"OC Episode #4"

[New Moon]

Before Frilla could comply Tarantulas was already doing that himself. This left her with little options, either be very lucky and risky being able to get free or be chopped to pieces and be the next Maximal to die. Her optics went to her Pellet Gun that she still held and thought of trying to use it. It was already set on the acid pellets now all she had to do was aim..."I'd rather die fighting then letting you threaten me insect!" Musting up the last bit of courage Frilla aimed her gun leaning slightly tot he side while firing a few acid pellet towards his head and neck or shoulders, hoping to hit his optics if she could. At the same time she tried stomping on his foot as hard as she could and trying to maneuver from his claws to avoid serious damage.

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Feralnight joined the others shortly after Icebreaker glad to see Saber-Fang was at least conscious. "If we plan to leave I have an outside visual of the ship in my memory banks, just in case anyone gets interested. And really it's pretty impressive for a PRedacon ship." She said still having slight awe in her voice.

[WorpeX]

"Hrm..an insect? Heh heh.. How quaint. Keep that and any other maximal away from the pod no matter what, I'll deal with the programming.."

Manterror focused his attention towards the Spider who just approached the pod and began working on it. While it was probably a better idea to allow a Predicon to re-program the pod, the praying mantis was far too stubborn to allow someone else to take over. "I've got it under control. I don't need you or anyone else." It seemed the Predicon wouldn't move so easily though, and Manterror wasn't exactly in the best position to fight.

"I'd rather die fighting then letting you threaten me insect!"

Taking the new Predicon by surprise, Filla landed two direct hits on his face. Acid spread and immediately began to burn his optics. He immediately let out a loud scream and released his hold on the Maximal. Moving his hands to his face, he tried to dull the pain by rubbing, but to no avail. "MY EYES! I CAN'T SEE!" Without vision, the praying mantis decided to break out in a run, hopefully he would be able to get himself as far away from the battle as possible. Knowing that the woods were behind him, he turned and ran for his life. In a mere seconds however, the insect collided with a tree and knocked him out cold.

[New Moon]

When she was release Frilla quickly moved away, watching Manterror take off but ended up crashing into a tree. "Guess I should have warned him about the affects..all well, the tree did it's job." She briefly laughed then turned her attention to Tarantulas. Now for the spider which would be a whole different situation. "back away from the pod Tarantulas!" Frilla growled aiming to fire at him next.

[NaitoKage]

Tarantulus listened to Manterror, finding the insect's actions to be simply annoying. He pondered possibly just poisoning the lower lifeform and his prey as well for such insolence.

Tarantulus stopped, raising his arms up slowly You know.. that gun isn't very accurate, you could risk hitting the stasis pod.. one of his claws then reached for his head pulling the sphere from his forehead tossing it towards Frilla causing it to explode in a cloud of smoke with a loud bang.

Tarantulus then chuckled darkly drawing his gun and loading another missile into it, then twisting around firing it towards Frilla and the smoke screen as the missile exploded into a web. You should of ran away when you had the chance little girl..Though I'll admit I've always wanted to feast on you, and now.. I'll have the chance! Hehehehehahahahaaha! he then gave a disturbing heckle as he turned his attention to the stasis pod again pulling a panel off it.

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The Leviathan started to close in on the coordinates of the crashed ship, Glowstick then activated the ship's intercom We're about 2 minutes from the landing zone.. I'm detecting the Maximal ship but.. it has no power readings from it's engines at the moment.. it might be damaged. I'm also detecting alot of energy readings in the air, I think that ship that crashed may have moved around the island.. so I'm going to land in the ocean and take us around the other side of the island, maybe we can scout around and see what is going on..

He then had the Leviathan turn course while lowering in altitude, hoping the Maximals may not notice the ship as it then moved around the island and made a soft landing into the sea, then started to sink partially into the water. From the aerial view, he noticed a large clearing with black metal sticking from it, assuming to be where the ship moved.

Sonar proceed to the roof hatch and make a low pass around the island so you aren't noticed, radio in anything you find. Starshadow and I will take the airlock once I take the Leviathan bellow the waterline to keep it from being noticed, Starshadow I want you to move in inland, I believe I saw the ship in the woods on that island.I'm going to sneak around that Maximal ship and see what they are doing.. and maybe leave them a little gift.

