Wiping the Clock

Ray just watched the brief scene between the prisoner and Kida. He didn't entirely blame Kida for her reaction. Were he bigger or human himself, Ray probably would have reacted similarly. His eyes strayed to the prisoner. There didn't seem to be much out of the ordinary about him, at least as far as Ray could tell. The firefly could only wonder what the prisoner intended on doing now that he was in the hero camp. "Well, regardless of who ya are or what yer doin' here, we can't jus' not have a name fer ya. What do ya go by?" Ray asked, trying to break the silence and at least offer a bit of friendly air to the situation. He might have been their prisoner, but Ray didn't think that meant they had to be completely harsh to him.

Clopin watched the scene between Kida and Copper. Her warrior instincts had overtaken her once more, and he recalled the same thing happening to him when Kida had first come to camp. Like the prisoner had said, he would have done the same. They all would, with their involvement in the war. The gypsy king then faced Lady.

"As he is now our prisoner, we shall bring him to General Shang. The stick in the mud wouldn't appreciate it much if I didn't claim the poor boy as prisoner, and just let him run free in camp without any cross-examination beforehand."
Clopin explained. He then looked to the prisoner, with a slight smile.
"And don't worry. We don't intend on hurting you, unless it's provoked." he said.

Copper opened his mouth to answer.....then became extremely aware of how MANY people were around him. He really didn't want people knowing his true identity yet.....not until he had the leaders of the heroes backing him. Instead of answering the little bug he looked to Clopin, "Please, May I have an audience with the leaders of your camp? I- wish for my identity to remain anonymous until I can tell my story."

"I am one of the leaders. General Trouillefou. Come with me, and I'll bring you to the other four." Clopin said, holding a hand out to the young man. As he waited for the other, he wondered if Simba should be brought into this. It had only been a day, and he was sure that the young king was still a bit unstable over little Jake's death.

From underneath Clopin bed in the tent where the golden dog was sleeping an ear twitched at the sound of the train whistle "there here....there here" Garnar rouses himself up from under the bed and out of the tent quickly padding along to where the train was at.

Copper looked at the hand in a bit of shock. Since becoming a human he had never seen another one offer a hand to another. This seemed almost like offering a bit of trust to another. The villains had certainly never done it. They only trusted each other enough to not get killed. A bit hesitantly he took the offered hand and pulled himself to his feet. "Thank you." He said softly. Clearing his throat, hoping that no one had noticed his surprise he added, "um...where to now?"

Belle's attention was drawn away from the train as a golden-furred dog appeared at the corner of her vision. Approaching him, she noticed a single boxcar with an open door, and a band of heroes inside- among them, she recognized only Kida and Clopin. "What's happened?" She asked, directing the question at Garnar.

"Follow me." Clopin said, as he pulled Copper up from the ground. The gypsy king then turned to the others, giving them a nod.
"I shall be taking our prisoner to the other generals. Meanwhile, the rest of you do what you need to do, and get to training. That is one of the new rules King Simba has bestowed upon our camp. When we have taken care of the prisoner, I shall call the three of you forth to tell the others of our discovery. Understood?" Clopin asked.
(OOC:Could the other heroes wait a bit until Copper's been brought to Shang and the others?)

((OOC: sorry, I didn't see the post until after I posted this... last one for now))


Kida heard a familiar voice from behind her and turned to see a familiar face that put her at ease:

Belle.

She smiled, still hiding from the prisoner behind the boxcar...

What?

Pride pierced her heart like a dagger. She was an Atlantean warrior, not some cowardly girl! She stepped out into the broad sunlight, pretending she didn't care any more. But she couldn't help but still feel bad that she had attacked him. She slowly approached Belle and waited to be acknowledged. She didn't want to interrupt whatever she was talking with Garnar about.

"there back and thats all that counts" garnar says watching the train car and waiting for its passages come out. "the fact that my-" the dog stops himself short frowning for a second.

Angel nodded, although she inwardly grimaced. More training. She knew how necessary it was, of course - she could even enjoy it from time to time - but the amount she was doing now was just tedious. She started away from the train, nodding appreciatively to Lady for getting them back to the camp in safety as she passed, before heading back to the tent she shared with Penny, Rebecca and Patch. She hadn't talked to Rebecca for a few days now, and hoped the girl was recovering from her scars, both emotional and physical. Maybe she'd agree to train with her today? She headed away from the group surrounding the boxcar, the prisoner almost forgotten for the moment.

Copper looked around the heroes camp while waited for Clopin to lead the way. This place was so different then Notre Dame. Everything seemed so.....light. Airy. Even with the threat of war hanging over them the general attitude of the heroes seemed so much better then what the villains had. His mind flashed back to Meg......still a prisoner in that dark place. Suddenly he was very impatient. He didn't like being away from her and wanted her to join him in this happy place.

Then Clopin's words seemed to register in his brain. King Simba. He was being taken before a lion. Would he be fair and hear him out? Or once he learned who he was kill him on the spot? He gulped nervously.

"No problem, mon ami. Ah guess ah'll see ya later, then?" Ray asked Clopin. That seemed to be what was intended, at least. It was about time he headed back to the MASH anyway. As far as training would go, there wasn't much the firefly could do since he was meant to avoid fighting in the war.

Cash was of course put into a state of relief upon Lady relieving him of his duty, seeing as he'd stayed up the whole night with her. Determined to help the small dog, and didn't feel right leaving her alone awake. Hound released a yawn, but rather than moseying back down to the camp, he absent minded followed the cocker. Another yawn was present, though stifled briefly, looking up at the commotion. Padding up to the scene he gave it a short inspection.. there was a new human, who seemed vaguely familiar to him. Hound breathed inwardly, taking in his scent.

"What's goin' on Songbird?" he questioned wearily. Hound had joined Lady's side, standing rather closely to Lady's side. He glanced down at Lady with his dark eyes, rolling his shoulders gently. Cash had been relatively quiet throughout the whole thing.

Lady looked to to hound, her face betraying a slight embarrassment.

"It would seem we picked up a stowaway." She said, the skin under the fur on her cheeks a slight red. "I should have caught it. But I was too busy during the derailment, I guess I didn't notice. The good thing is he appears to want to join us. Clopin is going to take him to see the other generals."

She slolwy lowered herself down from the boxcar to the ground, and let out a yawn that split her muzzle. Fore brief second, all her sparkling white teeth where visible. Jim Dear had always given the girl the most hygienic dog food he could find.

"Oh, do excuse me." She said upon closing her mouth. "I could use a good rest."