#Fallen Hero
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epilogue
Fake idgafer 🫵. He saw you meowing back at cats.
#i just thought about them again 😌#(no rangers were harmed in the making of this comic)#fhr#fallen hero#chargestep#ricardo ortega#sidestep#fhr ortega#fhr sidestep#damien becker#ortega was supposed to say “BITCH” in the last panel like the meme i'm referencing#but leaving it blank and having them just share a look felt more right 👉👈
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i NEED to smoke a joint with these two
#my art#fallen hero#fhr#fallen hero rebirth#fallen hero retribution#fallen hero revelations#fhr vera saleh#fhr dove#fhr ben garret#fhr sky-raider#fhr skyraider#sky-raider
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a couple of nerds and their guyloser <33
#fhr#fallen hero#mortumchargestep#mortumstep#chargestep#fh: julia ortega#fh: dr mortum#myarts#julita | when will we ever be each others#mortunita | soft hands be patient for me#myaus | mortumchargestep aka nerd fuckers
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the four genders of tatsuya... also riffing off of @ianthedebonair's post because it's too funny a concept to pass up.
decided to make it more of a timeline. "mustache" and "beard" are just tatsuya post-crash and recovering at chen's, respectively. "woman" is just him in his sidestep era.
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Julia I’ll love you forever 👁️🫦👁️
Kofi
#I’ll always draw you Julia#Ricardo who?#idk him#hsjsjsjjsj#Julia Ortega#fallen hero#fallen hero rebirth#my style has change and so has my Julia lmaooo#so muscular now so yummy#myart
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19 please! For whichever ship you feel
19…for luck. Sidestep era. [AO3] for easier reading
“This is so stupid!” Ortega throws his hands in the air in frustration. “I don’t even know why they are insisting on another diagnostic, I’m fine!” The wires connected to ports along his knuckles and wrist flail wildly before returning to a haphazard heap as his hands fall to the sides of his medical bed with a soft thump. The wires are long enough to allow for at least some range of movement – the thick cables connecting to the ports in his spine, not so much. With the generator in diagnostic mode, his legs rest limply against the sheets, no electricity to transmit to the nerves there. He’s stuck and he knows it, so what else can he do but complain?
You can empathize, all too well. It's why you agreed to visit in the first place. You know how it feels to be helpless, trapped – a lab rat to be poked and prodded until the scientists find the answers they're looking for. You try to suppress the memories but your brain never was very kind to you.
The sticky feeling of electrodes being fastened to your freshly shaved scalp. You’ll rub your head for weeks, still convinced the conductive gel is still there. The pain in your wrists from the restraints. Too tight, you had gotten too good at slipping out of them before. Not enough to activate your pain gate but sitting just inside the boundary of discomfort and pain that makes you grind your teeth. Or you would if not for the bite guard. You shouldn’t have bit that last scientist but it felt too good to truly regret it. Shouldn’t have gotten his fingers so close to your mouth, even lab rats bite.
Ortega’s disgruntled huff brings you back to the present.
“You know why.” Despite the outburst you don’t look at him, instead you cross your arms against your chest, and squint at the output readings on the diagnostic terminal, trying to make sense of them. It’s not exactly your area of expertise but you’re starting to recognize some of the patterns. And you suppose the lack of giant flashing warning lights is a good thing. “You took a beating in that last fight so they want to make sure nothing got rattled.” You’d bet money his higher ups are more concerned about the machine than the man but you don’t point that out, he probably knows.
“Hey, we won didn’t we?” Ortega’s voice is full of wounded pride. Probably more than his body, in truth. Footage of the fight had been all over the news and the sight of the Marshal being thrown like a rag doll by a massive power armored villain had been a popular clip. The Rangers media team had done their best but the damage was already done.
“Barely.” You shrug. “It’s your own damn fault for rushing in.” You don’t need to coddle him, even if his ego is bruised.
“I knew you had my back.” Stubborn, as usual.
“And you should be glad I did or you’d be in worse shape than just having to sit still for diagnostics. So quit whining.” There's a bite to your voice but it's more worry than anger.
“I’m not-” He starts but sighs heavily. “Fine. I hate it when you’re right.”