[Night-Hunter]

We're about 2 minutes from the landing zone.. I'm detecting the Maximal ship but.. it has no power readings from it's engines at the moment.. it might be damaged. I'm also detecting alot of energy readings in the air, I think that ship that crashed may have moved around the island.. so I'm going to land in the ocean and take us around the other side of the island, maybe we can scout around and see what is going on..

Sonar opened his eyes at the sound of Glowsticks voice over intercom, his interest peaked when the fish mentioned the Maximal ship and he smiled darkly.

Sonar proceed to the roof hatch and make a low pass around the island so you aren't noticed, radio in anything you find. Starshadow and I will take the airlock once I take the Leviathan bellow the waterline to keep it from being noticed, Starshadow I want you to move in inland, I believe I saw the ship in the woods on that island. I'm going to sneak around that Maximal ship and see what they are doing.. and maybe leave them a little gift.

He let go of the ceiling and transformed into his robot form in mid air and landed on his feet.

"Alright, I'm on my way. But just to warn you the Maximals can be hard to sneak up on. If the all mighty General is on that ship, watch yourself. He replied over his COM link.

He then proceeded to the roof hatch and once again transoformed into his beast mode and took flight toward the island, flying low as fish stick instructed. He scanned the area below him using both his eyes and his echo's but he found nothing, well maybe except for some prey.

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

With Megatron's sporadic firing, Optimus dropped back down behind his cover and frantically looked around for somewhere else to go. His once large boulder was now shrinking significantly and there wouldn't be much left soon for the Maximal to hide behind. As the Predacon's shots zipped past, some hitting the rock and some just piercing the air overhead, and pieces of stone scattering in every direction with a cloud of dust forming, Primal looked ahead of him, behind himself, and then to his left. There were trees but none thick enough to cover him or sustain as much damage as Megatron was trying to inflict. To his right was his shield, dwindling every second he wasted. Then Optimus looked up, squinting past the debris and noticing a very thick limb from a nearby trunk stretching across over his position. It might work, he thought quickly, calculating that the strength of the branch should be able to hold his weight. Megatron's visibility on him would be temporarily scewed by all of the dust he was creating with his frantic shots, which the Maximal leader could use to his advantage. He might take a couple hits, but a surprise move would be better than a sitting duck. Or gorilla.

Primal leaped up and momentarily ignited his prime jets for a boost to reach the branch above. Through the Predacon's barrage of firepower and the cloud of dust wafting in the air before it would eventually settle, Optimus was grazed on his right shoulder and his left foot by Megatron's shots. They knocked him about, and he growled in pain from the hits, but he tried to hold steady in the air. Disengaging his thrusters, he grabbed the branch with his hands and started swinging with the momentum he had left from his prime jets, swinging himself all the way over the branch once and then one more time to gain more power and more momemtum, like an acrobat thanks to his beast mode. As he swung around underneath it, he released his hands and shot up slightly into the air toward Megatron's direction, almost hitting some limbs and branches above. On his way down, aiming for the large purple Predacon, Primal slightly shifted his body sideways, bending his left leg up so as not to cause further injury to his foot, and straightening his right leg to lock it in place as best as he could. If all went as planned, the Maximal's right foot was projected to slam right into Megatron's upper chest or shoulder to knock him back off of his feet. But if the Predacon was quicker and wasn't caught off guard, he could just as easily grab his foot and throw him into a tree. Or right through one. It was a risk, but Optimus had no where else to go. The canopy was too thick for flight manuevers and attacks, not to mention hovering around as low as he would have to would only make Megatron take out his prime jets. Might as well meet his nemesis head on now. Primal tightened his entire body, ready for impact...

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"I'm alright."

Rattrap pulled his hand away from Saber's back and examined her head wound again, as well as her optics, breathing and speech. She seemed to be functioning normally. Phew.

"Like I've been bashed several times over the head with the control panel. Other then that I'm great."

"Heh. Maybe 'Breaker's got some medication for that," Rattrap said to her. Done mending her wound, he packed up the kit and stood up. "You should be all right, Fangs. Just try not ta bonk it again."

Er.. Wow, you two got close while I was busy..

