"OC Episode #5"

[Night-Hunter]

((OOC:That's alright.))

Sonar opened his eyes when Manterror didn't attack, he seemed to calm down from his attack. He raised an eye brow when he saw Optimus attack Megatron for apparent, it was completely unprovoked and so unlike Primal.

Full of tricks are we? Well so am I!

Maximals.. I will only say this once. Keep your leader disposed unless you want him dead, as for this creature.. It's presence poses no value to me.. I will simply destroy it.

Sonar smirked, sure he didn't get a rematch but he'd get over it, but right now he needed to get Primal away from Megatron.

"Beast mode!"

He let out a shriek before diving bombing Primal, aiming for his face.

* * *

"Take it easy, Saber-Fang,"

The pain finally eased and she was able to relax, but she still wanted to help Primal.

"Rest here. I will see to the others."

She watched him leave, knowing that there was nothing she could do help. She flinched when Sonar shriek some where in the forest.

* * *

Inferno's optics widened when he heard Megatron's voice.

"My queen!"

He quickly rushed over to the Royalties side, his weapon was soon aimmed at the clone.

[WorpeX]

"We shouldn't divide ourselves. Radio communication is dead down here so even if one group makes it to safety, it would be impossible to achieve contact with the other. We've handled ourselves pretty well this far and we'll find a way to beat anything that tries to stop us from getting to the surface."

"I think I smell better news dis way, but it's faint. Really faint."

Airazor shrugged her shoulders and followed the crowd. She wasn't too fond of the solution, but she couldn't argue with the reasoning. They had a 50/50 chance of choosing the right direction, and if they picked wrong, they could all be slag before ever seeing the surface. On the other hand, they may all make it out alive. It was a difficult decision, and she was glad that Rattrap made it instead of her.

((OOC: Ok, this is getting boring now. We need something to amp this underground adventure up. We've only had minor traps so far.))

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Looking at his rival, Sonar, through the bushes, the Mantis was about to strike. He was at a perfect distance to make a break for it and slice his 'teammate' open before he ever saw him coming. It would be a glorious death.

Maximals.. I will only say this once. Keep your leader disposed unless you want him dead, as for this creature.. It's presence poses no value to me.. I will simply destroy it.

From the distance, Megatrons voice caught Manterror's attention. He looked towards the battle he had just escaped from. Clear Convoy appeared to have repaired himself and Megatron was trying to take all of the glory of himself. Taking another glance at Sonar, he tried to weigh his options. Killing Optimus... or Sonar...

...Sonar will just have to wait. Turning his attention back towards the battle, the Mantis ran back into the fray. Activating his spinning blade again, he ran towards the clone screaming at the top of his lungs and swinging wildly.

[Alak]

((OOC: You want excitement??? You want adventure?????? I'll give you the adventure of a lifetime!!!!!!!!!!!!))

As the group began to proceed to the branched off route, a slight rumble tingled from below. It was not enough for the larger, more physically dense Orcariner to feel it, but the following tremor actually shook the entire hallway behind them. Turning, the giant Maximal cocked a brow in a quizzical manner.

"Was it just me or did you guys feel something shake?"

The rumble continued but it felt much closer this time around. There was no way he could miss the sensation, but before Orcariner could make another comment, the hallway violently shook. Several meters away where the group had stood several minutes ago, a large metallic object burst from the ground, bellowing in a foreign language as it rose from its grave. The force of the breakthrough was enough send the tall Maximal tumbling backwards, but he prevented his fall by stabbing his right sword into the ground. It was fortunate of him to react so quickly or else he may have accidentally fallen on top of one of the smaller transformers. His left arm was waving around, struggling to act as a counterbalance to his awkward position. Orcariner struggled to see through the bobbing blue light and make out what this alien device was.

From what he saw through the darkness, there were two beady red lights in the center of whatever this thing was. Sounds of metal scrapping on itself pierced the air above the continuous bellowing of this alien's gibberish. Getting back to his feet, Orcariner successfully directed his swords' lights down the hallway and was taken back by what he saw. It appeared to be a large metal skull. Countless wires as thick as Orcariner's arms protruded from the occipital region of the head, and they snaked around it as if forming an aggressive barrier. In the middle of the dark orbits, the two red beads flashed with malice from within.

It's robotic, he thought, Is it Cybertronian?