“I usually am.” You don’t bother to suppress the smile tugging at the corner of your mouth.
“So…” He draws out the pause a little too long and you see him gesture at the monitor out of the corner of your eye. “You’ve been staring at that thing long enough, what's your assessment?”
You sigh through your nose. You don’t know exactly how his mods work and that's frustrating but from what you can figure out the majority of his systems are in the green. For all intents and purposes Ortega appears perfectly functional. You give yourself a mental kick for that. Functional. Ortega is a person, not a thing. Not like you.
“From what I can tell…it doesn’t look like there's any lasting damage-” You don’t get to finish before he interrupts you.
“Great! Unhook me.”
“What?” You turn to fully face him for the first time since you got here, his bright smile in stark contrast to your incredulous scowl. “Are you out of your mind?”
“Probably.” He chuckles at his own admission. “But you said it yourself, I’m good to go.”
“I didn’t say that! And you do realize that if I fuck it up I could permanently paralyze you or electrocute myself or-”
“You won't.” The certainty in his words stops your rant dead in its tracks. So sure, so trusting. What did you ever do to deserve that?
“How can you be so sure?” You need to know, it doesn’t make sense.
“Please, you’re good with tech and electrical stuff, I’ve seen you hotwire more cars than I can count.” He holds up a finger for each new point that he makes. “You made a police scanner out of an old walkie talkie and who knows what else, that abomination of screens and wires you try to pass off as a computer and, dios mio, you even made a small bomb out of-”
“None of those are even remotely the same thing!” You groan. “But fine, it's your ass on the line and then we gotta get out of here, I’m probably breaking half a dozen laws just being here.” Not that you actually care about breaking the law, you just can’t afford to get caught.
“Yes!” Ortega punches the air in triumph. “I am so ready to get out of here, I’ll owe you one.”
“You will, now give me your hand.” You hold yours out expectantly.
“Aww.” His smile grows wide and teasing.
“Shut up.” You roll your eyes hard enough to hurt but this time he obeys. You try not to think about how warm his hand is in yours and you can tell he’s looking at you but you need to focus. You hold a breath as you slide the first grounding pin out from above his index finger and are relieved to see no sparks. You lay it gently on the bed before moving to the next. It feels intrusive, intimate, you can't tell if it's better or worse that he's not making any quips as you work. Maybe it's weird for him as well.
When you finish with the right hand, he offers his left unprompted and your own fingers move more quickly, more sure in their task. When the last pin is removed he mumbles something too low for you to hear.
“What?” And like an idiot you lean in. If you could read his stupid, static mind you would have known. Even without the safety net of your telepathy your reflexes should have been better. Maybe you were distracted, maybe you let your guard down, but you feel his free hand snake around the back of your neck and pull you down into a kiss. A deep one. You know you should pull away, it's not the first kiss you’ve shared but every one feels like one step closer to secrets you don’t dare reveal. Would he still kiss you if he knew? You’re mortified by the small sound that is teased out of you when his tongue brushes against yours but the embarrassment is at least enough to push yourself away.
“What was that for?” You say because you have to say something or you're liable to start kissing him again.
“For luck.” He punctuates his words with a wink.
“I don’t need luck.” You quickly duck and scurry to the underside of the medical bed, hoping your blush wasn’t as hot as it feels. “I need to concentrate.”
This is the most dangerous part after all, unhooking the ports in his spine poses the greatest risk, especially for him. There's a thin rectangle cutting through the plastic and foam of the backrest to bed where the cables snake through and you can see the hexagonal pattern of his spine mods and just a hit of his skin. You have to start somewhere so you choose the lowest port, closest to the small of his back. You take a deep breath and will your hands steady before slowly turning the head of the connector and sliding the cable out.
Ortega’s yelp startles you into dropping the cable and hitting your head on the hard plastic underside of the bed.
“What!? What's wrong!?” You can’t keep the edge of panic out of your voice, your heart is beating too fast, did you hurt him?
“Nothing, it's nothing! It's just…weird when I can feel my legs again, ugh they're asleep.” You can hear him shift as he tries to stretch newly invigorated muscles.
“You idiot, you almost gave me a heart attack!” You take a deep breath to return your heart rate to normal.