Looking at the penguin with a glare for a moment, it was suddenly replaced with a mischievious grin as the rodent said, "Teh! Not as close as you an' yer sweetheart Cecaelia."

Alright.. as for my Report,from what I can tell, Cecaelia is a Predacon possibly escaped from prison or did some sort of crime and assumed we were the police. She tried to slag me in the water but seemed to change her mind while we were talking..and seemed to do a 180 in her personality when my visor and faceplate retracted.. kinda acting like a swooning school girl at a rock concert..Not sure how I should feel about that.

Rattrap couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Great! Another looney for Team Predascum. Hey, 'Breaker, let's not get carried away, all right? Don't let it go to yer head," he winked.

Anyway.. I don't think she's a major threat, she seems more like a panicked cornered rat..which is dangerous in itself...

"Oh, really, Icebreaker?" the rodent said, squinting his optics and slowly stepping toward him, as if taking offense to the flightless bird's analogy. "Have you ever come face ta face with a panicking rat that's cornered? You're darn right it's dangerous!" He stopped a couple feet away from him and grew quiet at what came out of the penguin's mouth next.

So, what should we do Rattrap? I don't think the axalon is really set up for keeping prisoners..but if for some reason she joins Megatron we'll have a worse situation on our hands.

"What're ya talkin' about? We got plenty of places for trash," he grinned at his own joke, ripping on Predacons in general, not personally on Cecaelia. "Ain't no way we're bringin' her back with us. You can't trust Predacons. Especially the crazies. Oh wait, that's all of 'em, ain't it?" Rattrap eventually put the joking aside and sighed. What would Optimus Pinhead do? Probably just let her go and find her own way. Or would he actually invite her back to the base? Because there was no way he'd take her back to the Axalon against her will. "I think... we should just let 'er go. I know it increases the Preds' numbers but we can't risk her breaching our base and doing who-knows-what she's capable of to us and our defenses." He felt that was the right choice. Besides, they might be getting two new Maximals from the pods.

"If we plan to leave I have an outside visual of the ship in my memory banks, just in case anyone gets interested. And really it's pretty impressive for a PRedacon ship."

"Is it still in tact? Did it sink?" Rattrap asked Feralnight and Icebreaker, watching the birdwolf swoop in and land beside them. Maybe they could haul it out of the water and take it with them back to base, like Rhinox had suggested earlier.

[NaitoKage]

"Is it still in tact? Did it sink?"

Icebreaker nodded It's still intact and functional, after all it did attack us. Which has me concerned if Megatron got ahold of it, but..maybe she'll just fly off the planet is what I'm hoping. It's problematic to increase the Pred numbers, but we also have to think of this seriously.. we don't want to terminate the Predacons..but how do you win a war by beating an enemy and letting them go to come back at you another day? Eventually they'll just destroy us if we do things like that.. but we're not really the police.. so putting them in stasis lock and shoving them in stasis pods seems a bit much.. though then again......

He drifted off for a moment crossing his flippers I did notice that when I first came to this planet, I met up with a group of Maximals, Orcariner and Nightmist. We had others as well.. and other cybertronians, Predacons.. it was quickly found that a majority of them were criminals,though a few weren't.. I always found it a little weird that the Axalon had so many of them..Never found an answer on it either, they aren't on the personnel records, well.. other then Frilla and Glowstick.

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"Alright, I'm on my way. But just to warn you the Maximals can be hard to sneak up on. If the all mighty General is on that ship, watch yourself.

Glowstick took his word, as Sonar seemed to know more about Saber then anyone else. But he didn't know who or what was on the ship. He assumed the marine unit, which would be a pain of their own.. specially out at sea. Icebreaker or Orcariner in the water were a nightmare alone, together they could probably still sink the Leviathan and kill every Predacon that got near them. He shuddered for a moment remembering a past battle as the hatch closed for the turret, then moved the Leviathan having it go further down into the water, then use it's manipulators to grab into the soil to prevent it from drifting away.

He then soon exited the bridge, heading down to the Airlock in the Cargo bay waiting for Starshadow,in case she had any complications or needed further explanation on her latest accessory.

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Megatron was taken by surprise as Optimus Primal came at him in a dropkick, falling over but not taking that much damage as a Dropkick is still only powered by some momentum and gravity.The jarring impact turned off his hip blasters for the moment.

