"OC Episode #4"

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

(( OOC: Wow. Uh, typically when a character is attacked by another, they're given the opportunity to react before ten more things happen from two or three other different characters in the same scene. Which means the player who attacked shouldn't be posting again until the character they attacked responds. So for Rattrap... Yeah, I'm probably not going to bother registering everything that happened there because no one gave me the chance to do, well, anything really. He would've fought better than what you guys allowed. ))

Ug..Admitably yes.. it does..

Feeling the weight lifted off his back, Optimus got to his feet, stunned a little from the injured foot that he had nearly forgotten about with the pain he received on his back. Looking around and ignoring Megatron behind him laying on the ground, he instantly observed the situation and deemed their mission today as a failed one. Unfortunately they couldn't win them all. This group of Predacons definitely outweighed the Maximals in firepower and now in numbers as well. Nothing was in their favor.

"Away from my colony, invader! Or feel my wrath!!" "Now Buuurrrnnn in fires of Inferno!!"

Wintersong! Frilla! Primal watched the Predacon's fiery ambition near them. Literally. The heat coming out of his weapon was tramendous. It was time to go before anyone else was seriously injured. Leaving Megatron where he was without further harm, Optimus jogged across the battlefield, absorbing the pain in his foot and the throbbing of his badly injured face, and met up with Frilla near the pod and Inferno and Tarantulas. "I'm calling a retreat, Maximals!" he announced into his comm. link. "I repeat, it's time to retreat!" Lifting his arm and targeting Inferno's back that was facing him, Primal fired a shot to distract the pyro and give Wintersong a chance to escape his flames. Meanwhile, the energon radiation was rapidly growing on his failing dampers. He would have to revert back into his beast mode in a minute or less. Not much time for a safe escape.

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Growling low from the pain and the ringing in his audio sensors, Tigatron slowly pushed himself up from the ground and rolled over, sitting up, his optics frantically searching for Nemesis. He was saddened by the damage the forest now suffered from because of the explosive. Watching her retrieve her weapon, the tiger heard Optimus call for a retreat, so he obeyed and agonizingly got to his feet, turning away from Nemesis who seemed to be eyeing his other comrades now, and headed toward Dinobot's location to regroup with him. He still grasped his weapon, though, in case of another attack.

"Dinobot!" Tigatron called to the raptor. "We must fall back!"

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Getting up, Rattrap rubbed his forehead feeling the scatch and glared at Starshadow who was now in "custody." He was surprised by Saber-Fang being so protective and how she handled the female Predacon, throwing her into the wall like that. It was odd with her, though. Sometimes she fought like a general and other times she whimped out, like with Sonar and his needle not long ago. Nope, he still couldn't figure her out.

Maybe this will calm you down.

"Must...go..back..."

"Not so tough now, are ya, Whiskers?" Rattrap said in an angry tone as he approached her and Icebreaker with his gun still in his hands. He really wanted to pistol whip 'Shadow but he controlled his temper and looked at his comrades.

"So, the Preds got the ship anyway. What a waste of time!" he shouted. "I shoulda given ya some charges to plant on it an' detonate it. At least that way we coulda taken out both that ship and the Leviathan," the rat directed at Icebreaker. "What do we do with her?" he pointed at Starshadow. "Trade her for the ship? Or take 'er back to Base? 'Cause I'll tell ya what, I don't want that pyschotic cat anywhere inside the Axalon. I'm sure Optimus wouldn't approve either."

"And, Saber, what the heck did Sonar inject you with?" he pried. He wasn't in the mood for any lies.

[Wintersong]

Wintersong landed on the other side of the pod from where she had leapt, glad to see Inferno ad been hit yet it didn't faze one bit. Growling she turned slightly, raising an arm to defend herself from the flamethrower knowing it could potentially do some serious burns. But what could she do when the pain in her chest had barely ebbed away. Not that she had to think anyway for the next thing the tigeress knew another shot came her way, knocking her off her paws and onto the ground. "Ugh...beast mode..." She muttered and reverted to beast mode.

