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Airazor almost responded to Steelclaw, but Orcariner beat her to it. At least some of the bots down here had lights, and she was glad at that too. Like a moth to a flame, the flier moved towards the direction the light was in. As she moved closer, the finer details of the cave became more apparent. It was surprisingly large, although it would have to be to support the massive body of Orcariner. To someone as small as her, it made the cave feel much more open, and she was glad for that. If the cave had been anything like that of some corridors in the maximal base, she would surely have had her claustrophobia kick in by now. After getting a good look at the walls and passages of the cave, she had a sinking feeling that this particular cave was not natural. Everything seemed too perfect. The perfect height for their team, a good width for them to all walk together and a pathway which led to... where exactly? She wasn't too sure, but knew they would find out soon enough."No one is shooting anybody!"
Manterror had been hiding in the bushes and spying on the Maximal's nearby. Hoping that none of them would hear his comm, he kept his voice quiet in his response. "This is Manterror. We lost the aerial battle, but took down at least one of them maxi's in the process." Not really having anything else to say, he shut down his comm without mentioning that, while they took out one of the Maximals, they lost almost all of the predicons in the process. Hopefully Megatron wouldn't press him on the subject and would simply get on with the plan.Predacons, report!
Saber smiled a little."Oh..?" "Your batsy boyfriend dumped you?"
She wanted to tell him good luck, but she kept her mouth shut.I'll leave the clone hunting to you and Optimus, I wont need that sort of gear where I'm going, but the smoke grenades might come in handy for you, and you can always use a spare pistol..
Saber readied herself to attack but stopped when she saw that the new commer was now clinging to ICebreaker."FREEZE! OR I'LL BLAST YOUR HEADS INTO- ICEBREAKER-KUN~!!"
"I thought I would never see you again~!!"
Saber looked at Icebreaker and raised an eye brow then shrugged, knowing she was't one to talk.You nearly scared me there Cecaelia! Heh heh.. looks like the Predacon's have been treating you well.
Before Sonar could say anything Inferno cut him off.Predacons, report!
Steelclaw looked over at Ocariner and quickly realized he was the only Predacon in the group.Ocariner wrote:No one is shooting anybody!
Steelclaws voice brought Waspinator back to consciousness."Waspinator," "Can you hear me over there?"
"Wazzzpinator hazzz a headache in hizzz whole body." He buzzed shaking his head to clear his spinning and blurred vision."You o.k.?"
Seeing Whitegrazer approach the group, Optimus was relieved, but he took in her damage. "This whole occurance was created by the aliens," he answered her grimly, pulling the puzzle together. "The transwarp device was bait to lead all of us here and deal with my clone and fall through the depths of the broken ground." No, he wasn't too happy about the whole situation."You don't think they are inside some alien site, do you guys?"
"No, but he's severely damaged. Unless he has some kind of quick regeneration, cloaking is his best chance of defeating any of us. But with these thermal scanners that Icebreaker has given us, not even cloaking will be much help to him." Optimus felt more confident this time taking the alien down for good. However, he still wanted answers, but it was unlikely that they could get anything more out of him than they did before. Speaking of those thermal sensors, Primal was detecting someone hiding in the bushes not far from them. Was it Manterror?"There has to be some way inside without having to..." " use the shortcut it seems. And I don't think the clone will make it easy for us."
"Your batsy boyfriend dumped you?"
"Actually... I dumped him."
Optimus's patience was beginning to wear thin. Did no one understand the severity of the situation? This was no time for teasing or joking around, and he especially didn't want Starshadow distracting Saber-Fang."AHA! I knew he was your boyfriend!" "I think..I can understand why."
"FREEZE! OR I'LL BLAST YOUR HEADS INTO- ICEBREAKER-KUN~!!" Cecaelia jumped on the penguin maximal, hugging him from the side. Finally, there he was! "I thought I would never see you again~!!"
With Cecaelia's outburst, Primal insticntively swiveled with his torso and lifted his left arm, ready to activate his wrist cannon, but he quickly oberserved that it was unnecessary, so he lowered his arm, his back aching a little from the sudden turn. What exactly was going on between her and Icebreaker? Why did he feel so unaware of everything the Maximals under his crew were doing beyond the walls of the Axalon. Shaking his head out of frustration, he returned to the matter at hand. After all, maybe it was nothing between them. Saber-Fang and Sonar on the otther hand was another story.You nearly scared me there Cecaelia! Heh heh.. looks like the Predacon's have been treating you well.
"Should we try looking for a cave entrance perhaps? Trying the way they went in could only get us caught up in the rubble too."
The Maximal leader, agreeing with Feralnight and Icebreaker, was surprised to see Cecaelia jump on that opportunity so fast with the penguin without complaining or talking back like Starshadow. But if they could work together to find each others' missing comrades, then he wasn't going to object.Hrm.. Well when I was up in that tree, I saw a cave to the north of here..Since I am our only other medic at the moment and trained in search and rescue, I guess I should do that if you guys can take care of hunting for Optimus's evil twin. I'll leave the clone hunting to you and Optimus, I wont need that sort of gear where I'm going, but the smoke grenades might come in handy for you, and you can always use a spare pistol..
