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[capemods]

WHO: PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE
WHERE: Nominally Los Angeles, but with teleporters and the refugee camps involved, who even knows?
WHEN: From June 5th on!
SUMMARY: People... who evacuate people... are the luckiest people... in the world.

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[soonillbe]

Ness on the open bed gate of the pickup truck they had commandeered for evacuation purposes, legs dangling over the side, trusty baseball bat in hand.

"Don't worry, Lyra," he said cheerfully, smiling for the benefit of the nervous civilians riding with them. "We can take'em."

[spacetimeguard]

"It doesn't look like there's anyone following us." Safeguard was up in the air, playing aerial scout, his entire body radiating alertness as he looked around. From the air, he had a better view as it was - and he didn't freak out some of the more nervous civilians with how yellow his eyes seemed to be.

"Ness is right. If they do show up, we can and will take them."

[soonillbe]

"See anything up ahead, Safeguard?" Ness glanced up his friend, pondering the likelihood of them getting out unmolested.

[spacetimeguard]

"One click." He darted off up a head of the convoy.

"It looks like more civilians up ahead." For all he knew though it could be the HIVE goons dressed like them, or genuine refugees. "About three."

[soonillbe]

Ness fell obediently silent, waiting for the moment of truth. He gripped his bat a little tighter just in case--immediate action might become necessary, after all.

BTW, yes, it is HIVE goons. Like it was going to be easy to get out. :(

[spacetimeguard]

Safeguard tensed a little, eyes picking over them, looking for any clue that they were what they appeared to be, frowning and then nodding his head. It looked all clear, but he couldn't be sure.

He dropped as silently as he could though, making a frustrated face at the lack of optical zoom on human eyes, then held up a hand; Ssomething didn't sit right. Most they had picked where in various states of either confusion or denial or such like.

A shrug to say he didn't know what to think. Maybe they were in shock?

[soonillbe]

Ness slowly drew his knees up, preparing to spring off of the back of the truck if he had to. Safeguard's cautiousness and Lyra's tenseness was putting him a little on edge--but he still spared a small, if determined, smile for the civilian sitting nearest him.

[spacetimeguard]

Finally, where they got close enough, Safeguard let off a few nasty swears in Ancient Cybertronian. "Hive." He whispered, just being able to see the concealed weapons - guns by the looks of it. He was tense, but he would not engaged unless engaged first.

"Lyra, is there any way to muffle the cars?" If there wasn't, they where screwed, no two ways about that, as far as he knew. And while yes, he wanted to fight, he'd rather not let innocents get hurt.

[soonillbe]

"If you can distract them, I could get at least one from behind..."

He thought for a short moment before adding, "You should stay with the trucks and make sure they keep moving."

The need for strategy made Ness a little chattier than usual.

[spacetimeguard]

Safeguard nodded. "Distraction would be good. Can knock them out better." Less chance of them getting hurt, but even with the distraction, it would be tricky.

"I can go with Ness." It went with out saying that he could be Ness's back up. Plus he wanted to /do/ something. He was itching for even a little bit of action.