Author's Note: I'm very sorry for the wait, school has been taking up a lot of my time. But I finished since I rushed, so please Enjoy.

Chapter 4: Easing Tension

A minute had passed in silence, the tom in front of them still held the tray in his hands and not moving an inch. Neither did the Rovers, since they weren't sure what he could do. The Master decided to try to calm the newcomer as he step forward an inch. "Please, you need to calm down."

"Where am I, what did you all do to us!?" He shouted back, his grip on the tray tightening.

The comment surprised the Rovers; apparently he must have thought they were responsible for their injuries. "Hold on there," Hunter responded with both hands up. "You and your friend were in a crash, we found you two and treated your injuries the best we could."

"Yeah, you have a sprain arm," Colleen decided to take over. "And your friend's leg nearly got broken."

The burly tom took a moment to think about what was said. 'No wonder my arm's in pain…maybe they aren't a threat, or they're trying to lower your guard!' he thought with a growl. "What's your angle, why help us?"

"Because it's what we do," Axel responded. "Please you have to trust us when-"

A groan interrupted the Akita as all eyes turned to the smaller tom, his hand reached up to rub his face. "What…happen?"

"Jake!?" The bigger one responded, dropping the tray and turning to his friend's side. "Buddy you alright!?"

"T-bone what-"It was then his hand felt around and realized the mask wasn't there. Small twinges of panic rose as he sat up, only to cry out and clutched his ribs.

"Don't do that, your ribs might be broken!" Colleen shouted as she moved to his side.

"Don't touch him!" the yellow tom warned, moving in front of his friend. "Do that and you'll-"

"Chance back down!" the ginger tom shouted back, wincing as he spoke.

The one called Chance turned back to his friend with a surprised look, "But Jake-"

"If they were any harm to us we would have woken up strapped down," The one called Jake responded, as if he figured out the whole situation already. Apparently this occurred to Chance as he realized this, causing his hostel demeanor to disappear. The ginger tom then looked at the collie with an apologizing expression, "I'm sorry for Chance's hostel appearance, he just-Ah!" He shouted as he tried to move, only for pain to flair in his ribs.

"Don't move," Colleen warned again.

"Sorry," He responded, hand on his ribs while the other was being used at support.

"I guess I'm sorry also," Chance spoke, looking at the ground. "We're in a unknown situation and-"

"Don't worry we completely understand," Hunter returned, as he Axel and Master moved to them. "Now please get back on the table so we can fix your arm." He nodded, going back to the table and sitting on it as the retriever moved to his side.

Meanwhile Colleen felt around Jake's ribs, noting down the reaction she got as when touching a certain spot. "Well the good news is that your ribs aren't broken, just bruised. I'm going to need you to take your top off so I can tape them."

"Alright," he nodded, slowly undoing the zipper of his suit and taking the top off, wincing as the fabric grazed his ribs.

As Hunter and Colleen began to work the Master turned to Axel, "I need you to bring everyone else in here. Now that we established they aren't hostel it's safe for them to come in."

"Ok Master, I'll be back," He nodded, turning and heading out of the room.

Inside the rec room all of the remaining Rovers could be found, all discussing their new 'guests'. Some were worried that they were a threat, but the rest thought they might be friendly. They had no other way of knowing till the Master gave word to them, so in the meantime they had to wait. "I mean is a good idea to bring them into our home?" Blitz asked as he sat on the couch, surrounded by the others. "I mean what if they work for Parvo or one of our other enemies?"

"If so then what do you think could have cause them to crash?" Jenna asked from her spot on the floor. Just then a flash of lightning and thunder sounded from the outside, reminding them of the weather outside.

"Maybe their plan was struck by the lighting," Ariel comment.

"True, that's a possibility," Shadow seconded, as he held his sleeping grandson in his arms. "Maybe they were scouting and they were hit."

Just before another word was sent the door opened and in came Exile, who seemed to have been breaking a sweat a bit. "Exile, what happened?" Krystal asked.

"Comrade Hubert and I had trouble towing in jet. Real piece of work as I got better look at it," the husky explained as he leaned on one of the couches.

"If you got a good look at it, then could you tell us what kind of jet it is?" Sierra asked as she was next to her husband.

"That hard part," He began, shifting a bit. "Looks like fighter plane, but could be used as scouting ship."

"Any idea on what could have taken it out of the air?" Blitz asked.

Just before Exile could answer the door opened once again as Axel walked in. Everyone turned to him, knowing he had an update on the situation. "Hey guys our new guest woken up, and the Master summoned us to the med bay."

"And?" Blitz asked for everyone.

"What do you mean?"

"Are they friendly or not?" the Doberman cleared up.

"Yes, so far. Now come on," The Akita motioned for them to follow.

Everyone began to get up and head for the door, just then Shadow spoke up. "I'll be there in a minute I'm just going to put Christian into his crib."

"Ok dad, see you in a bit," His son responded as everyone walked out.

Back in the med bay Hunter finished setting Chance's arm up in a sling. The yellow tom took the chance to flex it, but didn't feel as much pain as before. "There, just rest it for a couple of days and it'll be good as new," Hunter explained.

"Uh…thanks…I'm sorry but what are your names?" He asked out of curiosity.

"We'll save introductions for when the others get here."

"Others?" another look of curiosity came on the burly tom's face.

"Yeah, there are more of us," the retriever responded with a smile.

Just then Colleen finished with wrapping up the smaller tom's ribs, and he was putting back on his top. "Just take it easy, your ribs are really sensitive now."

"Thanks, I really appreciate-OW!" He cried out as he moved his right leg, but intense pain flared through it. Both eyes squeezed shut as both hands clutched it.

"Be careful," Colleen warned. "Your leg is on the borderline of being broken, I have to put a splint on it."

"Thanks for warning me," He responded as both hands removed themselves as the collie began to wrap the leg.

Right on cue the door to the room opened and the rest of the Rovers came into the room, some eyes raised at the sight of the two toms. They had a clear view of them and weren't sure what to make of them. "Ah Rovers just in time," The Master spoke as he then turned to their guest. "Now that everyone is here I know there are some questions that are in the air."

"Oh big time," The burly tome responded. "By the way my name is Chance, this is my buddy Jake."

"It's nice to meet you all," Jake responded. "Now what-"He was cut off as an alarm blared throughout the base, indicating that there was trouble.

A/N: Hope you like, tried really hard on it but I had to rush so it's not really my best. Still I'll try to make time to do this eariler. So I thank you for waiting.