Dinobot was still with them? That was good to know. "Grid zero-zero-one-four, Dinobot," Primal replied. Dinobot was only a short distance southeast of them."Optimus, where can I regroup with you?"
Airazor? How the heck did she fall down? thought Rattrap. What a mess.Orcariner!? Thank the Matrix! It's darker than the abyss down here! I can't see a thing!
"Want help? Or do you think we should shoot each other?"
Yikes. Rattrap stepped onto the ground and said, "Beast mode," reverting to his rat form. Now he felt more comfortable, not that confined, dark places bothered him. Steelclaw, eh? They were stuck with Winnie the Pooh? He'd better be careful because he was outnumbered."No one is shooting anybody!"
"Rhinox found a way out of here. It looks like three of us have light sources so we'll be alright. If there's anyone else down here who need helps, then grab them out of the debris. Otherwise, let's get out of here as soon as possible."
Sighing, Rattrap said, "I had a feeling you'd say that." Twitching his whickers, he headed into the large corridor, carefully examining the walls, the ceiling and the ground. He was looking for boobie-traps although he wasn't so sure there were any. Something told him that strolling on out of this maze wasn't going to be the case. It's never that easy.Yes, we don't need any further bloodshed.. What we need is to get out of here. Rattrap, lead the way.
Whitegrazer adjusted the thermal sensor attached to the side of her head. With this, she will be able to see through the clone's cloak but even with this advantage and the bag of extras given to her from Icebreaker, the clone was still dangerous that they would need to keep their guard up.NaitoKage wrote: He then took out another thermal sensor and walked over to Whitegrazer moving towards her, he placed it on the side of her head as it attached, then took the two smoke grenades from his chest and pulled out the bag he was carrying earlier which also had a smoke grenade inside and placed the grenades into the bag, then took the standard issue Maximal quazar pistol from his left hip putting it in the bag and handing it to her I'll leave the clone hunting to you and Optimus, I wont need that sort of gear where I'm going, but the smoke grenades might come in handy for you, and you can always use a spare pistol..
This was literally Whitegrazer's first time dealing with the aliens but like everything else, she was taking it all in stride and she shared Optimus' confidence that they will overcome, including the people down below, the obstacles the aliens threw upon them, "He can't hide from us now."Optimal Optimus Primal wrote:"No, but he's severely damaged. Unless he has some kind of quick regeneration, cloaking is his best chance of defeating any of us. But with these thermal scanners that Icebreaker has given us, not even cloaking will be much help to him." Optimus felt more confident this time taking the alien down for good. However, he still wanted answers, but it was unlikely that they could get anything more out of him than they did before. Speaking of those thermal sensors, Primal was detecting someone hiding in the bushes not far from them. Was it Manterror?
Whitegrazer nodded in agreement with Optimus, "Airazor is tough and like Optimus said, fighting down there will be suicide so everything will be okay." She gave him a reassured smile."Optimus," Tigatron spoke, "Airazor was also swallowed by the quake. She was badly damaged and could not escape the crumbling ground with flight."
Primal could sense the concern in the tiger's voice and nodded. "She'll be fine. We'll find her," he assured him. "For all we know, they could be regrouping below us as well. And firearms would not be wise to use down there." The way Optimus saw, they might be better off underground than they were above with the clone.
Tigatron nodded and took a breath, gathering himself. He needed to be strong now and do what their leader asked of him. All he could do was pray for Airazor that no harm would come to her.
((OOC: Tentacles? O.O *shivers* NK!! XD))NaitoKage wrote: Glowstick's feeder tentacles then shot out at high speed grabbing onto Blackarachnia, then pulled her towards him as his other limbs coiled around her lifting her up on top of his mantle, two of his arms coiled around her holding her in place. (I imagine Una is probably ill from that image if she finds Tarantulus creepy.
Saber raised an eye brow."AHA! I knew he was your boyfriend!" "I think..I can understand why."
This caught Saber's attention, she didn't know Airazor that well, heck she didn't even know half of the new Maximals on the Axalon!"Optimus," Tigatron spoke, "Airazor was also swallowed by the quake. She was badly damaged and could not escape the crumbling ground with flight."
Saber agreed with Optimus, if the Maximals and Predacons trapped underground had any chance of surviving they would need to team up and put thier differances aside and help each other out."She'll be fine. We'll find her," he assured him. "For all we know, they could be regrouping below us as well. And firearms would not be wise to use down there."
Saber looked at Starshadow, she couldn't help but like her spunk."So what are we waiting for? Sit here and collect dust?"
Narrowing her optics she turned her attention to where Starshadow was looking and her eyes widen slightly in fear as she spotted Sonar."SONNY BOY! OVER HERE!"
Have fun with that. Saber thought suppressing a snort.I guess we'll continue on ahead, you can inform your allies.
Sonar smiled darkly.Ah, that's good work Inferno, but no need. Stay with Sonar, I have a new mission for your group. Tarantulus will be joining you shortly, you three will be tasked with hunting down this.. so called Optimus Primal clone which has returned. I want it turned to scrap, I imagine Sonar must feel the same. Yesss...
Sonar turned at the sound of Starshadow's voice, he felt his spark clinch with annoyance. He had hoped that she had gone off and died some where."SONNY BOY! OVER HERE!"