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by SuperVixen on Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:19 pm
Dodger to a moment to take stock of the situation. Sheâd been pestering the crew chiefs and anyone that would listen for a chance to work on something more vital, a chance to get her hands dirty with a project that would actually mean something to the residents of the star cruiser. Dodger had been dying for the opportunity to work on something that really matters and, now that the chance was standing right in front of her, the girl had no idea how to deal with the situation.
Maybe it was the fact that it was attached to another human being or maybe she was just still in shock from everything that had happened up to this point. Whatever was going on, Dodger knew that they didnât have much time to sit around and wait for a red-haired girl to make up her mind about life. She could either fix the damn thing or leave him behind. Hell, they might decide that she was the one worth leaving behind if she didnât pull her weight with the rest of the survivors. Get in the game, Dodger. Stop wasting time, a voice inside her head almost growled, spurring the girl into action.
âI need something sharp, a knife if youâve got it,â she said to any of the boys standing behind her, wasting no time as she dropped to her knees next to the sitting next to the young man. She didnât like the idea of him having a name until she was done working on the mechanic elements, so Dodger refused to acknowledge the name for a while. âOkay, weâve got to get a handle on this leaking first, otherwise thereâs not going to be much use in patch up something that wonât work in the first place.â
With that, the girl rocked back on her ankles until she was no longer completely on her knees. A hand dove down and ripped at the material of her dress, the material separating with a satisfying rip as she peel the fabric from her legs. The dress had originally dropped just below her kneecaps, but by the time Dodger was done with impromptu alterations the clothing stopped just under mid-thigh. She apparently didnât think much to causing a seen or the ideas anyone might get, interested more in the cloth that she now had at her disposal.
âGood thing I hated that thing, anyway,â she muttered. Her green eyes began to set in on the problem and it seemed that the boy attached to the arm and the rest of the survivors faded from her mind as work progressed. The longer that she toyed with the bionic limb the less complicated it became as if he mind was absorbing all the technical workings of the machinery as her hands passed over them. Within a few minutes, with the use of the strips of rags sheâd made out of the torn dress and the use of a carving knife one of the boys had found in the kitchen, Dodger had stopped the leak and brought the arm back to function. It wasnât anywhere near as good as it had been, but it would service him well enough until they found a place where they could stop, maybe find some supplies, and she could work for a few hours with distractions or the fear of being hunted.
She immediately turned to the idea. All the while through her working, Dodger was talking to no one in particular. It seemed the girl was perfectly content to carry on conversations by herself in the middle of a crowded room, even when her close work on the bionic eye brought her face just a few inches from that of the young man in need of all the attention.
âGood lord, who made this thing? The circuitry looks like something I learned in grade school,â she said, musing at the crude technology. It was a wonder that the right eye worked at all, even before the trauma that had caused the injury. âI think thing should getting things back up and running for now,â she said, leaning in even closer to put her eyes as close to the small circuits as possible. Her cheek actually resting against the boyâs forehead as fingers dances along the electronics before a satisfying whir signaled that things were coming back online. He might not have been completely repaired, but he was a hell of a lot better than before she started working.
Quickly, Dodger climbed off the boy and smoothed out what was left of the dress, aware again of her ridiculous look at the moment. She would have killed for a jumpsuit.
âRoboboy is fit for fighting,â she said with a smirk, her stare lingering at Jason for a moment before she turned to the rest of the group. âAny luck on finding some food? This place is really starting to give my chills.â
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