Her dampers wouldn't last much longer with the damage she had already and trying to keep fighting could be suicide. Wintersong wince as she tried to stand but wasn't going to do something like that again, instead moving towards Frilla and looking at the rest of the battle field. The Maximals were already getting beat and Optimus himself, though luckily they would be retreating and she quickly joined them wincing from her injuries again.

On the other side of the battle filed Snow Trix was growing irritated with the raptor's persistence. Grunting as she was hit by his eye lasers she was knocked off her feet and landed on her back. Shaking her head Snow Trix pushed herself up again but only brought her lasso to her again and coiled it at her side, this wasn't worth it any more. They had what they needed so why continue a fight the Maximals were losing? "Anyone can have free dibs on the raptor, I'm out of here." Snow Trix reverted to beast mode and took off into the underbrush, though she wasn't truly leaving only to stay and watch the aftermath of this fight.

[New Moon]

Feralnight watched all that happened, glad her comrades acted so quickly yet her attention was drawn from them, looking towards the outside. The Levianthan seemed to already be busy getting the strange ship into their cargo bay by now. "Would it even be worth bringing Starshadow? Why don't we just leave her here let the Predacons come back and hitch her a ride back then?" She said looking back at the three.

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Frilla watched in dismay as the Maximals were just plain defeated on this mission and had lost the chance to have another on their side. When Primal came she held up the sword for him, "Think you lost something Optimus." She said, giving a final glance at her form comrades and the damage that was already sustained.

[WorpeX]

Finally coming back to his senses, the Praying Mantis's eyes turned back on again. This time, he could clearly see that he was beaten by an inanimate object and a little lizard. An embarrassing defeat indeed. The pain from the venom had subsided now, and besides a massive headache from hitting the tree head-on, he was in good enough condition. Standing back up, he look a took towards the battlefield again. It seemed the pod had now come online as a new figure appeared to be burning the remaining Maximals.

"I repeat, it's time to retreat!"

NO! The mantis thought. If they left, he would be unable to extract his revenge form that puny little lizard who had beaten him earlier. Moving quickly, Manterror broke out into a run to get back into the battle. While he hadn't run too far from the fight and was in visual range, he was no where close to being able to fire. As he ran closer to his destination, he thought about just how he would finish off his prey... he would need to stun her somehow first. Once he did, he could move in for the kill and rip her apart. Yes, he liked that idea.

Arriving just in time to see Frilla and Optimus exchange a sword, he put both of his claws up at his shoulders. While still in a full out run, he positioned his torso so that when he released, the discs would be aimed towards the lizard. Even though his aim could be better if he stopped, he wasn't willing to waste precious time while the maximals stood still. This time, he wouldn't miss. In a quick snap of the wrist, he brought both arms back down and released two spinning blades from under his claws at the same time. The quick change in weight distribution threw the insect off balance and caused him to fall to the ground in the process, but that didn't affect his attack. Both blades still spun at a deadly speed towards their target.

((OOC: What's going on with Airazor's pod? The whole episode seams to be moving along very very slowly...))

[New Moon]

Frilla's glance to the battle field seemed about the best luck she had all day for no sooner had she looked that she caught sight of Manterror attacking once more and this time using two spinning blades.There was no time to dodge this attack at the speed they were going and she only had time to draw her Frill Sword to sue it to defend herself long enough to only be knocked over, her own blade getting some damage in the process. This was getting old really quick.

[NaitoKage]

(Airazor's pod required certain required things.. which we are now doing. After Cheetor's done, it's open season. well.. so did Inferno's episode.. but I think we just threw caution to the wind for that one.)

Rhinox moved in towards Cheetor pulling out a device, he then opened a panel on Cheetor, extracting a locking chip from Cheetor's body. (Insert trippy dream sequence!) A few moments later, Rhinox closed the panel holding up the locking chip on the device attempting to restart cheetor Alright, that should do it. You should go to beast mode as soon as possible.