Orcariner shifted his position so that he stood in front of the group. Normally, he would have no major reservations taking up the role as a defensive buff. This was a different case. Skull itself was roughly 3/4 of his size and each of the snake-like hairs seemed large enough to punch as hard as he could. The difference was that Orcariner only had two arms. This thing had a myriad number of tentacles

"Who are you?" he demanded, trying to sound courageous, "Why have you brought us here?"

Instead of immediately replying, one of the tentacles shot out of the grotesque pile and fired a blue light at the orca. The killer whale instinctively winced and brought his swords up to cover his more vulnerable face.

Oh jeez, it's gonna...

Nothing happened. Slowly parting the blades like a child who was curiously peering through its fingers, Orcariner saw that the light was moving up and down his body. Unsure of what was happening, he was unwilling to lay down his weapons. It only took a few seconds for the light to stop, and the metal snake withdrew itself from the group's presence.

"Foreigners!" the voice boomed.

Orcariner was stunned at how loud it spoke, and he was surprised that he was actually able to understand the monster now.

"You have trespassed into a world that does not belong to you."

The Maximal replied, "Sorry. We're sorry. We just don't have a way to leave. If you can help, we'd really-"

"Silence!"

Orcariner shut himself up.

"You have tampered with our constructs. You have destroyed our monuments. The experiment is now corrupt."

"Understood," the orca said, trying to use a diffusive tone.

He wanted so badly just to point at Steelclaw and Waspinator and tell the alien that it was their fault. It was not entirely true, as the mystery sites were destroyed as a result of both factions fighting one another.

They started it, Orcariner argued with himself.

The Maximal had to say something useful though. The accusations sounded harsh with the way this being was speaking.

"Alright," he finally said, "So why have you brought us here? Did you want us to rebuild what we broke? Do you want a formal apology?"

The alien's expression was neutral. It was difficult to tell what a metal skull was thinking when it was incapable of altering its facial movements. Even when it spoke, the jaw remained tight and shut. The only movement there was came from the disturbing tentacles which seemed overly eager to eviscerate the Cybertronians. The metal being did not reply as quickly as it had before, but something inside Orcariner told him that this thing was intentionally trying to build suspense. This alien was quite theatrical.

"We have brought you here to die!"

Theatrical indeed... and very good at it, too.

The snakes simultaneously all lunged out towards the group. In response, Orcariner threw himself in a defensive stance with his arms spread out this time to block off access to the other Maximals and Predacons. The first tentacle slammed into his head, immediately blurring his vision, but another sensation of pain followed less than a second later when another punched him in the gut. Involuntarily collapsing to his knees, Orcariner grabbed his abdomen and felt a crack in his armor plating.

Oh Primus help us all.

The metal snakes swarmed around his body and quickly dragged him away from his friends towards the menacing skull.

"Forget what I said earlier!" he yelled through the strangle, "Weapons free!"

[NaitoKage]

(I had a feeling that'd be the case, just having dungeons and traps would be boring, which is usually why there are monsters involved. Pity the Vok monster though.. team Orcariner has the highest damage out of any of the groups.)

Rhinox started to run forward after Orcariner moving to the left side of the tunnel, pulling out both of his chain guns. You don't have to tell me twice! he then let out a roar of a yell as he aimed both weapons towards the creature and started firing at the tentacles and skull of the creature with a trail of bullet casings following as he moved, the flashes of light from his guns further illuminating the tunnel.

[Alak]

((OOC: Haha you're right, because Rhinox and Steelclaw alone have their fully automatics on hand and their overall damage output is ridiculous separately. Once we throw in a mix-up of the others' attacks, it's as good as dead. By the way, the Vok monster is a neutral character who doesn't belong to any player, meaning that anyone can post its actions, responses, dialogue, etc. It's a boss who simply allows us to showcase our characters' best attributes. We should probably throw in the element of teamwork somewhere too.))

[starshadow]

Starshadow coughed out some water and wiped her lips. "The kid is in this dusty old building?" she walked towards the cheetah and poked him.

"Hey kid...on your feet.." still no response from Cheetor.

Cecaelia walked beside the catbot and watched. "Is he..dead?"

