"HC could've ordered it, but I think HC just didn't want to deal with them," the heli shrugs, bending the door hinges back into their proper places. "So I'm walking their freaking commander through basic survival stuff now. Guess that makes me the brave one, huh?"

He tests the door, opening and closing it once before turning back to Brainstorm.

"I keep thinking it'd just be super easy to snuff him out, but then Helex would find me and more of his buddies might appear and then I'd be in some real good trouble." And being in trouble would be bad if the other Scavengers ever showed up. "'Sides, the guy's kinda sad now and I don't really like killing sad things."