Glancing back towards Riptide, Duo briefly presses his lips together in a grim expression, brow knit in worry; this display of violence told him of frustration and fear in a soldier. He hoped it wouldn't become a problem- he definitely didn't have the equipment to fight a Cybertronian.
He ducks down, bracing the oustretched arm and giving Manabu a shoulder to heave up into. Grimacing a little-- he was getting older-- he helps him to his feet. "How's that, legs working? Watch the gun," he mutters, shifting it back from his hip a little. "You got extra ammo on you? Being Unsettled's a pain."
Checking their immediate area once they were up again, he tries to backtrack an escape route in his head based on their location. To get to the church shelter from here... Was there even a path open that wouldn't be swarmed again? Only one way to find out. He consciously cloaks Manabu against him; the giant robot with them would be a good distraction even if they could be detected by heat sensors. "You guys have a safehouse planned, yet? That place I told you about, kid- we can head there, it'll be fine. I got it all wired up."
yes hello officer I'd like to report a crime against humanity
He ducks down, bracing the oustretched arm and giving Manabu a shoulder to heave up into. Grimacing a little-- he was getting older-- he helps him to his feet. "How's that, legs working? Watch the gun," he mutters, shifting it back from his hip a little. "You got extra ammo on you? Being Unsettled's a pain."
Checking their immediate area once they were up again, he tries to backtrack an escape route in his head based on their location. To get to the church shelter from here... Was there even a path open that wouldn't be swarmed again? Only one way to find out. He consciously cloaks Manabu against him; the giant robot with them would be a good distraction even if they could be detected by heat sensors. "You guys have a safehouse planned, yet? That place I told you about, kid- we can head there, it'll be fine. I got it all wired up."