Megatron snarled as he pushed Optimus off him, then used his left arm tail ..thing to lift himself off the ground as he spoke.Ug..That reckless behaviour will get you no where Primal! Give up and maybe I'll be so lenient to let you live! he then shouted thrusting his T-rex head with jaw open to bite down towards Optimus Primal.

[Night-Hunter]

"Heh. Maybe 'Breaker's got some medication for that,"

She waited a few seconds before standing up as well.

"You should be all right, Fangs. Just try not ta bonk it again."

"I'll try to resist the urge." She said with a small smile.

Er.. Wow, you two got close while I was busy..

"Teh! Not as close as you an' yer sweetheart Cecaelia."

Saber raised an eye brow at Rattrap's comment but didn't reply.

Alright.. as for my Report,from what I can tell, Cecaelia is a Predacon possibly escaped from prison or did some sort of crime and assumed we were the police. She tried to slag me in the water but seemed to change her mind while we were talking..and seemed to do a 180 in her personality when my visor and faceplate retracted.. kinda acting like a swooning school girl at a rock concert..Not sure how I should feel about that.

"Great! Another looney for Team Predascum. Hey, 'Breaker, let's not get carried away, all right? Don't let it go to yer head,"

"I wouldn't be surprised in the slightiest if this Cecaelia was related to Starshadow." Saber said crossing her arms.

Anyway.. I don't think she's a major threat, she seems more like a panicked cornered rat..which is dangerous in itself...

"Oh, really, Icebreaker?" "Have you ever come face ta face with a panicking rat that's cornered? You're darn right it's dangerous!"

Feeling a slight wave of dizziness come over her, Saber sat down and waited for the dizzy spell to pass.

So, what should we do Rattrap? I don't think the axalon is really set up for keeping prisoners..but if for some reason she joins Megatron we'll have a worse situation on our hands.

"What're ya talkin' about? We got plenty of places for trash," "Ain't no way we're bringin' her back with us. You can't trust Predacons. Especially the crazies. Oh wait, that's all of 'em, ain't it?"

Saber gave a light hearted chuckle. "It's not only the crazies you have to worry about, it's the silent ones you have to worry about as well."

"I think... we should just let 'er go. I know it increases the Preds' numbers but we can't risk her breaching our base and doing who-knows-what she's capable of to us and our defenses."

Saber agreed with Rattrap, letting her go would cause problems later but at least the ship would be in one piece for a little while longer.

"If we plan to leave I have an outside visual of the ship in my memory banks, just in case anyone gets interested. And really it's pretty impressive for a PRedacon ship."

"Is it still in tact? Did it sink?"

Saber wondered the same thing, but the Rat beat her to it.

It's still intact and functional, after all it did attack us. Which has me concerned if Megatron got ahold of it, but..maybe she'll just fly off the planet is what I'm hoping. It's problematic to increase the Pred numbers, but we also have to think of this seriously.. we don't want to terminate the Predacons..but how do you win a war by beating an enemy and letting them go to come back at you another day? Eventually they'll just destroy us if we do things like that.. but we're not really the police.. so putting them in stasis lock and shoving them in stasis pods seems a bit much.. though then again......

"I say we blow it up, it will keep Megatron from getting the upper hand later on in this war." Saber said.

I did notice that when I first came to this planet, I met up with a group of Maximals, Orcariner and Nightmist. We had others as well.. and other cybertronians, Predacons.. it was quickly found that a majority of them were criminals,though a few weren't.. I always found it a little weird that the Axalon had so many of them..Never found an answer on it either, they aren't on the personnel records, well.. other then Frilla and Glowstick.

Saber narrowed her optics slightly, unsure what to say about that.

[starshadow]

Starshadow followed Glowstick to the airlock. "Let'a move out!"
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Alert unknown aircraft detected, Hell-Fang signature detected.

Cerulia smiled with joy and took the ship to the skies. Then a large bat appeared infront of the cockpit glass few feet away from it. "WOAH!!" her ship flipped to the right two times before being in a normal position. "HEY WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING FURBAG!"

