Autobot Ship (Nevada/California)

[ᴵᵗ'ᶳ ᴸᵉ' ᴹᵉᵎ Asᴛʀɪɴᴀʟ]

-Skies:

Astrinal was traveling as fast as she could, no way was she gonna blow up. Nope! Eventually she was flying threw ridges and mountains, dodging and bypassing swiftly. Then she saw it; a cavern entrance. "A cave!" she said, saying if as if it was her idea of heaven. She made a steep turn, traveling towards the entrance. "Turbo, if can can track me, you'll find me."

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(OOC: This was kind of stretching things out so hopefully this post can help move the story along for other people.)

Turbojet followed Astrinal's path as well as he could. He flew as fast as if he was being shot at from all directions. He used maneuvers to get by rocky obstacles and, such almost with a sort of grace like movement. But Turbojet doesn't fly like some butterfly his name is "Turbo" for crying out loud. As a matter of fact his engine turbine singed some of the rock walls that it got near due to the flaming exhaust as well as making that signature "sheeeeer" sound that most jets make when they pass by something at great speeds.

Right when Astrinal pulled up ahead of Turbojet a loud yet distant explosion erupted. That nuke had hit the desert floor and, if it couldn't do explosion damage for the kill then it would try blowing them away with the blast's aftershock. A large dust wave was being launched towards Astrinal and Turbojet's location. Lucky for them Astrinal found their safety card all ready. "Sounds good to me. I rather not be a flaming plane wreck on the desert ground. Turbojet quickly pulled upward towards the cave entrance after Astrinal. He transformed back into his robot mode using his hand to grab the edge of the cave entrance to catch himself before he slammed into the roof. Then Turbojet ran to the back of the cave a little just to make sure he was out of range.

A few seconds after Turbo entered a large gust of dust (rhyme ) rocketed past the cave making it shake a little from the force. Turbojet took a deep breath in relieve. "Oh man, and here it is I thought nukes were only bad on Cybertron." Turbojet eventually was able to breath normally which is when he decided to attempt sending a comm to the ship. Turbojet patched in a channel to the ship but, the connection was dim because of the nuke and the cave. However Turbojet tried it anyway. "Autobots; If you're hearing this me and Astrinal made it to a cave somewhere along the desert grounds. So we managed to escape the nuke but, we are not sure if who ever shot that thing is planning anything else crazy. Turbojet out." After he sent the message Turbo walked closer to Astrinal trying to get make sure that the injuries he saw weren't just some desert halusionation. Once he confirmed they were real Turbojet went ahead and asked about her health status. "Astrinal are you feeling ok? I noticed all these wounds earlier when you passed me I can fix those if you want or at least relieve the pain." He spoke in a calm voice trying to make sure he didn't sound as worried as he felt.

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-Cave:

"I'm hurt, but still in fighting condition." Astrinal said, leaning against the cavern wall. It was a lie, of course. Astrinal had so may woulds it wasn't funny. From many dents and cuts, to some serious sword wounds. but Astrinal showed it off to act like it didn't hurt. Again, it hurt a lot. "really, I'm alright." it was simple: She wasn't okay. But she seemed to act like her optics squinted and she flung a hand to her torso. A scorch mark was visible from what looked like a riot cannon wound. "Again. I'm fine." she said, still trying to show she was fine, but it wasn't a good attempt.

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Turbojet looked at Astrinal with a sadness that was not towards her. It was towards himself. How do you help someone who is willingly resisting something that is clearly there? Turbo admired this partially but, he was stubborn enough to resist also. Wanting to help someone who may not even want his help. The physical damage on Astrinal was clearly seen but, what about damage internally? Not like vital organs but, more as emotions or inner feelings. Something traumatic could be the cause of her acting like this. Turbojet could only make this theory based of himself however. His own traumatized back story that he is selfishly using to figure out others when he can't even figure out himself. The tough thing is that theories can't always be proven to be true. And Turbojet's views about his worth in life has been left as another theory that is waiting to be solved. After Astrinal spoke her words of choice Turbo tried to find his own words to reply. However he was afraid if there were to be any words to say.

He did manage to find the words but, it took him several minutes to actual say them. His voice was...unsure...unsure on what is right or wrong. "If you must ignore the clear damage Astrinal then I can't force you to take my help...Just don't forget that I am willing to help you however I can. However I suppose we should focus on getting out of here first." Turbojet fell silent after that. He moved to a near by wall inside a cave. A wall all to himself which no other cybertronian can bypass. It isn't a real wall but, more as a spiritual one that only effects Turbojet as a whole. He has hid behind this wall for many years now. And the worst thing about it;...is that it is a wall he created himself.

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Astrinal looked at Turbo, but hesistated before replying. Something was different about him, he wasn't pushy and worried like most. Okay, he was worried, but he wasn't making her sit down and get help like Rachet would have done. "I guess a checkup wouldn't hurt." Astrinal then said. "It does kinda hurt, actually."

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Turbojet stood there in thought for a few minutes until Astrinal finally broke the silence. He looked at her for a couple seconds before he nodded at her answer. Turbo activated his small flash light then shined it over different places in the cave until he found a decent spot for Astrinal to sit at so he could check on her health. Turbojet's voice was still kind of...dull. Mainly it was just not in the same enthusiastic tone that it usually is. "If you want; you can sit down in that spot right over there. As of now I will simply examine your physical condition to make a short list of any injuries. After that all I will have do is get rid of the pain. Quick and simple; is that ok with you?"

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Astrinal shrugged and made her way over to the spot Turbo pointed out, then she sat down. "As long as there's no pain envolved." she said. Astrinal would lean back, trying to relaxe. However that was near to impossible. But she worked with whatever unhurt limbs had and rested two hands behind her neck and closing her optics.

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Astrinal's reply was something Turbo has heard many times before. It is one of the main fears people have when letting a medic try to fix their injuries. So Turbojet took a relaxing breath as he walked over to Astrinal until he was close enough to work yet far enough to give her some personal space as well. First he shined his light over her body and wrote down any kind of damage he spotted as he examined her. It was a simple process and, the list of damage was actually minor to be honest.

Now all he had to do was null any pain Astrinal was feeling so he could fix as many burns,scraps,dents, cuts, etc. He thought for a minute before decided to take out a needle filled with coolant fluid. However instead of sticking it in Astrinal's arm for example he decided to take out many bandage pads and, covered them in the coolant. This way he could keep himself from losing trust from Astrinal by hurting her as he worked. "Alright I am gonna put a few of these pads on you. It will feel a little cold at first but, it will get rid of the pain." After he said that Turbojet moved on by softly placing many coolant pads on Astrinal but, did it with a time delay between each one so her body temperature wouldn't drop to a critical state. Then once the coolant had did its job in numbing down the nerves Turbo would take the spare time to fix as many injuries that he could using a small spark pen thingy (Whatever it was that Ratchet was using on Optimus in that cut scene with Jazz on FOC if any of you know what I am talking about XD). Turbojet made sure to handle Astrinal gently hoping he wasn't hurting her.

[cartmantuttle]

Long Shot was walking around the Autobot ship, trying to improve morale. He was afraid that even with his charismatic personality, he wouldn't be able to successfully boost crew spirits.

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((I've seen the cut scene. On FoC, I'm stuck on the Megatron Returns level ))

Astrinal didn't reply, but simply nodded in understanding. At first, Astrinal had flinched, but she then got use to Turbo touching her wounds. Both old and new. As much as it hurts, just man it out. she thinks to herself. Flinching will make it worse.