"OC Episode #2"

[New Moon]

Frilla nodded and tested the rifle in her hands, it didn't feel much different then her pellet gun and put it on her back with her sword. "Ready to go when you are Starshadow." she said and looked to the feline femme, which she still thought had some issues.

[Wintersong]

Snow Trix came noiselessly near Steelclaw ear twitching as she heard him. "Seems about the only way we could do this effectively if the Maximals don't decide to attack. If not we could try attacking from two places." She said watching the Maximals heading towards their transport then the craft itself.She was not exactly sure how well this would work out though and sighed, "But I'm not exactly a sniper." She muttered.

[Alak]

"By the way," Terrorsaur asked Glowstick, "What happened to Scorponok? Isn't he in charge of this stupid operation? You'd think he'd be out here acting... well... in charge."

It was strange that the scorpion was absent at the bridge, since apparently only Steelclaw and Snowtrix were the only ones outdoors. It was not in his nature to sneak out and there was no sense in doing so when Terrorsaur himself could not defeat the Ghost.

[starshadow]

"I'm always ready." Starshadow transformed into her beast mode and ran out of the Leviathan.
"Hurry up slowpokes!" she called out, trying to run faster to reach to the Nomad.

[NaitoKage]

Glowstick blinked as he heard Star attempt to exit, then saw a flash on the screen as the rear hatch of the ship was opened with her jumping out. He then turned his head as his tentacles swiftly and skillyfully operated the manipulators causing one to swing down, the claw wrapping around StarShadow carefully to prevent her from falling further. Glowstick then slumped in his seat with a sigh, turning on the Leviathan's external speaker. ARE YOU CRAZY?! This is the second time you have attempt to exit the vehicle in flight, if you keep this trend up I'm either going to force you to wear a parachute, put child locks on the Leviathan, or do some sinister modifications! Stop trying to seize my fuel pump with your antics!

Glowstick then sighed again already stressed out, the manipulator moving and setting StarShadow on top of the turret of the Leviathan. He then heard Terrorsaur and responded Scorponok? Uh.. Either I didn't repair him right and he decided to lay down, or I gave him a migraine from explaining the situation to him.

Glowstick rubbed his optics with one of his chest tentacles, then leaned his head up looking forward and having the craft start to move in direction of the Nomad, but at a slow enough speed not to slide StarShadow from the top of the ship.


(Oddly that reminded me of one of my old ferrets, the first day I got Einstein I let him out to run around the living room, he climbed the couch and jumped off full speed like something out of a bugs bunny cartoon, learning in his first day what gravitywas. Being the shutterbug I am, I managed to capture the end result of that.. This.. is Star. http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn18 ... stein1.jpg )

[starshadow]

Starshadow's blinked and looked down as she was caught by the claw. Then, she heard Glowstick's fustration about giving her a parachute and other stuffs.

"HOW SHOULD I KNOW IF THE SHIP'S FLYING?!" she transformed into her robot mode and sat on the turret seat.
"Sheesh...sometimes I wished that I've stayed as a maximal..." she muttered and growled with her ears going back.

[Night-Hunter]

Sonar drummed his fingers on the arm of his chair out of boredom, his right ear twitched when he heard Glowstick yell some thing.

ARE YOU CRAZY?! This is the second time you have attempt to exit the vehicle in flight, if you keep this trend up I'm either going to force you to wear a parachute, put child locks on the Leviathan, or do some sinister modifications! Stop trying to seize my fuel pump with your antics!

The bat couldn't help but chuckle.

Well of course she's crazy. He thought with a smirk.

"HOW SHOULD I KNOW IF THE SHIP'S FLYING?!" "Sheesh...sometimes I wished that I've stayed as a maximal..."

he slowly turned his head in Starshadows direction and raised an eye brow at her comment.