[Wintersong]

Wintersong coughed a bit as she finally came to the surface of the river, having been tossed around a bit before looking around moving with the current until she heard a few voices and moved towards the sounds. Reaching a shallow area the tigeress stood, panting a bit as she looked closer,"Icebreaker!"She said with a little relief but noticed who was with him,"Never thought I'd be glad to see you Starshadow."She said as she waded through the water and to the rocky shore seeing Cheetor and raised the glowing wrench a bit,"I think he hit his head when the water caught him."She told them but didn't recognize Cecaelia and wondered if this was one of the newer Predacons.

[New Moon]

Feralnight growled letting Whitegrazer handle Optimus but it seemed they had other problems,"Do these Predacons ever quit!"She growled as she heard Sonar coming for Optimus and Manterror suddenly rushing for the clone and looked between the two.She only hoped back up was coming soon as Feralnight turned her attention towards the bat,"No way your getting our leader today bat!"She growled and fired towards him hoping to force Sonar away from Optimus or shoot him out of the sky.

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Frilla watched her reckless teammates take off once again and face palmed at the tigeress's actions."Just like old times huh?"She said glancing at Glowstick then at the other Predacons but not liking the idea of traveling with a few of them.More particularly Scorponok since last time she had seen him he had gotten a face full of stinging acid."Frilla maximize!"She commanded and with a slight hiss transformed."We better get going."

[Venatrix]

The objections from Whitegrazer had some merrit, but it wasn't like anybody was giving any better idea's.
Then more happend. Optimus seemed to have lost conciousnes, and before Valkyrie and Whitegrazer could get him away from the battlefield he muttered something about stasislock.
But even before Valkyrie could guess what he ment, he stood up and walked towards Megatron, Tarantulas, and the fallen clone.
She notised the clone had somehow healed himself, and now both he and Optimus Primal had glowing bright white optics.
When Optimus fired at Megatron's back, she know this wasn't Optimus.
Either he's gone insane from the pain he experianced a little while back, or the alien clone somehow used the connection he had with the Maximal leader to control him.
Things started to get seriously bad, and something needed to be done. Something drastic.
The clone was mostly healed by that wierd light that radiated from his chest, while Optimus Primal didn't reseave the same healing.
Sparing Optimus Primal would be difficult, and perhaps putting him in stasis quickly would be the only way to save him.
So either damaging him physicaly or giving him a strong dose of cyber venom would be the best way to do just that.
She didn't have any effective weapons to put her commander into stasis quickly and without causing to much damage.
With controled and focused combination of the Maximals could do the trick, if the Predacons stayed out of it. But that would be very unlikely.
Or she could manipulate a Predacon with the right tools to make it happen.
Either plan hold to many unserten factors to have the required percentage of success.
She needed to gather more intelligence on the battlefield. So Valkyrie observed some more.

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Venatrix was like Cheetor and Wintersong taken by the water.
She knew there was no way to avoid it, and braced herself to get taken by the water.
Being able to swim, the Predacon panther was able to get to dry land before the Maximals did.
As she shook the water of her furr, she saw 3 new shapes coming closer.
Quickly she recognized Starshadow, Cecaelia and the Maximal pinguin called Icebreaker being those 3 shapes.
She slowly approached the new group. "It seems like these tunnels are getting a bit crowded. You 3 dont happen to know an actual exit of this maze do you?"
It was more a statement then a question, but she still would've liked to know if there was a fast way out of this hole. Not that she expected that there would be a possitive answer.

((Will the group below also encounter this wierd tentakilled skullmonster of doom? Or will they encounter somthing else?))

[Blazemane]

"Hey, Icebreaker... and gang," Cheetor replied despondently as he shuffled off for the other end of the tunnel. After walking a ways, he saw there was a dead end of sloping dirt on that side as well.

He realized for the first time that there was a small energy grate underneath a metal rim beneath the pile of dirt, which let the water flow into it. There must have been the same sort of thing on the other end of the closed off cavern to let the water flow out into some other unknown place, or else there'd have been no current.

Cheetor walked back to the group and found that Wintersong and Venatrix had joined them.

I think he hit his head when the water caught him.

Cheetor looked at the beast mode head resting on his chest. The blood on it was starting to dry. "I've had worse. So... yeah- what Venatrix said. What's the plan for getting out of here?"

He turned his head when a flash of blue light came from his left side. He saw that the light went from floor to ceiling. Then, to his surprise, the dirt of the wall shifted as tall, thick metal doors he had not previously seen slid apart. From where he stood, he could see a there was a console on the opposite wall of the newly revealed room.

