At the wall...

[princeinexile]

"..I'm breathing dead magog," Zuko said, as he was helped into the courtyard, among the dust and the debris. They were-- alright. They were okay.

They had all lived. Injuries were minimal. It was good. Did they really think that only ten magog--even vampire magog-- could have rattled them? It seemed so--paltry, so small

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[wash_drives]

Wash emerged from the wreckage of the airship, slightly ruffled, but otherwise all right.

"Hi."

[princeinexile]

"..hi!"

Don't mind Zuko, or Miho pushing him along. "Di-- is-- well-- DID IT WORK!?"

Uh he's a little incoherent. THEY BROUGHT THE SHIP BACK. THIS IS A GOOD SIGN.

[meimeichanic]

A part of the ship shifts, and drops.

Shifts again. Drops.

Then is lited out more firmly, and reveals a soot-blackened inanely cheerful grin.

"Hey, Cap'n," says a tired Kaylee. "Quite the homecoming, huh?"

[princeinexile]

THere is much rolling. And hands extended to Kaylee, not caring that she's sooty. She was who they brought out the first time, and she went back in, and ...came back.

Did they... all... really come back?

"You smell like shit," he laughs, voice a little-- off. But he's just-- uh. Happy. Very happy. "We-- have a lot of suvivors? Rescuees? Shit, someone passed out already! Get him inside--"

Yeah, he's already welcoming with orders.

"Sokka? Katara?"

Are they there?!

[wash_drives]

Wash put an arm around Kaylee's shoulder and whispered, "Wonderful as always, mei mei."

To Zuko he said, "Sokka is fine. His shoulder's hurt but that guy who passed out is a doctor and was in the process of fixing it,"

Now for the bad news, "Katara wasn't in the basket. There was some kid she was flying with, I have no idea where they are. Harper..." He trailed off and sighed, running a hand over his face, "When the Magog attacked the ship, they blew a hole in the cabin and Harper went out with it. He was holding onto some grappling rope and then fell. The drop wasn't enough to kill him and he might have gotten picked up by the cew on the ground, I just don't know..."

[thatfowlboy]

From the depths of the ship, a familiar voice called, "He's in here!"

[notanoptimist]

"He's also trying to get up!"

Just give him a minute - that was a hell of a landing.

[notanoptimist]

"Ow-- hang on-- ahh, Katara! Wait, I--"

Nope, there he is, being hauled out. He's not stumbling badly, just lightheaded with the loss of blood, his t-shirt soaked with it on the left side.

But he also has an impromptu bandage wrapped tightly around the wound.

"I'm fine, I just need to-- to sit down for a minute, okay? Go help that woman, she's a friend of Harper's..."

[princeinexile]

Zuko was wheeled in Sokka's direction, grinning. "Congratulations, cap'n," he says, patting his shoulder. "Or whichever one of you qualfies as that."

He doesn't know. He doesn't rightly CARE at the moment. Just so long as they're happy, safe, sound, and secure here at home. "Looks like we got a really boring time compared to yours... we didn't have anything really exciting here... Just some vampire magog. But we were well prepared. They died easily."

[notanoptimist]

Stumbling once Katara runs off, Sokka isn't at all prepared for Zuko-- and groans sharply for the pat to his shoulder. "Ahh, damn you, there's blood right there--"

But for all his bitching, he still grins back, looking over the apartments, safe and well...

Until it falters.

"Harper-- fell," he says quietly, frowning as he looks back in the direction of the hive. "He caught himself with rope, so the fall didn't kill him, but I didn't see where he landed..."

[princeinexile]

Fell? There is a -- unhappy look at that, but he nods. "...he'll get out. We'll have watch on the walls for the ground troops-- they'll get back more slowly..."

He'll make it back. He will.

[notanoptimist]

Sokka just-- nods once. They have to hope, right? Nothing to do now but make sure everyone he can see is all right.

So he smiles again, keeps his gaze on Zuko as his right hand finds his hip. "...So no problem thrashing your guys, huh? Mel's happy?" Getting out her bloodlust and all.

[princeinexile]

"Oh yeah. Found she's a decent shot with those stakes," he says, looking over. "I -- should probably go see and her her sister. She-- did make it out, right?" he scans the clusters of people, hoping for a happy Mel SOMEWHERE...