[Police Headquarters][Open][SLIGHTLY back-dated]

[mccrane]

This is...a general...alert.

[The video shows McCrane, who is trying to look very composed despite his voice sounding haggard and his green optics glowing very dim.]

The prisoner...

Ratchet.

He escaped...from his cell a few...minutes ago.

[Those who know the police headquarters well miiight recognise that McCrane appears to be resting on one of the bunks in the prison, leaning heavily against the wall.]

I am sorry.

[Locked to fellow Police members.]

Prowl. Blurr. I...I am malfunctioning.

[McCrane does not understand the idea of being sick. He was not programmed to be sick.]

I need...one of you...to take over operations here. The rest of you...please begin tracking down the prisoner.

[That is the extent of his tactical expertise right now. He's trying. He's really, really trying.]

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Comments

[Audio]

[mccrane]

N...no! What if this virus spreads to you?

[He could infect the whole build team. The very idea has him trying to fully sit up in protest, to leave the cell.]

...

[He doesn't get very far, and he's back on the cot again.]

It. It is important.

Were any of the Brave Police ever infected with a virus? Do we know what to do?

[Audio]

[kungfugeek]

...What the hell are you talking about? I won't get it unless we're hooked up together!

[Wrong kind of virus, dear.]

...


Wait, what do you mean. Like...how humans get sick?

[Audio]

[mccrane]

That was what I thought. But I did not connect to anyone...

[It just happened.]

Yes. I don't have any protocols for how to react. I had hoped some had been established...?

[HE DOESNT HAVE A RULE BOOK FOR THIS WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO.]

[Audio]

[kungfugeek]

Dammit, where's Toudou when we need him?!

[But it still doesn't sound like he's stopping.]

We'll get you to those medics in Solus. They'll know what to do.

[Audio]

[mccrane]

I...

I wish I knew.

[Even if McCrane wouldn't want any of their humans to be stuck on this world like they were.]

That means the answer is no, doesn't it. I am sorry that I am the first.

[Audio]

[kungfugeek]

Idiot.

IDIOT.

Don't apologize for something like this! We're getting you to Solus, that's all that matters, got it??

We're...we're family. You don't apologize for that stupid stuff!

[Audio]

[mccrane]

I am so--

[He catches himself in the middle of another apology.]

Mm. You are...

You are too good to me, Power Joe. I will make up for this. ...because we are Family.