Rhinox then moved towards the stasis pod, inserting the locking chip. the protoform mass suddenly shimmered and solidified into a body. Rhinox put the tool away at his hip Alright.. that bought us some time. Now I need to see if I can get the DNA scanner online and find something in this wasteland to scan.. Rhinox then started typing into the keyboard rebooting the system which seemed to now start functioning.

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Megatron got up slowly, then noticed Optimus had fled off towards the Maximals, calling a retreat. The battle was won, or so he thought. He looked towards Inferno, his new Predacon. But then shook his head watching the scene.

Tarantulus watched as Inferno attacked the others, while he did want the stasis pod, he didn't want anything to do with that sort of struggle. He transformed to his beast mode and backed away into the brush as he pondered over the situation.
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Glowstick listened to Cecaelia as he moved from the bridge downstairs, responding on his radio Right, I'm fairly certain neither you nor Starshadow have the skills or resources to fix your ship, which I do.. but wont do because your "commander" decided to turn her back on us after all we've done for her. I suppose you could get her from the maximals, but that still puts us at a stalemate for options. Well, I guess I could just let you go and save her, but if you do..she'll probably still see our group as an enemy for some stupid reason, plus the maximals.. putting two massive forces against your own in a struggle that would easily become both your demise. Sounds like a great plan no?

He then started tieing down the ship in the hanger to keep it from moving around.

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Icebreaker put his medical device away, then looked at Starshadow leaning on his stomach. He shaked his head and lowered her onto the floor, then pulled out some cable and started tieing her up. If we're going to get rid of her, we should contact the Leviathan.. They'll probably take her without a fight if we just ditch her on the island or something..

[Night-Hunter]

Maybe this will calm you down.

"Must...go..back..."

Saber didn't have any sympathy for Starshadow at this point and she didn't care what they did to her.

"Not so tough now, are ya, Whiskers?"

Saber smirked then slid down the wall and sat down as a wave of dizziness came over her.

"So, the Preds got the ship anyway. What a waste of time!" he shouted. "I shoulda given ya some charges to plant on it an' detonate it. At least that way we coulda taken out both that ship and the Leviathan,"

Saber raised an eye brow, it was pretty clear that Rattrap was upset and she didn't blame him. They had a job to do and they failed and she lowered her gaze as she remembered what Sonar had called her, she was a washed up general. A failed one at that.

"What do we do with her?" he pointed at Starshadow. "Trade her for the ship? Or take 'er back to Base? 'Cause I'll tell ya what, I don't want that pyschotic cat anywhere inside the Axalon. I'm sure Optimus wouldn't approve either."

"I say dump her on the nearest island." Saber growled, resting her head against the wall.

"And, Saber, what the heck did Sonar inject you with?"

"I'm not sure, but knowing Sonar's infamous reputation... it can't be good."

She bit back a wince as pain shot threw her stomach, she felt cold sweat start to accumulate on her brow. Now she was sure that she had no idea what was in that injection and it was starting to scare her.

If we're going to get rid of her, we should contact the Leviathan.. They'll probably take her without a fight if we just ditch her on the island or something..

"If they really wanted her, they wouldn't have left her behind!" Saber growled trying not to freak out at the thought of the injection being poison.

Just stay calm. She continued to tell herself that.

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Once the invaders were gone, Inferno went back to the pod, then spotted Megatron and he narrowed his optics trying to figure our if he was part of his colony or if he was just another invader.

If he is an invader, he will buuurrrn!! He thought, keeping his flame thrower at his hip so he could easily reach just in case.

[starshadow]

Cecaelia just sighed. "Do you even know what's a manual pad?..anyway, she attacked because well..you don't know?" So Glowstick didn't know about her commander's mental condition. These days just get worser. After thinking about what he said, she shook her head and sighed.

