Cole barked a few orders to a few of the men with her, pointing at various possitions. "Make sure that we have enough medical supplies, we need to be ready for anything
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Razorclaw soon finds Cole. Blocking out the surrounding emotions was less easy. The Crablet isn't smiling now, and his enthusiasm at the thought of being part of something like this is fading fast. He looks uneasy and uncertain...
Cole glances over seeing him and smiles faintly. "It's okay Raze, we're just making sure we're ready just in case." She puts the box she's holding down and pops her back.
"How about in a little bit we check on Skitter okay? Wouldn't want her to know her big brother's scared right?" She asked hoping to keep his mind off what was going on. Okay, I get to babysit here... Keep the kids minds busy.. "Better yet, when I'm done here, we can get some of the other kids together and maybe play some games. You think that would help keep them from being scared?"
Raze looked insulted. "I'm not scared... and Skit's fine, I left her with Grampa."
"Maybe... I dunno... Some of them are scared. And some are angry, and there's..." He winced slightly. "I'm not used to holding out this much... I think I know now why Dad didn't want me to come..."
To distance himself from the emotions he sensed, he picked up the box Cole had put down. "Where does this need to go?"
"It needs to get over to the hospital... Hey, if your scared it's okay. You're not the only one. To tell you the truth I'm terrified. I'm just keeping busy so I won't break down." She patted him on the shoulder. "If you want to cry I promise I won't tell anyone, Big boys cry some times."
The Alpha nodded. "Lemme guess... You're an empath, real early on in your training... Minimal shields... This is a kind of proving ground for you, then? Get some real practice with them in? You look like they're not doing much to help you." He shook his head a bit. "Soundwave was a telepath... Due to a very interesting bit of hardware and driver software. He could hear and distinguish individual on/off states changing in both other Cybertronians and even, to a degree, some carbon-based life. If you're an empath, then it's more spiritual, if you're not just reading body language, anyway. Something to do with your spark, probably."
"Yeah," Razorclaw admitted, a bit surprised that anyone here knew even as much about Transformers as this. "Empath, sometimes bordering on telepathy. Dad can catch people's thoughts sometimes, especially if they're thinkin about somethin that's tied to an emotional response. And I know he can 'path to Mom..."
He avoided saying that most of the thoughts his Dad tended to pick up from people were things that they were afraid of...
"We dunno why Dad's like that though. Grampa isn't, so either it's just some wierd fluke... or it's somethin the Maximals did on purpose. I dunno which'd be worse..."
"Skitter's the same, so she got left with Grampa. If she was here..," he paused and shivered at the thought. "She'd have totally flipped out by now, and you don't wanna be anywhere near Skit when she has a crying fit, trust me..."
Al shook its head. "No worries. You need to get a message to your dad, or him to you, I'll stick with you, okay? Besides, with your shields acting up, you probably need an oasis."
It rubbed its chin for a while. "It's probably not something worth thinking about. I take it your sister has a sort of wild talent, and a capacity for either heavy destruction or empathic influence?"
"She kinda takes after mom, but she's not really old enough to control it," Razorclaw said, and then realised he'd better explain that. "It's sorta a wierd sound-based thing... kinda like... Have you ever played the Mortal Kombat games or seen the second movie? Know who Queen Sindel is? Kinda like that. Only with a red light show and, if it's Skit havin a cryin fit, a LOT of colateral damage."
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"How about in a little bit we check on Skitter okay? Wouldn't want her to know her big brother's scared right?" She asked hoping to keep his mind off what was going on. Okay, I get to babysit here... Keep the kids minds busy.. "Better yet, when I'm done here, we can get some of the other kids together and maybe play some games. You think that would help keep them from being scared?"
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"Maybe... I dunno... Some of them are scared. And some are angry, and there's..." He winced slightly. "I'm not used to holding out this much... I think I know now why Dad didn't want me to come..."
To distance himself from the emotions he sensed, he picked up the box Cole had put down. "Where does this need to go?"
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He avoided saying that most of the thoughts his Dad tended to pick up from people were things that they were afraid of...
"We dunno why Dad's like that though. Grampa isn't, so either it's just some wierd fluke... or it's somethin the Maximals did on purpose. I dunno which'd be worse..."
"Skitter's the same, so she got left with Grampa. If she was here..," he paused and shivered at the thought. "She'd have totally flipped out by now, and you don't wanna be anywhere near Skit when she has a crying fit, trust me..."
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It rubbed its chin for a while. "It's probably not something worth thinking about. I take it your sister has a sort of wild talent, and a capacity for either heavy destruction or empathic influence?"
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