[Alak]

Hearing Glowstick's explanation, Terrorsaur rolled his optics and walked away from the bridge and towards Scorponok's room. As much as he hated to admit it in public, he was kind of sort of intimidated by Megatron. If the big lizard found out that their 1st Lieutenant was capable of fighting and chose to sit out, that would lead to him blowing a hissy fit. Such fits of anger further led to spontaneous physical and verbal abuse towards others... like Terrorsaur. Arriving at Scorponok's chambers, Terrorsaur did not even bother knocking but simply kicked the door open. It was a pathetic sight. Scorponok was laying on his bed flat on his back, arms dangling on the side of the bed, and did not seem to care for his resident intruder.

"Get up," said Terrorsaur.

"No."

"You're a moron," growled Terrorsaur, "If you're not going to join us, Megatron is going to kill you. Then, he's going to kill me for not getting your tail out there."

Scorponok turned his head.

"Megatron doesn't trust me anymore."

"Eh?"

"He put Glowstick in charge after he heard I was taken out like a rookie."

"So was I?"

"But you're you."

Terrorsaur had the sudden urge to use his optical lasers on the dumb scorpion, but somehow restrained himself from committing such a rash act of retaliation.

"Ok, well it appears I was mistaken. You're not in charge anymore, and Megatron doesn't think you're capable of leading a small crew on a mining expedition. I'm starting to think that too. Keep wallowing in your self pity, or go out and redeem yourself for Megatron."

With that, he left the room.

[New Moon]

Frilla shook her head as Starshadow went rushing headlong out of the ship being rash as usual. "Geez, next thing she'll need is a baby sitter." She muttered then looked to a monitor while waiting for the Levianthan to land or come closer to the Nomad.

[Blazemane]

Steelclaw began tracking Feralnight, but soon after she picked Cheetor up, she flew to a place behind one of the trees in front of him, effectively moving herself out of his line of sight.

No.. it looks like that is Optimus with Icebreaker really close to him. The Alien seems to be missing on our scanners..I guess they did lose.

Without wasting a moment, Steelclaw turned his sights to the Maximal leader. Unfortunately, his head was obscured by Icebreaker's body. He could just make out the left side of his chest and parts of both of his legs, so he had a few options. He could try to limit his mobility or take a chance at putting him in stasis lock if he hit the chest well enough.

The latter of the two options was probably the best. It wasn't as though he was limited to one shot.

Quieting his internal systems so his body would stay as still as possible, Steelclaw thought about his attack for a moment and then fired.

"Hey Snow, are any of the Maximals coming out the Nomad?" he asked.

Then he got on his com-link again. "Hey Leviathan, and sign of the alien on the scanners? I don't want him to take me and Snow Trix unawares."

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

(( OOC: FYI, if you guys don't hear from me for a day or two, then I'm probably experiencing a power outage considering there is a LOT of ice heading my way late tonight into tomorrow all day. Of course, I've been living in this house for a couple years now, and the power hasn't gone out longer than an hour (probably just jinxed it), but we'll see what the power lines can handle. ))

Tigatron and I will go out and guard the transport as it prepares to leave once Optimus returns Icebreaker. I know you were injured earlier, Tigatron, and I sincerely apologize for asking you to enter the field again. We just need all the bodies we can get.

The white tiger completely understood. His injuries weren't nearly as bad as they were earlier, but it hadn't helped his internal repairs staying in robot mode the rest of the time. Tigatron was still useful, and he was more than ready to guard his comrades and their cargo. "If that is my duty, Orcariner, then I shall fullfill it," he agreed with the whale's commands.

"Feralnight to Nomad, Cheetor is down and I'm carrying the rest of the way. Will be there shortly."

No! Tigatron gasped. "What has happened?!" he inquired, obviously concerned. Suddenly Cheetor was scrapped? Just like that? Was it the alien? A Predacon? He growled lowly at the monitor, narrowing his bright red optics. There weren't any Predacons near them.

"Maximals," he quickly reported to all of them over their links, "I fear the Predacons may be moving into our territory. Or the alien is wreaking havoc again. Cheetor has just been hit, and Feralnight is bringing him in." He glanced at Wintersong, worried that they were not out of the woods just yet.

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Well, the Vok couldn't sit there all day waiting for internal repairs. Some of the damage he acquired couldn't be repaired by those alone anyway. Since the beginning of this day, it was likely he wasn't going to return to his orientation. But the data he gathered would still be submitted. It was only a matter of time.

