A Step in the Flight Direction [Closed]

[in-venting.livejournal.com]

In the City, near one of Sherry's many hiding spots (safe until her parents decided to plug some kind of tracking device into her), a little girl and a little bird boy stood atop of a two-story whitewashed building. There really, logically, wasn't any reason for Sherry to be up here with him. But she knew, she just knew, that if she was down below, calling encouragement, Komali would probably never jump down.

Not that she blamed him, but as someone without wings, it was probably better that she didn't go flinging herself off of buildings. "It really isn't even that far down," she urged.

"I bet you won't even hit the ground."

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[prettycoolguy]

The Chief catches Samus' comm and, in short succession, Sherry. The Chief has a good grip.

"Yes ma'am," he replies.

<< Kennedy, this is Chief. I have Sherry at- >> he reads off their location.

He looks down at her. "What did you do?"

Seriously. He wants to know what the hell is going on down here and why Samus' bird kid is bleeding.

[governmentninja]

«Already en route. Is she all right? And where's Samus?»

Seriously, what the hell was going on?

[dis-courageous.livejournal.com]

Komali still has his Comm, by the way.. He's not done yelling at Sherry yet.

<<SHERRY PUSHED ME OFF A BUILDING AND NOW I'M BLEEDING!>>

[gogopowersuit.livejournal.com]

Oh jeez Komali. Stop fussing so you don't hurt yourself even more.

She would facepalm so hard if her hands were free.

[dis-courageous.livejournal.com]

Komali was unrepentant.

"She promised she wouldn't push me and then she did," He grumbled, unhappily, "And then she promised she wouldn't leave me if I fell, but she still ran away."

[in-venting.livejournal.com]

Sherry glanced at the ground, her lips a firm, if irritated, line. "I was helping Komali, and she," not Sherry, but Samus, "startled him and he fell." Whether or not the little girl had pushed him to begin with was fairly moot to her.

Komali would've been fine if he hadn't gotten scared. ...AND he was trying to yell at her!

«KOMALI, YOU JERK, FALLING WAS ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT.»

[dis-courageous.livejournal.com]

«YOU SHOVED ME OFF IT! TWICE!»

[in-venting.livejournal.com]

«I WARNED YOU BOTH TIMES!»

[dis-courageous.livejournal.com]

«TWO SECONDS DOESN'T COUNT AND YOU KNOW IT»

[in-venting.livejournal.com]

«YES IT DOES, YES IT DOES! AND IF YOU HAD JUST GONE, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO URGE YOU TO BEGIN WITH!»

[gogopowersuit.livejournal.com]

Okay this had gone on long enough. Samus snatched up Komali's comm.

«I am ending this discussion now. Fight about it later.» Like after Komali is safely in the medbay. Then she can deal with this. She turns his comm off.

[prettycoolguy]

Seriously, what the hell is going on?

<< Sherry pushed Komali off a building and he broke a leg. >>

He's mostly sure he has it now.

[governmentninja]

«.......what?»

Seriously, what the hell?

«Never mind. I'll be there in three, I'll sort all this out when I get there. If Samus is still around, just keep her from killing Sherry until I arrive.»

[prettycoolguy]

<< Samus is taking Komali to medical. Compound fracture. I'll be here. >>

The Chief sighs deeply. Kids.

[in-venting.livejournal.com]

With her previous argument discussion with Komali effectively shanghai'd by Samus, Sherry puffed out her cheeks in annoyance. It wasn't her fault that Komali had hurt his leg. It wasn't! And she was going to continue to stick to her story until she was blue in the face.

[governmentninja]

Leon did arrive a few minutes later, looking even more linefacey than usual.

"Chief," he greeted, and gave the Spartan a nod, then he focused his attention on his daughter.

"Do you want to explain yourself?" Just tell him it was not what it sounds like.

[prettycoolguy]

The Chief salutes. "Sir."

He looks to Sherry, honestly curious. He's still not sure what happened.

[in-venting.livejournal.com]

"I was helping Komali." Sherry stated stubbornly. "Because he's had those pinions for ages and always talking about how he's going to fly. So we decided that he just needed a little push in the right direction for practice."

She looked entirely vindicated as she continued, "And while he only glided the first time, the second time he had it before his mom scared him and he fell." So, yes, in a roundabout way, she pushed him. Twice.

[governmentninja]

Leon let out a breath and facepalmed. It was going to take him a minute to come up with a response to that.

[prettycoolguy]

Uhuh. Suuuure, Sherry. The Chief nods once.

"You can take it from here, I'm sure," he says to Leon. "Samus left her comm with me."

He feels a little like he's intruding, and he does need to get that back to her anyway.

[governmentninja]

"Yeah, thanks for keeping an eye on her."

Honestly, though Leon wasn't sure he could take it from here. He looked at Sherry, his hands on his hips.

"What am I going to do with you?"

[prettycoolguy]

The Chief makes his exit, though he's in no hurry to catch up with Samus and Komali. This isn't as important as getting the kid's leg looked at.

[in-venting.livejournal.com]

What? It's the truth! Sherry crossed her arms and turned her face away. It was clear that the little girl, for whatever reason, didn't believe had done anything that warranted punishment.

"I don't know."

[governmentninja]

Leon let out another breath, then thought for a moment. "C'mon," he told her and waved her along. He head over to where there was a bench, "Have a seat."

Well, despite being on a few words, he didn't sound angry.

[in-venting.livejournal.com]

Sherry followed long stiffly and sat down on the bench. She smoothed out her hair with one hand, before replacing the old, red band. Sherry sighed deeply and looked up at Leon.