“Worried about me?” There's a teasing tone in his voice that would have gotten him slugged if you weren’t stuck under the bed.
“Worried all this electricity has fried your brain more like.” You grumble as you start working your way up the rest of the ports.
“I’m not so sure how well I could argue that.” He says with a self-deprecating laugh. “But we should hurry, that might have attracted attention.”
“You think?” You grumble sarcastically but your hands havn’t been idle. You breathe a sigh of relief as the last cable, one between his shoulder blades, is disconnected. You hear a small crackle and the smell of ozone. Looks like ortega’s got his power back.
To prove it ortega leaps out of bed in one fluid motion as you scramble out from underneath it. He offers you a hand, which you take as he pulls you into a tight hug.
“I knew you could do it!” His laugh is happy and proud, arms wrapped tightly around you. You spare a moment in his embrace, safe in a way you rarely feel, but the clock is ticking.
“I thought you said we were in a hurry” You point out as you untangle yourself from him.
“Yeah, true, hey can I borrow your hoodie?” He pulls off the backless hospital shirt and gestures with it. “Would probably look suspicious.”
You hate when he’s right.
“Fine, just don’t stretch it out.” You’re loath to lose one of your layers but you don’t have any other options. Besides, a shirtless Ortega isn’t something you can deal with right now. Not after that kiss.
“Thanks, I’ll owe you one.”
“More than one.” Several ones by your count.
“I’ll make it up to you.” He says with a wink, and you feel the heat creeping back into your cheeks.
“We need to go.” You push him towards the door as he pulls your hoodie down over his head, several sizes too small for him.
He looks back over his shoulder at you. “Race ya.” And he doesn’t wait for a reply before bounding down the hallway.
“Idiot.” You mumble, but you’re already chasing after him. Like always.
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I had to make this.
My Sidestep, Connor, back in 2013. I decided to replay the whole game just to get the void eyes.
Fallen Hero by @fallenhero-rebirth
who gave me access to a phone at 6am in the morning
#ortega#fhr#fallen hero revelations#fallen hero rebirth#fallen hero#fallen hero retribution#fhr sidestep#fhr ortega#ricardo ortega#chargestep#mc#connor#taylor swift#hosted games#fanart#if game#interactive fiction#sidestep#connor seething and thinking “fuck why is this still a banger”#fhr charge
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You wish this moment could last forever.
#fhr#my art#digital art#fallen hero rebirth#fallen hero retribution#ortega#sidestep#artists on tumblr#julia ortega#oc:Amal Ikram#fallen hero#slight artistic nudity#fallen hero revelations#butch art
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very kissable
#lady argent wants him so bad#i mean all the rangers do but...#wyatt holt#puppetmaster#sidestep#art#digital art#my art#drawing#fan art#procreate#fhr#if#original character#fallen hero#fhr sidestep#choice of games#oc#interactive fiction#fallen hero rebirth#fallen hero retribution#character design
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i'm on my knees begging for a healing montage. i crave hurt/comfort like a hotdog yearns for relish and mustard
#fhr#fallen hero#fallen hero rebirth#fallen hero retribution#eve becker (fhr sidestep)#chargestep#fhr julia ortega#julia ortega#fhr sidestep#my art
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And now you're doing it again.
But things will be different this time.
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i FKCASDKJ FORGOT ORTEGA'S GREY STREAKS 😫 I'M SO SORRY KING
i've fixed it now but my shame will forever be etched on the older reblogs 😔
The Rangers' hear me out cake went about as well as you could expect.
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ORTEGA SWEEP 2024
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It's every year tradition to draw Lou in suit now
#fallen hero#fallen hero: rebirth#fallen hero retribution#fallen hero revelations#fallen hero sidestep#sidestep#lou ramos#dr. mortum#mortum#mortumstep#nukbody sketch dump#wlw art#fhr#dr mortum
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sidestep reborn. the suit might be new, but the name was always hers.
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So funny to see my first julia back in 2018 hshshshhs
And then the muscular goddess
Le sigh. Cynthia so lucky
#Julia Ortega#fallen hero#fallen hero rebirt#myart#I’m disgusted by old art but#yeah shshhshsh#I thought I was drawing muscles huh?#hshshhshshshjs
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