Standing up, Primal's clone transformed and climbed up one of the rocks to observe the area. It seemed Primal was on the run back to their transport with Icebreaker. Was the bird unconscious? It seemed that way. Excellent. One less Maximal that could "see" him. Something else intrigued him, though. He watched Cheetor get shot and collapse immediately. What was that? Following the direction from which he fell over, he looked back toward the Predacons' area. Hm. Maybe was time to stir them up again. Just a little bit. Then he would focus on his true threat.

With the ice melting, the Vok "Ghost" calibrated his aerial systems and prime jets, engaging them and blasting off toward Steelclaw and Snow Trix after spotting them from above. He was betting it was one of them who fired at the cheetah. Noticing the Leviathan not far from them, he figured he'd make a quite swoop with a couple explosions and then move off before someone's sonar or radar could lock on long enough to fire at him.

Flying in around behind the two Predacons, the invisible clone lowered his altitude and activated his shoulder-mounted missile launchers. Locking on to the ground next to them, he fired one missile near Steelclaw and the other on the other side near Snow Trix. That should shake them up, he thought, pulling up as fast as he could in case there was return fire. His primary target was Primal, and he headed in his direction.

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"Maximals," "I fear the Predacons may be moving into our territory. Or the alien is wreaking havoc again. Cheetor has just been hit, and Feralnight is bringing him in."

Not the best news for Optimus. He hadn't heard a shot, but he prayed Cheetor would be all right. It was a good thing Feralnight was with him to help him get back to the Nomad. What was going on now? Unfortunately, the leader was on his own, simply trying to get one of his comrades to safety when the same silent weapon that hit the cheetah also derailed the gorilla. The way he had been galloping just when the bullet hit, lodged itself right into his upper arm, piercing through his armor. "ARGH!" he cried out, and there was no stopping the rest. Under the impact of the sudden pain, he lost his balance and his footing, falling forward on his face and tossing the helpless penguin off of his back. Optimus rolled a few times before stopping on his stomach.

Opening his eyes, he inhaled with a gasp and coughed from the dust that slowly wafted away from him. Rolling over on to his back, he reached his injured arm with his other hand and felt around the damage, shuddering lightly. Some circuitry was damaged, and only a tiny bit of fluid escaped the wound, but it would likely effect the functioning of that arm in robot mode as well. Icebreaker, he thought grimly, slowly getting to his feet and looking for his friend. He also searched for the intruder that shot him, but his eyes and scanners couldn't find anyone. Grinding his teeth in both frustration and the pain, he saw the penguin's body not far from him and approached it cautiously, looking in every direction for another attack.

"Optimus to Maximals," the leader transmitted. "I... I've just been shot. ...Likely from the same one who shot Cheetor. Does anyone have a visual? A signature? I need assistance with Icebreaker." His voice was distraught, or upset, wanting answers and responses at once.

[Alak]

Hearing the news, Orcariner growled and unsheathed his energon swords. He was a planner not a leader, but during times like this the big guy could not help himself from getting things into motion.

"Tigatron, change of plans," he said, turning to the door, "I want your eyes on the radar. If they're close enough to shoot Optimus, then they're close enough for our radar. Until the others get here, I want eyes all over the sky. Put the cannons on auto-aim and have them shoot anything that resembles a Predacon. Wintersong, I still need you down here with the energon cache. I'm going outside, and I want you to seal the doors after me. Nothing goes in or out unless if you can verify some personal information from the one knocking on the door. Glowstick can emulate friendly voices through the radio so be weary. Once we get the injured back, we'll kick the original plan back into action and escort this ship home safe and sound."

He decided to radio Rattrap who was still outside.

"Rattrap, this is Nomad. Personnel have been fired upon and we have friendlies down. Retrieve them but do so with caution. Tangos are camped at unknown locations. Nomad will update you shortly with their positions. Over and out."