Something told him he shouldn't go in. It screamed "trap." But if there was a chance it could help them get out, he wanted to take the risk. He turned to the other five and shrugged, then limped inward.

Once inside, he saw that the north wall had two large screens- one was showing the group he had just been separated from, and the other was showing another group- mostly Maximals- being attacked by some giant metallic skull. Were the aliens doing this just to taunt them?

"Welcome, foreign specimen," a strong, but nonthreatening voice boomed.

Cheetor had no idea how to respond.

"Thanks?"

"You have entered the Sentient-Interactive Control Kiosk. In front of you, you will observe two screens. One of the parties you see will be assaulted with another of the skull sentinels presently shown in operation on the right monitor. On the console installed in the wall to your left, please indicate which party will be assaulted."

"Hey, wait!" Cheetor shouted. "You must have some busted servos, buddy. What makes you think I'm going to do that?"

"The entire cavern system you and your companions have been placed in is collapsible. The only method for averting this is to do as you have been instructed."

Cheetor hesitated. He looked to the others questioningly.

* * *

Steelclaw's mini-gun was off of his back in the blink of an eye. It whined menacingly as its barrels began turning, and then fired.

The skull seemed to reel back momentarily from the combined firepower of Rhinox and Steelclaw. The latter decided to try cutting tentacles in an effort to loosen the alien's grip on Ocariner. He hoped the ammunition wasn't hitting Ocariner in the process, but there was little else to be done about the situation.

Suddenly, the skull surged forward. The sheer force of the lasers and bullets kept it from reaching Steelclaw, but one tentacle managed to grab his mini-gun and wrench it out of his grasp with savage force. The metal creature threw the weapon behind itself.

Steelclaw realized he was at a disadvantage for the moment, and he ran back to be with the rest of the group, where he began preparing his sniper rifle.

He retrieved one of the prototype bullets he had hoped to test earlier that morning from a compartment on his arm.

"Time to see what you're made of."

* * *

Dinobot ducked to avoid Optimus Primal's shot, but Whitegrazer's tackle made the move unnecessary.

He was frustrated that the clone had gotten away from him, but he did welcome the challenge. And given that the clone was now looking at him with a battle ready stance, it seemed the challenge was being presented.

Dinobot produced his tail shield and set it spinning. Then he advanced in the alien's direction, staring at him fearlessly.

[starshadow]

((WOW! That's a lot for me to catch up on! ....WHO CARES?! KEEP GOIN PEOPLE!! incoming long aft post....))

"Never thought I'd be glad to see you Starshadow."

"Never thought you would be glad to see me, Wintersong. The fact is...I'm not glad to be here at all." Starshadow replied as she looked at her sharp nails.

"I think he hit his head when the water caught him."

He hit his head while coming here? What a joke! "Don't worry, his head is hollow. What could be worse? He'll be stupid if he's not careful. Well...he is a rookie afterall.." she smirked, wanting to see what will Cheetor's reaction be. Sometimes kids like him could have a funny reaction.

Cecaelia just looked at the bots then to Wintersong, "Oooooohh FLUFFY!" she smiled and pointed at the tigress.

"It seems like these tunnels are getting a bit crowded. You 3 dont happen to know an actual exit of this maze do you?"

"Actually...we kind of painted numbers and marks with mech fluid and spray paint to mark where we went and then we activate a few traps before passing it but the previous trap well....we were standing on it. We didn't know of course so we activate it and had a water slide of nightmare and ended up here with you three kitties! So.....where's Glowstick-kun?" Cecaelia asked. She didn't see Glowstick ever since the ground collapse.

"Welcome, foreign specimen,"

Who's there- WHAT WAS THAT GIANT HEAD?! Starshadow and Cecaelia looked at the skull. "At least a head greets us "invaders" of the planet." the octopus chuckled nervously.

"You have entered the Sentient-Interactive Control Kiosk. In front of you, you will observe two screens. One of the parties you see will be assaulted with another of the skull sentinels presently shown in operation on the right monitor. On the console installed in the wall to your left, please indicate which party will be assaulted."

Is this a game of killing or survival?

"You must have some busted servos, buddy. What makes you think I'm going to do that?"

