"Double Jeopardy"

[Alak]

"Wilco," replied Orcariner to Icebreaker's message, "Take care, buddy. Right now it's one versus who knows how many Predacons on that thing. Try not to do anything too crazy until I show up."

He continued to kick his tail and surge through the ocean. Being a robot had its advantages as Orcariner was able to swim much faster than natural killer whales. That did not mean that his joints and frame could not feel the fatigue from the seemingly endless trip towards the stasis pod. His energy output was at maximum and if a firefight broke out as soon as he found land, Orcariner may not last too long. A soft ringing caught his attention and the Maximal opened his communications channels, recognizing it as sonar encryption. His systems took very little time to decode it and he proceeded to read Valkyrie's message. Unfortunately, he was in water and she was probably behind him in mid-air somewhere. If she wanted secrecy, he would not be able to give it to her. The Predacon transport was still at the edge of his long range scanners so it may have been possible for him to communicate safely without worrying about interception.

He radioed, "Blue 2 to Blue Leader. En route to Bogey 2 but tangos are present several kilometers ahead. Blue 3 is in pursuit but we now have Bogey 3 in the territory. Requesting instructions for course of action."

It wasn't much of an encryption but since most of these Predacons had not military experience, he figured it would be good enough for now.

[NaitoKage]

Icebreaker fired off two micro missiles towards the craft, the shots striking across the haul, the craft mysteriously flashing as the shots hit, displaying a strange glow along the surface with burn marks on the impact points, he made noticed Steelclaw on the turret seat, but didn't know what he was using, the board rocking under the waves he suddenly is leaned out of the way of the shot with some feathers and metal flying from the side of his head. Icebreaker blinked as he lost balance falling into the water, the board sinking with him.

A few moments later he bursted up from the water riding the board again, he pulled the lever on his gun trying to catch is balance on the rough water, then fired off a ice shot at the back of the craft, a 1 ft wide trail of ice seen moving across the back and top of the vehicle with icesickles protruding from it, some frost seen on the turret shield plate and Steelclaw's gun.

Icebreaker then leaned in a banking arc to the right of the craft. He knew his missiles wouldn't effect it, but maybe he could freeze some of the control surfaces of the aircraft.

___________

Glowstick leaned as the craft shaked from the missile impacts, he looked around noticing some indentations but the craft seemed to not have been punctured. He then looked in shock noticing a streak of frost on the inside of the aircraft ceiling.

[Blazemane]

"Glowstick, minigun." Steelclaw said calmly on his com-link as he knocked the ice off of his gun's barrel.

While he waited for the larger weapon, he turned the turret towards Icebreaker and lined up a shot with his sniper rifle at Icebreaker's missile launcher. He estimated that the ice that had been on his weapon couldn't have made it cold enough to shatter or influence its aim. He fired, and his rifle did indeed remain in one piece.

[New Moon]

Frilla grabbed ehr Ink-Acid Blaster at her side, swithcing to the acid pellets just in case.. She stood and crouched slightly as the craft began to move from the missiles, glancing up at the frost on the ceiling. "So any ideas? At this rate this thing will freeze up and we'll ahve ot swim the rest of the way." She said not looking forward to it.

[starshadow]

((Not sure how the Levianthan looks like but I'll edit this post if it doesn't have any doors.))

Starshadow growled and transformed into her robot mode as she felt the transport shaked. "At last...a battle to end my boredom!!"

She looked at Sonar for a moment. "Dont't crash onto anything while I'm having a party." and with that, she headed to the back of the ship.

"Slow down, I'm going to fry feather face aft." When Starshadow opened the door, she dug her claws on the metal to prevent herself from falling in the water again and slowly crawl on top of the Levianthan.

She used her long ranged sight ability and pulled out her gun, aiming at Icebreaker's butt and fired as many shots as she could.

[Night-Hunter]

As much as Sonar wanted to join the fight he would allow the others to fight for him.
No fur off my back. He thought with a small smile.

"At last...a battle to end my boredom!!"

Sonar rolled his optics.

"Dont't crash onto anything while I'm having a party."

Sonar snorted. "I'll try not to."
He return his attention back to driving the craft.

[NaitoKage]

Glowstick looks up as he hears to bring the Minigun, he knew they'd probably need it. He walked over lifting the gun up, then stopped noticing StarShadow opening the rear ramp and then climb to the roof. He sighed looking to his left seeing the ladder and roof hatch, but then realized the trail of ice had frozen the hatch close. He sighed again looking towards Frilla When in doubt, get a bigger gun tends to work. I just hope we have one big enough to take this guy down.

He then rushed out the back hatch, his other arm swinging out extending and gripping onto the roof, then slingshotting his body up near Steelclaw Alright, I got the gun. Glowstick's other tentacles moved down sticking to the haul of the ship as he released his feeder tentacle arm, then pointed it out firing in an arc after Icebreaker, his other tentacles proceeding to fire the Minigun after him.

