Kaen's eyes widen and he runs over

*Gear was thrown into a tree, half his flesh was charred*

"God, no, no, no-! Who did this-?!"
He looks to where the explosion came from

*too much smoke to see*

"Hrr.."
He kneels next to Gear

*his right side is badly torn apart*

"F**k.. I'm gonna get you help buddy.."

*still breathing*

He picks up Gear and looks for a nearby friendly base camp

*you find one and see the medical tent*

He heads to the camp rather quickly

*you arrive there*

He calls out
"HEY! I NEED A MEDIC HERE!"

*someone gets gear on a cot*

He follows
"Please tell me he'll be okay.."

"he's pretty badly torn up...we'll do our best"

"Please do.."

*they start healing him*

He watches

"he'll need a cybernetic arm..."

He sighs
"As long as he lives."

Gear is put on a heavy painkiller and sleeping drug*

He watches

*they work as they replace what little he has left of his right arm and chest*

He continues watching, worried

*they finish*

"Is he okay?"

"he will be"

"Oh thank Jesus.."

"give some time to wake up..."

"Right."

*walks away*

He sits next to Gear and waits

*wakes slowly*

He looks at Gear and smiles

"h-hello? kaen?"

"Hello."

"what happened....?"

"You took an explosion head-on."

"and i'm still alive?"

"Yeah."

*confused* "how?"

"Don't ask me, I have no clue.."

*sits up*

"Are you okay?"

*looks down* "what the hell-?! wh-what happened to my arm?!"

"They replaced it with a cybernetic arm."

*in shock*

"Just relax."

"relax?! my f**king arm is gone!"

"I know.. Just calm down.."

*visibly upset*

"You're probably in shock.."

"my arm is gone....."

"You're okay.."

"my arm is gone-........"

"You're fine."

*pouts*

"You'll be okay, dude."

*looks at his arm*

"Just the same as it was before."

"it's a robot..."

"Mhm."

"my arm is a robot...."

"Yeah."

*recovering from shock*

"It's fine."

"easy for you to say...."

"I guess.."

*calms down*

"You okay now?"

"a little..."

"Good.."

*nods*

"Do you know how the explosion happened?"

"landmine probably...."

"You survived a go***amn landmine-?"

"yeah"

"Jesus."

"concussion maybe..."

"Maybe?"

"maybe"

"Do you need to rest more?"

*shrugs*

"Maybe you should."

"yeah"

"You'll be fine."

"you keep saying that

"Because I'm also trying to convince myself that."

"how long will my recovery be?"

He shrugs

*sighs*

"Are we winning-?"

"i hope"

"Yeah.."

....

"Get some rest, bud."

*nods*

He sits down

*rests*

He leans back and sighs

...

He dozes off

(time skip

((k

*wakes up

"Ugh.."

"hm?"

"What time is it-?"

*shrugs*

He gets up

"i feel better"

"That's good.."

*nods*

"Ready to get back out there?"

*nods*

"I like to hear that.*

*stands up*

"Let's go."

*starts walking*

He follows

*goes to the garage

He follows

*sits, clearly in pain

"You don't look okay.."

"my spine hurts...."

"You sure you're ready?"

"yeah"

"Okay.."

"i'll manage.."

"Hopefully.."

*grabs his toolbox*

"What are you doing?"

"just because i'm injured doesn't mean to whole war stops....I'm the best mechanic we have...."

"That's good."

"yeah"

"What are you gonna do now?"

"keep building"

"Okay."

*tries to adjust to his new arm*

He leans against a wall

*works on a tank*

He watches

...

He summons a fireball and plays around with it

"gear, you're needed in the war room."
"what? why?"
*shrugs*

"Huh."

*gear gets up*

"Should I follow?"

"yeah....i have a feeling it's something bad..."

"Okay.. Lead."

*goes to the war room

He follows

*you see the captain*
"sir?"
"Gryffphynn, we have some bad news."
"y-yes sir?"
"your brother went MIA"
*silence*

He stays silent

"sir? may i be dismissed?"
"you are dismissed."
*gear leaves quickly and quietly*

He looks at the captain and quickly leaves after

*gear fills with fear and sadness*

"Hey.."

"hm?"

"I'm sorry.."

*hugs*

He hugs back

"he was my only family"

"I'm so sorry.."

*silence*

"I'm sure we'll find him."

*nods*

He sighs

...

"Do you know who could have taken him?"

"no..."

"Damm.."

...

"We need to find him."

"yeah"

"Should we use the tank?"

"the tank isn't ready, and it's too noticable."

"True."

...

"How do we find him?"

"give me a little time."

"Mhm."

"i'll whip something up tonight and we'll be ready by tomorrow..."

"Alright."

*goes to his workbench*

He leans against a wall

*starts working*

He watches

....

"What are you making?"

"something useful..."

"Hopefully."

*keeps working*

He waits

*getting tired*

"Why don't you relax? You look tired.'

"fine..."

"C'mon.."

*rests his head on the workbench*

He sits down

*sleeps*

He falls asleep

..

..

*quietly wakes back up and keeps working*

He stays asleep

*works until his body shuts down*

He wakes up
"Whuh..?"

*exhausted*

He walks over
"Hey."

"hm..."

"You okay?"

"yeah"

"Do you know the time?"

"....eight hundred hours..."

"Late..."

*nod*

"What are you making?"

"cloaking discs"

"Oh-!"

