about to assist, but Dawnstarr caught his movement in her
peripheral vision and stated, "I'm fine thank you."
He shrugged, if she wanted to be stubborn then he'd let her, but only to
an extent, one good shot from Thug and she was down for the count. Forced
to watch, he admired the technique, the form, the movement, thrusts and
counter thrusts Dawnstarr had to offer. Having fought her himself, in
order to test her skills, he knew how easy she made it look. Thug went for
a rabbit punch at the base of the skull which connected even though she
managed to deflect it. It was of enough force though that she staggered.
Defcon attacked with a blur of motion. Thug was detained for transport for
his trial. Defcon then turned to Dawnstarr, she laid on the ground
obviously in great pain.
He knelt down beside her and she gritted a disturbing sentence
between her teeth, "I think he did my neck bad, I can't move anything or
feel anything. Defcon knew that moving her may well worsen her current
state. He pondered what he could do, but she thought of it for him.
"There's a communicator behind my shield, use it to call my sister
Nightstarr."
Defcon got up and went around so he could reach into her shield,
which was secured to her back. Luckily she was laying on her side or
fetching it would have been more difficult than it already was. Finding
it, he pressed the send button and said, "Come in, Nightstarr."
A few moments later an answer came. "Who is this?"
"An associate of your sister, Dawnstarr. She is badly hurt, I suspect
a severe neck injury." he replied.
"I'll come with help. Just press the yellow button, that'll send a
beacon for us to follow." Nightstarr stated.
With that done, he checked the prisoner quickly. He then directed his
lizard friend to keep watch on Thug and to tranquilize him if he came to.
When he turned around, he was surprised to see two figures stepping
through some sort of portal.
He approached them, "I'm Defcon."
"Depth." the red, purple, and white male replied and to Dawnstarr,
"So, how's it going?"
"Its my neck, I feel numb everywhere else and I can't move." she
replied.
He whistled and said, "Well then, let's see what I can do." And out
came an assortment of portable, hand-held scanners and other medical gear
from various storage areas in his armor.
Defcon decided she'd be okay in their hands, he left Nightstarr his
inter-Bot frequency and was gone. By the time he had Thug in jail,
Nightstarr was already buzzing him.
"How is she?" he asked.
"Depth was able to reconnect the necessary torn linkages so she'd be
able to move a bit. We're at the hospital right now. They are attempting
to keep her stabilized as the fix the rest. One wrong move..." Nightstarr
stated.
"I know. I've homed in on you, be there as soon as I can." Defcon
replied.
He got permission to take leave and was at the hospital as fast as he
could get there. Getting info from the desk droid, he met Nightstarr in
the waiting room along with another female.
"I'm Dreadstarr." the purple and silver female said.
"How is she? he queried.
"Depth, Shadow, and Magmorta are helping out the doctors with her
specific mechanics, you see were a bit different from a Transformer."
Dreadstarr reported.
"She has been in and out of consciousness, they say the blow did more
damage than they thought. We can only wait now. Its up to the doctors to
fix what they can and for her to heal the rest." Nightstarr relayed.
Defcon bowed his head, it was his fault that he listened to her and not
helped her. Now she could die due to his inaction. He rather liked her and
didn't want to loose her just as they were getting to be friends. Time
passed so slow it felt like a year had gone by.
Depth announced, "We fixed what we could. She'll be in a coma for
awhile, but we think she'll pull through."
"Can we see her?" Dreadstarr inquired.
"Family only, doctors orders." Depth replied.
"Sorry, Defcon." Nightstarr consoled. Defcon only quirked a smile and
the two sister were gone.
Depth gave him a once over, "Don't be so down, man, they'll let ya
see her once they feel she can handle it."
"Yeah." he murmured.
Depth came up and put a hand on his shoulder, "Oh man, you do have it
bad."
"What?!" Defcon snapped.
"Whoah, negative vibes." Depth said, "You do care about her, is what I mean."
"Sure. She's my partner after all." Defcon replied.
"Nah, is beyond that, man. Its so obvious, its like reading a book.
You love her." Depth stated and let him be.
A nurse came up to him, "Are you Defcon?"
"Yes." he nodded.
"Dawnstarr is asking for you. Come with me." the nurse smiled. When he entered, Dawnstarr gave him a smile."I'll leave you alone." the nurse said
"Sit next to me." Dawnstarr requested. Defcon obliged her.
"I'm glad you're all right." Defcon stated.
Dawnstarr smiled, "I'm out of the woods. Were you here all the time I
was unconscious?"
"Yes." Defcon nodded.
"Depth said something to me concerning you." she stated.
"What was it?" he inquired.
"He said that when he saw you in the waiting room that you seemed to
be concerned about me, he thinks you care about me more that just a
business partner." Defcon was quiet, she reached out and clasped her hand around his.
"Silence can be answer enough. And if you're curious, I care about you too." Dawnstarr sat up and slipped her arms around his waist, "We'll talk more about this relationship later, right now I got to rest."
Days later, they walked away from the hospital in good spirits.
Dawnstarr was completely healed and hopefully the injury wouldn't be
repeated now that Depth had installed additional armor to protect the her
neck.