"Can you just let me out for five minutes? I want to have word with Nightstar-sama's second-in-command and umm..I'll join the predacon forces IF you bring the cat back. I'll try my best to persuade her to stop being a mad woman."

[NaitoKage]

Megatron walked towards Inferno looking down at the psychotic ant. Ahem.. All hail the colony. I am Lord Megatron, a ...good friend of the royalty.Yess... I take it, you are "Inferno"?

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Glowstick finished tying the ship down, then walked into the decontamination room undoing Cecaelia's restraints with a few button presses, then stepped back. I assume the Manual pad was that game controller you call a ship interface. I figured it out. Persuading her to not be a mad woman isn't easy, I've had to deal with her for a few months as her commander, to be honest the crew would probably rather be rid of her since we already have enough wingnuts around.. but alright, you can talk to your second in command. As for Starshadow, I guess I'll see what I can do..Sonar's not going to be happy about that though..Can't blame him, she practically stalks him just to harass him.

[Night-Hunter]

Geez.. she really got you. Just sit down and relax. I need to tie down the cargo before we leave, but you can use these while I do that.

After the squid left, Sonar started to patch himself up. Starshadow had become a thorn in his side and it was irritating!!

Primus, help me. I will kill her myself if she tries this again!! He thought with a growl.

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Ahem.. All hail the colony. I am Lord Megatron, a ...good friend of the royalty.Yess... I take it, you are "Inferno"?

Inferno had readied himself to fire at the approaching stranger but relaxed when he realized that the new comer was from his colony!

"You must be the Royalties second in command," He dipped his head slightly at the higher up. "Yes, I am Inferno. The colony's most loyal soldier."

((OOC: I don't know a whole lot about ant hierarchy, but what ever *shrugs*))

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

"Think you lost something Optimus."

He certainly hadn't "lost" his sword, but he knew what she meant. Taking it, Optimus said, "Thank you, Frilla," and put it back where it belonged. Suddenly, he noticed an attack on the frilled lizard from behind. Manterror! So that's where he had been. Two blades went spinning by him, nearly hitting his legs, and watched them knock Frilla over.

Growling in frustration over the attack on his comrade, Optimus hollered at Manterror, "Enough!" turning to face him and activating his shoulder-mounted missiles. He fired only one of them toward the ground in front of the praying mantis to stop him and to give him and his Maximals the chance to retreat. As soon as he had fired it, however, his body went into an agonizing surge from the energon. "Argh! Beast mode!" he ordered his internal computer and transformed to his gorilla form. Seeing Megatron making his way over, probably to greet his new Predacon, Primal extended his hand to Frilla to help her to her feet and looked at Wintersong who seemed to be suffering to an extent with her wounds. Frowning at the two females, he said, "Let's go," and motioned them to hurry toward Tigatron and Dinobot to regroup and retreat. The Maximal leader made sure he was the last one to exit the battlefield. They would have to leave the stasis pod behind.

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If we're going to get rid of her, we should contact the Leviathan.. They'll probably take her without a fight if we just ditch her on the island or something..

"I say dump her on the nearest island." "I'm not sure, but knowing Sonar's infamous reputation... it can't be good." "If they really wanted her, they wouldn't have left her behind!"

"All right, just relax, Fangs. The last thing we need right now is you goin' off the deep end, okay? Just relax," Rattrap told her, calming himself down as well. "We'll contact the Leviathan, let 'em know we're droppin' the psycho off on the mainland and they can go fetch her while we get the heck outta here and go back to Base as failures together. All right? Feralnight, keep an eye on Starshadow. Icebreaker, see if you can figure out what Sonar injected Saber-Fang with. If it was anything serious, she might need medical attention soon. I'm gonna get this thing running and pull us out of here, and call our gracious friends on the other transport."