"mhm"

"When should we leave?"

*gets up and stretches*
"three hours ago."

"So now."

"yes"

"Alright let's go."

"mhm."

"Lead on."

*hands you a disc

He takes it

*leaves*

He follows

*looks around*

"Where are we going?"

"enemy camp

"Okay.."

*keeps walking

He follows

*put on the disc*

He does so

"lets get my brother back."

"Yeah."

*grins*

"Let's go."

*walks*

He follows

*you arrive*

He looks atoundy

*similar to your camp

He tilts his head

*around

*gear quietly moves

He follows

*you hear talking in one of the tents

He goes near the tent and listens

"ready to talk?"
"No."
"I need a yes or we'll keep bringing you to the waterfall."
"It'll take a lot more than that to stop me."
"Then how about your brother?"
"You're bluffing -"
"You don't know that..."
" . . . "

He stays silent

*you hear the person get up and drag the other

He stays silent still

"so what you're trying to freeze me to death?
"Shut it."
"Woah someone lost their sense of humor

He listens closer

*leads the person out back to a river

He quietly follows

*the person being interrogated is shoved under a small rushing waterfall*
*yelps*

He watches

*his muscles twitch violently under the icy cold water*

He inches closer

*stifled sounds of agony*

He whistles

...

He whistles again, trying to get their attention

*looks over*

He keeps whistling

*whisles back*
".. / -.-. .- -. .----. - / .-.. . .- ...- ."

"-.-. --- -- . / --- ...- . .-. / .... . .-. ."

".. / -.-. .- -. .----. -"

".. - .----. ... / .- -. / . -- . .-. --. . -. -.-. -.--"

*red shivers and twitches*

He sighs, sneaks up and punched the person drowning him

*turns around and growls , unaffected*

He punched him again, harder

*he is pushed into the water*

He rushes over to Ref

*climbs out, shivering horribly

He whispers
"I'm with your brother."

*catching his breath*

"Run away before they catch on."

*stands up*

"Go, quick!"

*freezing*

He sighs and helps him

red*

*shivers*

"Can you walk?"

*his skin is cold as ice*

"Dammit.."
He helps him away

*trudges along slowly*

"C'mon.."

*nods*

"You'll be okay.."

"h-hypothermia

"Do you need my scarf?"

"i- i n-need t-to dry o-off..."

"Where should I take you?"

"s-somewh-where w-warm"

"So a tent?"

*nods*

He looks for the nearest tent

*you find one*

He helps him to the tent

*sits*

He sits next to him

*shivering badly*

"The offer still stands."

"wh-what?"

"You want my scarf?"

*nods

He takes off his scarf and puts it around his neck
"It won't do much, but it'll help."

"th-thanks

"You're welcome."

"I think I need a doctor..."

"You won't find a friendly one here."

"I can't feel my arms

He walks outside and looks for a medical tent

*you see one

He walks to the tent and enters

..

He looks around for someone or something

*you find a doctor

He walks outside and tries to disarm the cloaking device

*you do so

He walks back in
"Hello?"

"yes

"My friend needs help."

"where is he?"

"Couple tents over."

*goes to red

He follows

*red barely stays awake

"I think he has frostbite."

*checks red

He stays silent

"he needs to be warmed up immediately, he's got hypothermia

"Do you have anything to?"

*hands you towels

He takes them

...

He helps Red warm up

*shivering

"Jesus..."

*curls up

"You'll be okay.."

*warms up

"You okay?"

"a bit

"Good.."

*nods

He mutters
"Where's your brother.."

....

He looks outside

*you hear two villains talking*
"we can use 'em for scrap parts."

He walks outside

"do you think thats real titanium?"
"could go for a lot of money on the market"

He sneaks closer

*you see a bodybag*

He activates the cloaking device

"only if we can get the blood off of it..."

He sneaks behind one of the people and punches them in the back of the neck

*ko*

He runs behind the other one and does the same

*ko

He looks around for Gear

*you see his cybernetic arm covered in blood peeking out of the bodybag*

"...No..."
He rushes to the bodybag and tears it open

*you see gear*

He feels his pulse

*still alive, though heavily drugged*

"Thank god.."

...

He picks up Gear

..

He carries him to the medical tent

...

"Got your brother here."

"gryff-"

"Gryff?"

*nods*

"I always called him Gear."

"oh-"

"How do we wake him up?"

"let the drugs wear off

"Okay.."

....

He waits

(time skip

((k
He keeps waiting

*wakes

"Gear?"

"hm...

"What happened?"

"drugged...

"No, how did you get caught?"

"ran into someone

"Oh, wow.."

...

"Anyways, your brother is safe."

...

"Can you stand?"

"no..."

He walks over and extends a hand

*stumbles

"Take my hand."

*does so

He helps gear up

*his legs remain numb

"Where should I bring you?"

"right over here

He does so

*sits

"How are your legs?"

"numb

"Numb??"

"yeah

"What did they drug you with?"

"no idea

"Weird.."

"yeah.."

"You okay?"

"yeah

"That's good at least.."

"yeah

"What now?"

"heads will roll

"Hm?"

... nothing.

"Heads will roll?"

"yeah...

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"I'll get my revenge

"Ooohh..."

"mhm

"How?"

"possibly murder

"Like it already."

*nods

"...Please tell me we're using the tank."

"hell yes

He does a fist pump and mutters
"Yesss!"

Smiles

"Heheh!"