"The entire cavern system you and your companions have been placed in is collapsible. The only method for averting this is to do as you have been instructed."

Starshadow had an urge to pull out her gun and shoot the screen and the skull. Whatever this creature was saying is a fact. One large blast from a powerful gun could bury the group OR this building can be collapsed by activating it manually to self-destruction by the aliens, if it is possible. "I hate to say this but...he's right."

[NaitoKage]

(Uh, they wont be yet Venatrix.. though maybe with a little work..)

Icebreaker smiled waving to Wintersong Hey, your looking in better shape then I figured.

He then heard Venatrix and looked up towards the ceiling noticing the hole was still there from which the group fell. If we could get back up to that hole.. if we had a flier we could do that.. or maybe try to climb up there.. Cecaelia might be able to do that, then use my grappling hook to secure a line back up at the top for us to climb..

"Welcome, foreign specimen,"

He then looked towards the skull with crossed arms Floating things with tentacles.. why is it always tentacles?

"You have entered the Sentient-Interactive Control Kiosk. In front of you, you will observe two screens. One of the parties you see will be assaulted with another of the skull sentinels presently shown in operation on the right monitor. On the console installed in the wall to your left, please indicate which party will be assaulted."

"The entire cavern system you and your companions have been placed in is collapsible. The only method for averting this is to do as you have been instructed."

Icebreaker looked towards the screens, he watched as the creature seemed to be pushed back by Orcariner's group. He then looked towards Wintersong noticing the blue glowing lug wrench. Looks like you got that off Glowstick.. You'll have to show me where you two were separated.

He then walked to the console on the wall towards the left, then used the controls to make the selection. Not much point in having two of them attack one group, so let the Predacons have some fun.

Icebreaker then looked towards Wintersong Now where did you come in, so we can go help them.

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Glowstick shrugged looking towards Frilla I guess you could say that.. except we'd probably both be on the Leviathan instead of being stuck in this hole.. he responded, then stopped as he noticed the area start to shake violently.

A few meters ahead of the group, the floor erupted as a gigantic skull like creature with tentacles floated up from the hole. Though as it did and began to reach out to fire an attack on the group, it was suddenly interrupted by two wide bright red lasers slamming directly into it's face.

The creature moved back as it spoke up Error! Optical sensory damaged! Recalibrating!

Glowstick's optics narrowed, and most noticeably to the group his normal blue lights had turned bright red, a image which probably brought back bad memories to Scorponok as he was the first to be exposed to Glowstick's bottled rage. The beak on his chest opened letting out a hiss as it spoke in a rather dark tone I've been blown up, shot, crushed, electrocuted and had to put up with inept maximals..And now I see this mockery of a squid?! That's it.. SLAG YOU! he roared, his speakers then started playing N.R.G.-Instruments of destruction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDLhg2Id ... re=related)

The creature's tentacles flailed violently smashing parts of the tunnel and swing out towards the group, only to be suddenly stopped by two narrow red laser swinging swiftly from Glowstick's arms in a continuous beam which rapidly redirected itself moving in a strange zigzag pattern cutting through the tentacles and debris, leaving a glowing trail on the walls,ceiling, and floor from molten rock.

Glowstick then barked orders in a rather aggressive tone, as if he was about to tear the group's heads off. Blackarachnia, Scorponok, Terrorsaur, fire your missiles at that thing's face NOW! No arguments!

[Wintersong]

Wintersong looked towards the two screens hating that they had to choose between the groups but they didn't seem to have a choice. Looking away back to Icebreaker she looked at the wrench and back at him,"He gave this to us so we could see in the tunnels and we didn't really meet that much trouble. Just a pit with stone spikes and this river behind us so we're somewhat with good luck." She then nodded back towards the way she had come from,"Back that way but using your hoverboard would be useless you'd have to swim plus going against the strong current. You and octopus girl there would likely get through it easily but would take some work for us felines." Wintersong explained.

But she looked back at the screen seeing Glowstick looked mad as slag."Although if squid face doesn't collapse the place first." She remarked and looked back at them.

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

(( OOC: Making a post tonight because I probably won't be able to tomorrow and possibly Sunday; unless I get back home earlier than I think I will. I'll definitely be able to post again on Monday. ))

Optimus suddenly fell on the ground flat on his chest when Whitegrazer's arms locked his legs that were in motion. His shot on Dinobot was skewed and prematurely fired off far above him.

