Re: The Adbot's Revenge!
Copper circled around in her flight once again as she barely caught sight of something bright and blue flashing behind her. Whatever it was had faded and it didn't look like Siphon had gotten himself into any further trouble, so she put her attention on the mountains. It wasn't all that far of a distance for her to wing it but she was glad for the opportunity to fly. Not exactly the type of walk she'd want to do if she could help it.
Dropping her altitude once she got closer to the foothills of the mountains, she began circling around, initially just trying to get the lay of the land. It was pretty rough terrain here, given all the fighting that had happened a while ago, likely before Burrito's cease-fire. Not to mention the fact that there could potentially be bots in the area, too. Still, she tracked better when she had access to all of her facilities, so she landed behind a crop of rocks and shifted back into her human form once more. She thought about testing to see if the radio was working, but didn't want to give herself away, should frequencies be monitored. For now, she was on her own.
Prowling around the area, she was turning up a whole mess of nothing, at least until she picked up on the smell of blood. Relatively fresh, too. Slinking along, she followed the trail as best she could until she hit a small crop of rocks that overlooked what might be a small clearing.
"Aw, shit," she muttered.
Lying below her were what she could only presume to be what was left of Gamma squadron. Most of them were intact, dead by the wounds she deduced came from some sort of projectile weapon. A couple of them, though, looked like they had tangled with something bigger and badder. Doing a quick head-count...or in this case, torso count...she found they were all there.
"Burrito's not going to like this," she muttered under her breath. As she started to draw back, she stopped, not quite believing she'd heard what she just did. But no, there it was again. Someone down there definitely groaned.
Climbing over, she dropped to the ground, hissing as the soles of her feet collided with the solid earth. Once she had feeling again, she stood still, trying to figure out where the noise had come from. The smell of blood was stronger down here and she was really glad she'd eaten before heading out on her mission.
There it was. Still keeping an eye on the surrounding area, she headed over to kneel down beside one of the soldiers. He'd gotten hit, and hard, but he was still alive. His eyes focused on her for a second and he sputtered in panic, trying to move away from her.
"Hey, hey. It's okay. I'm one of the good guys. Take it easy." She reached up and held out her tags. If he moved around too much, he might end up hurting himself more. "What happened here, kid? Tell me, while I see about getting you out of here, okay?"
Siphon! Quit playing with your new toys and tell Burrito I've got a wounded here I don't know if I can extract on my own. I'm about...oh, hell, head in a straight shot east from where I left you, then go right for about ten yards, then back toward the bigger cliffs. We'll be here. I'm not radioing, because I don't know if the area's free or not.
That done, she started checking the solider over as best she was able, not wanting to leave him, but she was probably going to have to look for something to help with that bleeding soon, not to mention keeping an eye and ear out for unfriendlies.
