Watching Abington turn and leave, Valerie nodded subtly and gave her a short wave. "Have a good one. Tell me when you wanna go out." She called after her, pulling her cloak further around her shoulders. Now it was her and the mechanic, left in the Vehicle Hangar with all the other mechanics. Which wasn't much, really. Running a hand through her dark hair, the girl let out a breath of air and turned towards Trys once again. "Alright, it would probably be best if I get out of your hair. You can get back to working on this car. And if Dickens comes back, you know who to call, eh?" Shooting him a hearty wink, Val spun around and made her way for the door a second time this morning. Except -- she only got about two steps in before it burst open. And it wasn't Abs this time.
Two boys, both looking to be around 12-14, appeared in the frame. The door had swung open and hit the wall next to it with such force that a booming metallic noise was heard; causing every person currently in the room to look up with bewildered expressions. Valerie stopped moving and stared, her eyebrows furrowed with confusion as the teenagers fought to get inside, trying to push past each other like wild animals. "An attack! Attack!" One of them yelled, while the other piped up: "In the Command Center!"
Valerie paused, her right hand sneaking back to rest on her sniper rifle subconsciously. "Calm down. Who's getting attacked in the CC? By who?"
"It's Jacob!" The one with red hair shouted, finally out of the door and inside with his partner. "W-We don't know who, but we heard him screaming for help! One of the older Knights told us to come here and get backup!" Shooting them both a disbelieving look, Val sucked her lip in between her teeth and bit on it as she thought, still remaining mostly still. Who would be attacking Jacob? Now? It couldn't have been someone from another gang - they wouldn't have gotten past the guards... An inside job. Someone stepping up to take down their leader, from their side. But who?
Torn from her thoughts, the other one approached her and grabbed her sleeve. "Please, you have to come! You have to help!" Brushing him off, the girl merely sent him a lax smile and put her arms behind her head; clearly not taking this as seriously as she should.
"Alright, alright, don't get so worked up there, choo-choo train. I'll take a look around. You newbies had better stay out of this. Wait until I come back."
At the moment, Val was really the only one in there who was a soldier and not a mechanic. "The rest of you, stay in here and keep working, okay? The problem will be handled shortly, I promise." With a carefree tone, she grabbed Trys' arm and pulled him after her. "Except for you, Try-It-Again; you're coming with me. For backup." Taking quick footsteps, she tugged on the man's arm and closed the door behind her as she left. "Oh, and if anyone comes in here, you two boys protect our mechanics, alright? Be back soon~" With that last bit she left the room, leaving the kids to stare at each other with wide eyes.
"Put on your party hat, mechanic. We're having a big jamboree."
Her insouciant air all but having completely disappeared, the Knight pulled her rifle out with one hand and gripped onto his wrist with the other. They were headed for the Command Center, and already she could hear the commotion. She quickened her pace, a grave look overtaking her features.