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[hyperkinesia]

[ At least it's done now. The whole thing can catch up to her later and she can stumble under the weight of it, but at least she'll already have saved Steve, and that's what matters right now. ]

Let me get a good look at his shoulder.

[ He waits until she does as he asks, taking a few seconds to look over the wound. It's bleeding a little, but it looks far better than the other, and Bruce shakes his head. ]

Leave that one as it is. Just make sure he doesn't move his arm around much, and the bullet won't do him any harm. Try to get some fabric to wrap up his shoulder tightly, to stop as much blood from seeping out as possible. Use his clothes if you can't find anything else there. Then use a longer piece of fabric to sling his arm to his chest, and bring him in like that. If he wakes up, don't let him run off somewhere. He can't go around fighting before getting treated, or he'll get himself or someone else killed.

[ Said lovingly but Steve can be stubborn as hell sometimes. ]

[seeingscarlet]

[She does as he asks, hoping that she's not going to have to do a repeat performance and sighing in relief when Bruce tells her she can leave it.

And for all of Bruce's (very understandable) misgivings, there's no mistaking the care Wanda takes in reapplying the bandages or the concern on her face. She's terrified of losing the one person she has left who never stopped believing in her, even when literally everyone else thought it was a bad idea.]

I won't. [And no, she's not going to elaborate on how she might stop Steve from wandering off, but using her powers to call in the cavalry, so to speak, is not off the table.] But if he doesn't...are there stretchers waiting?

[hyperkinesia]

[ He doesn't even bother asking either, though part of him kind of guesses she would use her powers if she had to. He can't really tell her not to - it's better to restrain Steve against his will than to just have him die. Hopefully she would do what she had to without actually getting into his head like she did Bruce's - it's not like she has any reason to do that now. That's what he tells himself, anyway. ]

I'll meet you in the cargo bay, and take someone with me. [ Better to just have a few people bringing him into the medbay than have Wanda haul him around the ship on her own, anyway. Besides, he wants to take a look into those wounds as soon as possible.

He presses his lips for a moment, hesitant. ] Do you want to keep this line open until you make it to the ship? [ Just so she won't be sitting in complete silence, entirely alone. Bruce knows their relationship is far from ideal right now, but he also doesn't want her panicking halfway through the trip. ]

[seeingscarlet]

[Don't worry, Bruce, pretending she is also hurt and needs to go to the medbay is on the table along with several other tricks that don't require her powers. But if she has to do that...they can be angry at her later. When Steve survives this.

She nods, once, barely taking her eyes off Steve until the very end. Company would be extremely welcome, but...there's the rather large elephant in the room.

Did you want her full attention? Because now you have it, as unnerving as it might be.]

That is your choice, Doctor Banner.

[hyperkinesia]

[ She probably should get checked up herself, just in case, but Bruce isn't going to insist much on that front. Steve's the priority here anyway, considering the state he's in, and Bruce's main concern is getting him safely back to the medbay by whatever means necessary.

He's silent for a while at her words, partly a little stunned, partly thinking of what to do. She's definitely not someone he likes keeping company at the moment, but at the same time, he needs her to stay calm and in control of the situation.

Besides, he's gotten good at ignoring elephants in the room. Actually, he's used to being the elephant in the room, so there's that. ]

How did things go down there?

[ An answer in the form of a question - prolonging their conversation for the moment, thus offering her some distraction by having her focus on something other than the silence inside the transporter. Not to mention that he does want to know some of the details. ]

[seeingscarlet]

[Maybe she should, but she won't - the very thing Bruce is afraid of is exactly what they need in Avelle right now. Wanda can disable the people guarding the children without killing them, and apparently the captains are more okay with mind control than violence.]

We are getting the children out but...it's bad. The Emirians did terrible things to them. [So much pain and fear it makes her almost physically ill.]

Everything we've seen, the message, the nightmares...all of it was true.

[hyperkinesia]

It wasn't a nightmare for everyone. [ His words are almost soft for the fraction of a second, a moment later his expression guarded again. ] But I get what you mean.

[ He's heard of other people's dreams, after all, how some had images flooding their brains more or less opposite to his own, as well as the lingering feeling left behind. Bruce was no fan of the dream he had, especially knowing it had been planted there, but knowing what his alternative likely would have been, he's almost relieved that he didn't have a nightmare like so many others. ]

I can't say I'm too surprised to hear it. [ He's seen enough at this point to believe just about anything. ] Do the children have some kind of special ability?