Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Feet Below Fandom back to the surface! Saturday

[designateddadfriend]

This was it! The moment had finally come. The Trash King and his minions had finished the big catapult under Steve McGarrett's watchful eye, and it was finally ready to bring everyone back to the surface.

"Okay," the Trash King said. "So you nerds can probably bring, like. A building up at a time on this thing. Or people. Take it in shifts. I'm not fixing it if you break it."

He would be bullied into fixing it if they broke it.

Grab your stuff, hole dwellers! And get ready to finally see the sun again.

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Life on laaaaaaaand!

[designateddadfriend]

For any celebrations/clean up once everyone is back above ground.

Re: Life on laaaaaaaand!

[designateddadfriend]

Oh. Oh, the sun hurt after three weeks.

Travis sat where he'd landed after getting flung, Probie squirming excitedly in his lap, eyes shut tight against the light.

No one was going to mind if he just kinda hung out here for a second and cried, right?

(The sun hurt but also felt so good. He was tempted to just lie back and soak it in for days.)

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[alwaysonguard]

When Dwight made it topside he looked around to make sure everyone was getting out ok and his eyes fell on Travis sitting on the ground.

"Travis" he called out as he walked over. "You and Probie ok?"

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[designateddadfriend]

“Yep, yep,” Travis said, giving him a quick wave. “Just. Enjoying the sun. You?”

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[alwaysonguard]

"Yeah... fine" Dwight said, giving him a quick thumbs up, trying not to wince too much at the brightness.

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[grenadesandohana]

McGarrett had sent out a text to let people on the surface know that the catapult finally seemed to be working and had raided the station for blankets and water and protein bars to give people as they came back up.

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[hatesparadise]

Was he looking for a surly, blond person too? Because Danny had braved a goddamn space ship to get out of there as fast as he could.

So.

"Steve!"

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[grenadesandohana]

"Oh, thank God," Steve murmured, racing across the distance to wrap Danny in a tight, relieved hug.

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[hatesparadise]

Danny wouldn't even complain about half being lifted up off his feet in that hug. That's just how happy he was to be out of the damn hole and see Steve again.

Instead he just hugged him back tighter.

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[thedadalorian]

Luckily the Razor Crest was still able to fly, so anyone who wanted a ride out it was unsteadily landing just outside the hole to let off passengers.

Also for Din to find his the kid now that he was back up on the surface.

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[sith_happened]

Anakin was there with Grogu to help bring people and things down (from a catapult, and Anakin had spent the better part of two decades in a raging, Dark Side-fueled fury that he knew had been a terrible choice, but this was really testing his patience) and he'd had the Force ready to help that ship land because it didn't look entirely reliable.

"Of course that's his ship," he commented drily when he recognized the helmet.

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[thedadalorian]

Not everyone could have a space Bugatti, okay? Not everyone could! Sometimes you just needed a nice, reliable(ish) ship!

Grogu perked up immediately, hands out to be picked up the moment Din got closer to him. Sorry, Anakin. He'd notice you in a moment.

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[alwaysonguard]

After a somewhat rough landing, Dwight stood and brushed himself off and winced at the brightness of the sun. He was going to need to talk to Miguel about a pair of sunglasses if he didn't adjust quickly after all that time in the darkness....

Quickly he pulled up the hoodie on his jacket as he watched everything going on and all the commotion as more people left the hole. Silently Dwight stood looking around at everything, looking a bit shell-shocked at the moment. They had survived. They had made it out. And it was going to take a little bit for him to convince himself that it was all really real.

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[what_the_shock]

And having come over to make sure everything went smoothly, Miguel was absolutely going to spot Dwight and head over.

"Hey, Dwight! You okay?"

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[alwaysonguard]

Dwight jumped slightly and turned, hearing a familiar voice behind him.

"Miguel! Hey," he said, a slight grin spreading over his face. "Yeah... I'm fine. Just... glad to be topside. You ok too?" he asked, knowing things had probably been a bit hectic and stressful above ground as well.

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[canlendanear]

Alara knew that compared to everyone else she had been relatively lucky but she was still relieved to be back above ground once she’d waited for everyone else to catapult up. All she knew was that she definitely didn’t want to go through that again.

She’d head back to the dorms and call her sister to let her know she was okay later but for now she was content to stay put back above ground for a bit before heading back inside.

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[scarlet_chaos]

Wanda was not about to leave her store or friends in the care of a catapult. Her powers could wreak havoc sometimes, but she had a little more confidence in them than medieval weaponry.

So there was Wanda flying out of the hole, followed by the Magic Box, all glowing red. She’d put the store in its proper place soon enough, first she wanted to let any passengers off.

It may have been a bumpy ride, sorry. But not built by raccoons!

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve stepped out of the shop holding a stack of books, a couple glass orbs, and some kind of dried herbs that he'd caught as the store had shifted a bit.

But the shelves were still standing, and that was the important part!

"That was swell!"

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[scarlet_chaos]

"I try," Wanda said, holding up a hand to shield her eyes from the sun. "Thanks for catching all that stuff."

At least the invisible Amazon boxes hadn't caused any concussions yet.

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[so_hawkward]

There was a tiny part of Clint that was curious about what the catapult would be like, but if he came back to the surface injured, that might be the absolute last straw for Kitty, so catching a super-powered ride made a lot more sense.

"That wasn't as bad as I thought it might be," he said, rubbing his head from where he'd used it to stop a jar of something weird from hitting the floor. "Thanks for letting me catch a ride."

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[scarlet_chaos]

Yeah, no, Wanda would absolutely not let Clint return to Kitty on a raccoon built catapult. Kitty had a bad enough week.

"It's not a problem," Wanda said with a wave of her hand. "Could have been a smoother ride, but no raccoons were involved."

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[heroic_jawline]

"It was fun!" Steve said enthusiastically.

Steve jumped out of airplanes for fun. Steve was not to be trusted.

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[shapethecentury]

Well, here he was, post catapult ride. Squinting, briefly, at being exposed to sunlight again, though the serum in Bucky's body meant adjusting wouldn't take long.

He shrugged the backpack further up his shoulder as he scanned his surroundings for a particular, familiar form --

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[weirderthanthou]

"James?"

Of course Jesse had made it here as fast as she could, once the news was out. She hadn't slept much last night - blame the adrenaline - but she could nap away the 'fought a quadcopter' hangover some other time. "Are you here?"

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[shapethecentury]

-- and there she was.

This wasn't relief, was it? In his chest.

"Yeah," Bucky called back, already making his way over. "I'm here."