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Sandy, still holding a rock bigger than his whole body, watched Silverpine pull the Captain free. Bad idea. He immediately clenched his eyes shut tight, but even the few glimpses of Gearstride's broken body burned their way into his mind. No, this couldn't be happening. This couldn't be over yet. There had to be a way to fix her...wait, that was it!

"Nghh...get her...t'th'...th' vamonies...grrgh...they...fix her..." the engineer grunted to Silverpine as sweat poured down his brow. He could feel his legs starting to weaken; adrenaline could only do so much. "GO!" With that last shout, Sandy let go and and hurled himself out of the way of the slab.
(You know. I never expected a vampony fate ala Twilight to happen to Gearstride of all poines.)

Fortunately for Sandy, Silverpine still managed to retain his quick reflexes, despite the shock of seeing the captain in this state. He hauled the captain out of the way, diving as far as he could away from the falling slab of stone; the sound of which thundered through the corridor. The two of them landed in the dusty ground, Silverpine coming face-to-face with the battered face of Gearstride. "Captain. Captain... Gear... tell me you're alive... please..." He felt his eyes tearing up as the thought of death haunted ate away at him. After so many years of cheating death, it was hard to believe that it would finally catch up with them. "C'mon... it can't end this way..." He reached out and cradled Gearstride's head.