Returning to the controls, Rattrap fired up the engines and the large craft began rumbling, hovering up above the water. "Leviathan, this is Nomad," he contacted the Predacons through the comm. link system. It made him shudder to be so accomodating to them. Then again, the Predacons could've been a lot worse with their intentions as well, but they hadn't. "We're pulling back to the mainland. If you want your precious Starshadow back, we'll leave her safe an' sound there and you can come pick her up. You copy that?"

[New Moon]

Feralnight nodded at Rattrap, her attention having been on watching the Levianthan before she looked to the crazy panther. This was going to be fun,Feralnight thought sarcastically not exactly having a liking to most of the Predacons. As she came near Starshadow she draw blades from each wing, just as a precaution if she tried anything. "Quicker we get rid of her the better." She said.

[NaitoKage]

(Don't worry, Inferno doesn't know much on ants either.*L* )

Megatron nodded Er.. yes. After speaking with the royalty, we believe it would be best if we moved the colony from here, to prevent any further risks to the Queen. I know of a place far safer where those dirty Maximals wont lay a hand on her.

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Glowstick blinked as he received the call from Rattrap Er.. This is the Leviathan, I was about to ask about that. Under normal circumstances I would of told you guys to use her as a boat anchor, but alright. I need to get that girl on medication.. Oh, by the way.. can I ask.. What IS the name of your ship anyway? The Predacons around here just tend to call it the flying box.

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Icebreaker finished tying up Starshadow, he then noticed something on the floor at the corner of his optic. He got up walking over to it, then picked up a needle with tube still attached This must be what he used. Alright. I'll give them both a scan over. Icebreaker then put the needle away in a compartment, then walked over to Saberfang kneeling down as he noticed sweat on her forehead, his visor sliding down for a moment displaying her thermal output. Doesn't look like your feeling alright.. I'm going to take you down to the CR tank and do some scans.

He then scooped her up into his arms, then got up walking towards the ladder, moving one of his arms to cradle under her body as he climbed down the ladder, wondering why they didn't bother to install the lift like he asked in the original design of the Nomad since it would better fit medical standards. But then again, they didn't have a CR tank like originally planned either.

[Night-Hunter]

Er.. yes. After speaking with the royalty, we believe it would be best if we moved the colony from here, to prevent any further risks to the Queen. I know of a place far safer where those dirty Maximals wont lay a hand on her.

"I must agree, the Royalties safety always comes first. Lead the way, I will follow." Inferno replied confidently.

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After Sonar patched himself up once again, he left to give Glowstick back his med kick.

Er.. This is the Leviathan, I was about to ask about that. Under normal circumstances I would of told you guys to use her as a boat anchor.

Huh, why didn't I think of that. Sonar thought with a chuckle.

but alright. I need to get that girl on medication.. Oh, by the way.. can I ask.. What IS the name of your ship anyway? The Predacons around here just tend to call it the flying box.

"How about we just call it the Predacon Death Trap or P.D.T." Sonar said with a chuckle.

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This must be what he used. Alright. I'll give them both a scan over.

Good luck with that. Saber thought.

Doesn't look like your feeling alright.. I'm going to take you down to the CR tank and do some scans.

Saber bit back a snappy retort but instead. "Do we even have a CR tank aboard the Nomad?" She asked.

She allowed Icebreaker to pick her up, she remained silent the whole way, lost in her thoughts.

I can't this do any more. No more lies after this. Saber thought with a small sigh.

[Phoenix]

Pursuing Tigatron further appeared to be a mute point for Nemesis, now that all the Maximals were retreating after the protoform in the pod had emerged as a Predacon.

Sighing, the female holstered her weapon and grudgingly made her way over to the other Predacons who were already bringing their newfound ant-friend away from here. The dust behind her had finally settled, exposing a nice sized crater where the explosive had gone off. Nemesis paid it no heed, nor did she especially care who had won the protoform entity's loyalty. All she really cared about was whether some technology from this 'colony' as the ant referred to the pod as, could be used to revert her current state and bring her away from this planet.