Caira's body reacted to the cold and the change from the lack of adrenaline now, she shivered, her breath shaky. Hyde raised his eyebrow questioningly, looking over at her. He looked around the area searching for something.
There.
Hyde grabbed a broken, medium sized piece of tree that'd been knocked down, possibly by the larger wildlife. He dragged it over, dropping it near her. He turned his head away slightly as he set it alight- Caira screamed, confused at first, her eyes shaking as she stared up at Hyde.
"Th..oughtful of you..." She whined, huddling up by the crackling fire. He looked at her, grunting and nodding, sitting next to her and wrapping his arms around her too keep her warm, though her jetpack kept the two slightly distant.
"What do you reckon then, Caira." Hyde mumbled. "Think we're gonna live? Do you really think that?" He looked at her, genuine concern in his eye. Caira looked back at him, her eyes heavy, her body quivering from the cold and the fact that her body was crashing didn't help her.
"Maybe. I don't know. I'd like to uh, think so." She turned to face the fire now, sighing. "They never stop amazing me, you know? The monsters, that is. Incredible, unique, and yet, terrifying.". Caira's voice began to stabilize, though she still shivered from the cold of the outdoors- the change in temperature from the indoors of the Aviary to the outdoors. She did find it a little strange though, the area around them was warming rapidly, there was no way the fire could be emitting that much heat-
Grrrrghhhll...
Oh.
Oh no.
Caira and Hyde turned their heads slow and cautiously, it'd managed to get to their location, it's back showing, not facing them.
"Fascinating..." Caira whispered, her eyes glistening and fearful. Hyde pulled a mixture of a sour and horror in his face.
"Bloody hell.". He grabbed Caira, slinging her over his shoulder- Caira wailed, startling the monster, it let out a loud, gurgling roar. Hyde belted it for the tunnel, Caira kicked in the adrenaline boost again, immediate nausea rushing to her head.
"Don't you bloody throw up on me, shoot the bastard!" Hyde yelled, looking over his shoulder briefly, they weren't quick enough to outrun the behemoth sized monster, the thing was rolling towards them at a violent speed, knocking them out of the tunnel. Airborne now, Hyde grabbed Caira from his shoulder, holding her to his chest, his jetpack thrusters booted in an attempt to slow them.
Just a few seconds too soon, however.
They hurtled into a wall, hitting 2 to 3 meters high, Hyde's pack crumpling at the impact, body like a ragdoll, as his hold on Caira relinquished. The two fell, hitting the concrete hard. Caira groaned, her head was spinning, her adrenaline booster was out of action. She rubbed her head, her vision blurry, she could only imagine she had gotten a concussion with these side effects. Keeping low, she crawled towards Hyde, upon closer inspection she realised there was something wrong, no groaning, yelling, he was out cold.
"No..." Caira hissed squeakily. She shuffled upto Hyde, flicking a device that let out a regenerative aura around the two, fixing up any internal or external damage. It did it's work, but that wouldn't wake Hyde up.
"Damnit, this isn't a good time to take a nap you big jerk! Wake up!" She laughed nervously, trying to reassure herself, trying to deal with the situation. She sniffled, wiping her eyes, huddling upto Hyde. "I'll keep you alive, and you're gonna kick monster butt, alright?". She was talking to herself, her vision still distorted. She could barely keep conscious herself. Two silhouettes approached the pair, was it Bucket and Abe? It had to have been. Caira waved a hand frantically. "H-hey! We're over here!". The two figures stopped, facing their direction. She could barely hear, but they definitely didn't sound like Bucket and Abe.
A tall, robotic man, dressed in tribal tattoos and braided beard, stood with a strong pose, a snarl across his face. A chatty young girl followed beside him, her expression curious, yet grim- that soon changed into a beaming cheesy smile.
"Hey, look! People!" She exclaimed, they were quite literally 1 meter away from the two against the wall.
"Yes." The man stated bluntly. Caira could barely stay awake, her voice weak, face pale.
"You gotta.. You gotta he..lp..." her body flopped to the ground, finally giving way. The girl and man stared at each other, she shrugged.
"Heey, don't look at me, I'm an engineer, not a medic."
"Repair them." He grunted.
"Wha? What'd I just say? I can't fix 'em like I fixed you, Tory-wory." She pouted at him.
"Do not call me that. Repair them." He stated bluntly, he approached Hyde, grabbing him and slinging him over his shoulder with no problems. The girl sighed, her mechanical assisting arm held Caira over her shoulder.