"The fuck do you think you're doing?"
Abe cocked his shotgun, pointing it at the strangers. Bucket stood beside him, regretfully aiming his launcher at the two.
"Ooh! I know that voice! Hey Abe!" The girl's face beamed with excitement, turning on the spot to face the two. The metallic man looked at her. "You know them."
"Well.. Only Abe- the guy.". Abe's jaw dropped in surprise, eye twitching. He lowered his gun, signalling at Bucket to lower his weapon.
"Sunny...? You- ..How?" He stuttered. "And who the fuck is that?". Sunny blinked, staring at him.
"Oh, long story. That's Torvald, also a long story!"
"I am not a long story." He interrupted her.
"That's not what I meant..." Sunny sighed. "Ah, anyway! We should totally get back to this super cool building I found, it's like a safe house!" She said, her voice filled with glee, running off with Caira over her shoulder. Torvald followed, not uttering a word to the two.
"Can we trust them, Abraham?" Bucket questioned.
"Like we have a damn choice." He grunted, running after the two, Bucket watching his back.
A good fifteen minute travel ended the six up at the abandoned colonist building. It was dull, most supplies had been taken, saving what they could spare while Shear was being evacuated. Caira had come around, still dizzy and nauseous from the events of earlier. Hyde was laid out on the colonist bed, recovering slowly. Abe approached Caira, grumbling, frowning.
"So what the fuck happened? Did he screw up? Are you hurt?" He questioned her interrogatively. Caira sighed, rubbing her head. "Actually Abe, I think you and Bucket were the ones who screwed up. We found the monster behind us not too long after you'd left-"
"That ain't our fault Caira, 'sides, you should watch your backs in a situation like this." He argued back, snarling. Caira stared at him, folding her arms. "You're so cocky, Abe. I'm really starting to think you hold a grudge against-"
"Save it, Caira."
"No, don't interrupt me when I-"
"I said save it!"
"And I say shut the bloody fuck uuup." Hyde groaned in the corner of the room, rubbing his head, waking up from a disturbed sleep. The two turned to look at Hyde, he grumbled, sitting up, legs hanging over the bed. "S'a really shit bed, just sayin'." He grunted. "Where's me gear?". Caira pointed over toward the other corner of the room, his destroyed pack lay on the table, Sunny fixing it as best she could.
"You have a distinct lack of armor." Torvald grunted at Hyde.
"Eh, yeah well, you've a distinct lack of body, so shove it." He snapped back. Caira groaned, rubbing her fingers into her head. "Can we please not argue..." She mumbled, turning to Torvald.
"Do you know what this thing is? The monster?" She asked, desperation in her voice.
"Yes." He responded. Caira flashed a sense of relief on her face.
"It's strong."
"No."
"Uh, yeah? We almost got killed-"
"You were foolish. It is weak. We have been searching for this beast for hours, it is injured."
Caira looked at him, he always had a stern, serious look on his face, from what she could tell. She put trust in him, if he had knowledge on this monster, that was as good an advantage as any.
"So, we can kill it. Six people, we should be enough, right?"
"Four. You and the big one rest. We are more than capable-"
"But I'm a -medic-. I can help..." Caira stared at him, frowning.
"No." He turned to Sunny. "We're moving, fix that later." He commanded, a sure-fire way to ensure at least one of the two wouldn't be capable of assisting in battle. Torvald stood by the door as the other three departed.
"If you follow, we will not assist you. Rest, now." He demanded, exiting and slamming the door.
Caira stared at the door, slumping against the wall behind her. She wanted to help, but she knew he was right. The two were essentially dead weight, and now they were sitting ducks, holding out a shitty little colony building.
"Me cub..." Hyde said weakly. "Me fuckin' blitzer... We forgot me fuckin' blitzer!" Hyde threw himself out of the bed, stumbling and hitting the ground. He seemed panicked and worried, Caira looked at him, pitifully. "Hyde, the chances are-"
"Shut the fuck up!" His voice breaking slightly, he was clearly upset. He stormed over to the table, slinging the unfinished gear onto his back, slamming his gauntlet on. Caira stood up quickly.
"Hyde that's really not-"
"I said, shut, up."
Caira threw herself at Hyde, thumping her fists against his chest, screaming.
"You'll get yourself killed! Stop it stop it stop it!" She wailed, her fingers scraping down his chest to his stomach as she slumped to the floor, sobbing. The atmosphere was thin and silent, Hyde stared down at her, she blocked his way.
"Caira... Move." He sighed.
"No." She sobbed back at him.
"Right then." He grunted, grabbing her, holding her firmly over his shoulder, Caira wailed, kicking and screaming.
"We're gonna die if we go out there! Hyde -please-!"
"You said we were gonna live, so make yer bloody mind up woman! I ain't goin' down if I've got you, stop bloody whinging." Hyde booted the door open, striding into the outdoors. Caira quietened down, sobbing turning to sniffles, she let out a sigh. She climbed up onto his shoulders, positioning herself as best as possible- she was still dizzy from the concussion, but better.
"The best thing to do is retrace our steps. We could alternatively follow the others, it would obviously be looking for the group or us if it were looking for parents." Caira announced.
Hyde nodded, somewhat marching forward.
Finding a blitzer cub in such a big place like the Aviary was going to be challenging.