With that, he quickly made his way outside and slammed the doors shut behind him. The giant proceeded to shake the ground as he charge in the direction of Optimus and the others. The shots that were fired were not given a description, therefore, it could be presumed that the rounds here difficult to see... possibly ballistic. Steelclaw and Sonar were two Predacons that had ballistic weapons accurate to bring down Optimus in flight from mid-to-long range. If one, or both, of them were around, they should be far enough to take note of the lumbering transformer.

Hit me, he thought, Come on, don't pass up such an easy target.

Orcariner had to distract the attackers from Rattrap as he assisted the others. It was the least he could do for them out in the open.

[Wintersong]

Wintersong gave a furious growl as she looked from Tigatron then down at the energon cache not liking the sounds of what was going on. The others were getting seriously hurt and it was torture having to stay behind unable to help, but she knew there was nothing much she could do but follow orders for now. "Will do and see any Preds make sure you give them a little taste of what Maximals can really do." She growled over the com-link to Orcanier.

Coming to the door she made sure it was locked and kneeled on one knee, the leg she wasn't kneeled on opened and she withdrew a rifle a bit longer then her arm, preparing it to use just in case.

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Snow Trix watched Optimus go down then turned her attention back to the Levianthan, "We got that whale transformer coming. And he is not looking..."The rest of her sentence was cut off as the sound of something caught her attention. Turning to look she was a second too late as the missile blew upon contact with the ground, causing her to fly ff sideways a bit and hit a tree. Nothing but white showed in her vision briefly as she began trying to focus, and it took some time before she staggered to her paws, disoriented and dizzy.

"Steelclaw?Are you alright?" She tried asking, not sure if she had heard two missiles or one.

[New Moon]

Feralnight saw Orcarnier but only continued until at last reaching the Nomad, glad to land and set Cheetor down. "Someone caught him by the head, left a good gash that put him in stasis lock, we're just outside the Nomad now and he needs to come in now before something else happens." She replied to Tigatron but looked back. She saw Optimus getting up in the distance and turned as a few explosions went off near the trees. What did that come from?

Growling she forced herself to ignore the pain and transformed to her beast mode, "I'm going to give some aerial support. Wintersong, Tigatron I placed Cheetor near the cargo bay entrance get him and hurry the others need help." Flapping her wings she took off to the air but remained close to the Nomad for now, letting her internal repairs continue to help with damaged chest and wings.

[NaitoKage]

"Hey Leviathan, and sign of the alien on the scanners? I don't want him to take me and Snow Trix unawares."

Glowstick looked around, before he was able to respond however.. two explosions appeared on the screen to the left of his display. His optics shifted noticing the flying figure then turn to fly towards Optimus Primal. Slag! Steelclaw, SNowtrix are you alright?! The Ghost just appeared out of the woods above you guys, he's heading towards Primal and Icebreaker.

Glowstick thought the situation over as he quickly began to react. Outside the Leviathan, one of the manipulators moved towards StarShadow as a hatch on top of the turret opened, the claw then made a gesture lightly flicking her on the side into the hole and into a seat inside of the turret. The Hatch then closed, inside of the turret was rather dark with a square door on the floor sliding inwardly allowing light from the main hall to shine and display a ladder down to the main hall and bridge.

Glowstick then spoke up Computer! Autogun online, anti air fire. Target using sound mode. Sonar, look alive, 9 oclock high. Put the Quasar turret into consecutive mode to compensate for lag between the gun's fire. Alright Predacons, slight change of plans. All report to Hanger and use the rear airlock to exit. Terrorsaur and Waspinator, I want you to fly Frilla and StarShadow down into the tree line, then make a break onto the Maximal transport. StarShadow and Frilla I want you two to focus on Orcariner. Keep your distance and you'll be fine. Tarantulus, I want you to head towards Snowtrix and Steelclaw to check on them if repairs are required, then proceed into the battlefield.

Glowstick then turned in his seat slightly as he moved the controls, the ship turning and seeming to strife sideways as the forward Autogun came online, a few quick short bursts of machine gun fire spraying off into the distance towards the Primal Clone, though the range and sensors made the gun less accurate compared to normal.

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Icebreaker simply laid on the ground in a twisted manner, much like a rag doll. His tongue hanging out of his beak slightly. (LOL)