>>5309083"My suit's been too damaged, I can't breathe anymore." you <span class="mu-i">think</span> to the Rak'kari champion. "I'll return as soon as it's finished."
"We can hold the line." he replies confidently, but you can feel the doubt seeping through the mental link. He doesn't fully trust that you'll return. But you're out of time, and don't have any to spare assuring him that you'll return. So you end the telepathic link, grab ahold of your daughter's arm with your left hand while raising your right to your forehead, and focusing on B7's ki signature teleport. Your Instant Transmission brings both you and Caulifla to the surface, standing beside B7 and Head Scientist Daiko as they sit on some of the containers they'd brought parts for your suit in.
“We have a problem.” you say, both of them jumping at your sudden arrival.
“Karn? Your tank shouldn't be empty for another....” Daiko starts, freezing when he sees the shape your suit is in. “B7, box four.”
“On it.” the Saldaman shouts, leaping up off the box he was sitting on and looking them over.
“How long will this take to fix? The battle is at a crucial point, if we lose too much momentum now it could be over.”
“Fix? Hmmm, if I were to repair all these damaged pieces it would take over a day.” Daiko declares, you feeling your heart drop. A whole day?! There's no way the Rak'kari could hold out that long. You need to get back in there, as soon as possible. But right as you're about to speak up, you see the scientist grin. “However, that's not the case. Luckily for you, I foresaw such events, and so I made spare parts for just about everything.”
As he says this he walks over, relief flooding through you as you take a knee. He disconnects the severed ends of the hose as well as the cut pieces, surprising you how modular he'd developed this suit's system. B7 walks over as he's disconnected the last part, handing a nearly identical, undamaged piece to him. While he's doing this, you turn to your daughter.
“Everything okay kiddo?” you ask, Caulifla shaking her head after a moment and turns towards you. At least you still think it's towards you, that mask she's wearing still makes you want to take a swing at it. “You alright?”
“I'm fine, fine.” she says, voice a bit muffled by the odd helm. “It's just, that's a LOT of bad guys down there. I had no idea.”
“It's only going to get worse.” you tell her seriously. “If you want to back out now, and wait here with Daiko and B7, now's your chance.”
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