________

Icebreaker was suddenly knocked up by a wave, the shot aimed for the gun slamming through one of the plates sticking out on his calf coming out the other side, he dropped down from the pain, gritting his teeth. His facemask slid up as he saw StarShadow, he reduced his speed while leaning the board moving in an arc out of the way of her and Glowstick's fire, then accelerated moving towards the left of the ship pointed his gun out, firing off a beam, the shot missing the ship but hitting the water causing some to splash up onto the side and part of the wing freezing in a heavy caked like layer, a portion of what was assumed an iceberg seen passing just under the ship. "Well.. looks like the whole gang is here.."he said to himself, he knew the situation just turned bad. From a sniper taking pot shots to a entire crew of Predacons, he would have to retreat soon unless he did something crazy, he then started to decelerate moving in an arc again to try to avoid fire.

[New Moon]

Frilla came near the back, using her clawed fingers to keep a hold with one hand using the other to aim and fire the acid pellets at Icebreaker. "Slagging good for nothing flightless bird...if this keeps up this thing will freeze over and sink from the weight of the ice." She said under her breathe. Pausing for a moment she wondered if her acid pellets could melt the ice enough for the Levianthan to still keep flying low over the ocean or if it would melt right to the wing and melt it too. 'Not worth risking.' She thought before firing again towards Icebreaker.

[Alak]

As soon as he radioed his message to Valkyie, Orcariner's attention returned to his radar. Icebreaker's icon was showing some separation from the unknown energy signature. In fact, the killer whale appeared to be moving at a higher velocity than his partner. He arced upward and broke through the surface of the ocean, jumping forward to see if there were any visual clues ahead. Orcariner saw a thin trail of smoke rising from the horizon before he was submerged in water once more.

"Blast it, that ain't good," he muttered.

Continuing to power forward, the Maximal hoped he could reach Icebreaker in time to see what had happened.

[Blazemane]

Steelclaw decided it was time to test the durability of the Penguin's board. He prepared a shot which was intended to land right between Icebreaker's feet, and hopefully break the board, or at least render something in it non-functional. Once satisfied with his positioning, he waited until the target was at the dip between two consecutive waves to attempt to get past what had been hindering his shots so far. Then he took his shot.

[NaitoKage]

Icebreaker swung his board to try to avoid most the acid pellets, a few hitting his right shoulder and chest melting points of the armor open. As he moved the shot from Steelclaw slammed into his board, the force throwing him up into the air, in the air he shifted grabbing his gun with both hands, then fired as the beam seemed to widen spraying along the water to the left wing end, water seeming to lead up along the edge of the wing as a iceberg formed onto it.

He crashed into the water skipping across it violently, then appeared to be floating on his back, his red optics flickering out under his tactical visor as he goes unconscious from the sudden repeated impact at high speed.

____________

Glowstick's optics widen in horror as the wing froze, the craft leaning to the left hard from the massive weight switch, then spun as it slammed on it's belly into the water. The sudden swing forcing the ship's engines to cut as a emergency precaution. He attempted to cling on but his suction cups didn't have enough force to support him at the sudden momentum hit him, throwing him from the deck of the ship into the water. Gah!

[Night-Hunter]

Alarms went off as the wing froze, Sonar sturggled to keep the craft level. But the weight of the ice of the wing caused him to lose control.
Slag! This is just like my freaking landing!! He thought his teeth bared.
As he once again faught for control but the engines suddenly died cursing he braced himself for what happened next.
The sudden momentum caused him to lerch forward and out the window, he skipped along the water like a rock, he blacked out seconds later....

[starshadow]

Starshadow slipped off the roof as the wing of the Leviathan was frozen and was sinking.

When she dropped into the water, she saw Sonar. The catbot activated her plasma beam, acting like a space ship thruster and swim towards the bat.

She put his arms around her shoulder then propelled to the surface.

"GLOWSTICK!!" the drowning cat shouted, trying to keep Sonar's head and hers above the water while firing her plasma beam.

[New Moon]

Frilla tried to grasp the side of the Levinthan, trying to keep a hold from the sudden violent tilting before being thrown off her feet and landing roughly on her back.

[Blazemane]

Steelclaw saw Icebreaker get thrown through his scope, but he couldn't see the rest of what happened as he was suddenly gripping the chair he was on and the armored plating next to him for dear life. But it didn't work, and he was thrown violently into the water.

Under water, he could only mentally command his computer to transform into beast mode, but it worked all the same. Then he suddenly found he was capable of swimming- a natural instinct programmed with his new alternate mode.

GLOWSTICK!!

Steelclaw swam as fast as he could (though he found it frustratingly slow) to the panther and the bat.

"Come on." he beckoned to Starshadow when he finally arrived. If she got a hold of him, he would hopefully be able to tow the pair of Predacons back to the Leviathan. He did hope Glowstick showed up soon, because he didn't know whether Icebreaker was still functional, and the penguin would clearly trounce him in this environment, he wasn't sure how close Ocariner was and that confrontation was virtually nightmare material, and he was wondering whether chipping away at the ice on the wings with low powered weapons would be a good idea or a counter-productive one.