[New Moon]

Even if the spider was right Frilla wold have to chance it at the moment, or so she thought. Stepping back from the smoke screen she tried to wave the smoke away and step forward to fire but it occurred to her Tarantulas could use the cover to get away. Not that she really had time before the web suddenly caught her and trapped her. "Your sickening and insane tarantulas." Frilla muttered and struggled with the webbing to get to the pod and not to mention her field dampers wouldn't be lasting too much longer.

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Feralnight listened to the others, a little curious about the new Predacon but glanced at Saber-Fang. She had a point. If the Predacons did get a hold of the ship it could mean bad news for the Maximals and their enemies were likely on their way or close by. "I'll go give the ship a last look see if there is a likely chance we can disable it." With that the fuzor turned and was off out the side door from the Nomad and taking flight again before the others could answer.

[NaitoKage]

Glowstick nodded and hit a button closing the door to the airlock, he then poked a button on the side of Starshadow's helmet, causing a mask to slide over her face. Vents on the walls of the airlock opened as water started to fill, then the exterior door opened after the room was flooded. Glowstick moved ahead of her into the dark water, glowing to display the sea bottle, the current moving around a bit roughly from the current storm.

Hmm.. I hope you'll be able to swim in this.. he then stated, then started moving towards the surface, his head popping up from the water as he looked around, then activated his radio So Sonar, how's the island look? He then turned noticing the ship in the air Ah.. well scratch that then..

He then moved under the water for a moment, his tentacles shooting out wrapping around Starshadow and swiftly pulling her up towards the surface, then floated out of the water lifting her up and putting her on his right shoulder while one tentacle moved to coil around her lowerbody and waist to keep her from falling Hmm.. haven't seen a ship of that design before..must be a newer model.

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Tarantulus chuckled darkly as Frilla spoke Flattery will get you nowhere reptile. he then responded, his claw extending a chip grabber and inserting it into the stasis pod, then pulling out the Maximal programming chip he flicked it to the side and placed a Predacon one on the end of his claw,proceeding to insert it into the stasis pod.

[Night-Hunter]

So Sonar, how's the island look?

"It looks like any other island, a land mass surrounded by-- HOLY SLAG!!" He shouted flying back wards to avoid hitting the cock pit window.

Ah.. well scratch that then..

Sonar growled deeply, his ears going back in irritation.

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"Maximal programming chip can not be accessed. Pausing DNA scan." The pod computer said

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I'll go give the ship a last look see if there is a likely chance we can disable it."

Saber looked at the retreating form of the fuzor and shook her head with a small sigh.

She is gonna get herself killed if she keeps doing things without back up. The former General thought.

[starshadow]

((GAH! MY HEAD IS SCREWED. I CAN'T THINK PROPERLY!!!))

Cecaelia raised an optic ridge when the Hell-Fang signal came from Starshadow. "Ehh..Nightstar-sama in a smaller body?" she moved the ship closer to the squidbot.

When the cockpit glass moved back, she looked at the catbot and burst into laughter.

"What's so funny?!" Starshadow snarled.

"You've shrinked into a protoform size!!" Cecaelia fell off her chair while laughing while her commander facepalmed.

[NaitoKage]

Glowstick blinked, then looked towards Starshadow Nightstar-sama eh? Okay then.. so I guess you two know each other..well that makes some things easier I guess.. he then floated down inside of the ship, setting Starshadow down.

Glowstick then looked towards the two females, then started to look over the ship. The photophores on his body glowing and moving in sequence as the song 009 Sound system-Holy ghost was heard playing from the headphones around his neck,he then floated above Cecaelia as he investigated the controls for the ship These aren't Cybertronian controls.. Hmm.. and those honorifics..

Glowstick then suddenly floated upward turning his body as if he was swimming through the air, then stopped floating upside down looking Cecaelia in the optics Anata wa Seibatron-sei ja nai, ne?/"You're not Cybertronian, are you?"

[starshadow]

"Watashi wa (I am) Seiba- EH!" Cecaelia looked closer at Glowstick's face. "Kawaii~"

Starshadow chuckled evily and pulled out her gun, aiming it at the squid. "I guess you can call me a traitor."

"Two cute boys in a day. Commander, how do you even get to know the cute ones~?" Cecaelia went closer to the cat. "Tell me TELL ME!"

"By bad luck.."

"You're such a secret keeper." the octobot pushed a button to close the cockpit and sat on the pilot seat, flying the ship to where the Nohmad was.