Grounded

Awakening and Slight Exposition

A pain rushed through the Engineer's body, he faintly heard voices and the flapping of wings. he tried to get up when his body lost most support and nearly fell, the sudden jerk making his eyes shoot open in pain as he is supported by his arm. His blurry eyes pick up a strange greyish furred creature holding him, wings beating at the air rapidly to keep aloft. He a voice he could not make out sounds before his arm and legs are quickly grabbed and his view shifts to the ground, the very far away ground. The pain takes it's toll as he slowly loses his grip on the waking world again.

Ponyville General has been having a rare slow day, usually somepony is getting hurt, or sick, but today is seemingly to be making itself as a quiet day, that is, until a group of Pegasus burst in carrying two odd, ape-like creatures.

"What in Celestia's name?" Shouted a nearby nurse. Cloudkicker quickly explains.

"We found them when a strange metal Air balloon thing fell out of the sky and into Ghastly Gorge! They must've been hurt from the fall, cause they won't wake up!"

The nurse calls for a doctor, who calls for the prep of a griffin room. They rush their new patents deeper into the hospital as the nurse at the desk throws out a comment at the odd scene.

"So much for a slow day."

A groan of pain escapes Kael as his mind takes inventory of it's damage. A voice brakes through his distress, and then adds heaps onto it.

"You took forever to wake up, Mister Captain. We got a shit ton of problems."

"Engineer? I don't want to open my eyes, what does heaven look like?"

"A down-scaled hospital, with tons of little equines." Kael's eyes open and he jerks up, before flinching and falling back down.

"Ow, my organs. How are you so much better off?"

A third voice cuts through their conversation. "That's what I'm wondering." Kael looks toward the foot of the bed to see his feet hanging off the edge and onto another set at his feet, and beyond them is an honest to goodness talking equine wearing a white coat and glasses, somehow holding a clipboard in it's hoof.

"You both fell out of the sky on your contraption, and yet your larger and heavier compatriot seems to nearly be fine, especially considering all the extra weight he was carrying."

"I think it's because I'm more used to damage than this pampered shrimp."

"Engineer! Why? Your words cut deep"

"Well Kael, because my name isn't Engineer, that's my job. Call me Lucky, or Kit if anything."

Kael turns to his fellow crashie with a puzzled expression. "Why Kit?"

'Kit' looked at the irritated doctor and decided to quickly wrap up the conversation. "It was my designation before entering the service of your crew. Now hush, this may be important."

Kael opens his mouth to protest, but is interrupted by the doctor before he could vocalize anything else.

"Well, either way, Kit seems to be in a clean bill of health, as far as I can tell anyway. Kael has to stay for longer. On your way out, your rescuers are waiting for you, so be sure to thank them."

"So, 'Lucky', or Kit or whatever, you gonna stay and keep me company?" Kit gives him an evil smirk before patting him on the shoulder.

"Nope, see ya when you heal, Captain." He mockingly responds before leaving.