"Sorry about that."

Growling, Primal kicked his legs and flipped himself over, glaring at the mare with his white optics. He lifted his arm and targeted her with his cannons but hesitated to fire. Hesitated as if he was fighting something inside, desperately trying to avoid harming someone he cared about. As she grabbed his hands and held them down, the commander's expression briefly went from angry to sad, looking up at her with his mouth plate still closed over his mouth.

"Okay. Again, sorry."

Unfortunately it didn't last long, and Optimus used his strength to break one of his arms free from Whitegrazer's grasp, firing point blank on her shoulder with his wrist cannon to get her off of him. He then sprang to his feet and turned to face Megatron again until he heard a shriek. Unsheathing one of his swords, he looked in the direction of Sonar and waited for him to attack. Watching Feralnight swoop in and fire at the bat, Primal remained ready to defend himself in case the Fuzor missed.

Full of tricks are we? Well so am I! Maximals.. I will only say this once. Keep your leader disposed unless you want him dead, as for this creature.. It's presence poses no value to me.. I will simply destroy it.

Focused on the advancing Dinobot, the Vok fired two shots at him from his wrist cannons; one aimed at his legs and another at his shoulder. However, because of this distraction, Megatron's cannon blast hammered its target on the clone's lower torso. The power of the blast knocked him backwards off of his feet, landing on his back. "Oouugh!" Grabbing the wound, obviously very uncomfortable with his restless legs, he activated his invisibility and vanished save for anyone who could still detect him with other means of sight or sonar. Hearing Manterror screaming wildly toward him, he looked over while laying cloaked on the ground and stretched out his arm, firing at the crazy mantis. He'd have to change his position soon, though. Flight came to mind, but he had to make sure his wound wasn't too severe to move at such high speeds.

"AAAARRRGH!" Optimus suddenly dropped his sword and fell to his knees, his mouth plate opening and holding his hands over his torso. His optics flashed back to normal and he kneeled there in pain after Megatron had shot his clone, falling to one hand on the ground, the other still covering the unseen injury to his lower torso. His head faced the ground with his optics "closed," trying to bear the agony. At the moment, he was oblivious to everything else.

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Stealthfully approaching Valkyrie, Tigatron looked up at her still perched in the tree and spoke. "Valkyrie, Saber-Fang is resting. She had dislocated one of her arms. What have you observed? What can we do to help?" he asked her.

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I'd say his nose knows..Let's go.

Yeah, that's right, the rodent agreed with Rhinox in his mind.

"Was it just me or did you guys feel something shake?"

Rattrap didn't think anyone felt it better than he did, and it caused him to stop dead in his tracks. "Uh oh," he muttered, glancing around the tunnel. Maybe he chose the wrong way after all. Suddenly seeing something flying up from the ground with red eyes, he chattered in defense, managing to hold his balance from the violently shaking tunnel. Were they going to fall even further?

With Orcariner trying to hold himself up from the quake, their light source fluttered around, then stopped and shined on something both curious and rather frightening. A large metal skull with dreadlocks? And it was speaking some kind of nutty alien language. Great. Rattrap had a really, really bad feeling about this...

Seeing Orcariner take command and move to the front of the group, the rat wasn't so sure he should approach the creature. What the heck are ya doin', Orcariner? he thought with some panic.

"Who are you?" "Why have you brought us here?"

Rattrap gasped and closed his eyes when he thought it was going to do some serious damage to the orca with that blue light. He opened them slowly when nothing happened. Well, when Big O didn't scream in pain, but he watched the light possibly scanning him. So this was the fun they were missing when the aliens always picked their fearless leader to play with him.

"Foreigners!"

Rattrap's ears folded back at the bellow and he crouched lower to the ground. He really thought this was a bad idea.

"You have trespassed into a world that does not belong to you."

"Sorry. We're sorry. We just don't have a way to leave. If you can help, we'd really-"

"Silence!"

Let it go, Big O. Let's just turn around an' get de heck outta here! thought the rat as he slowly took a step back.

"You have tampered with our constructs. You have destroyed our monuments. The experiment is now corrupt."

"Understood," "Alright," "So why have you brought us here? Did you want us to rebuild what we broke? Do you want a formal apology?"

"We have brought you here to die!"

Ain't that what I've been sayin' all along?! the rat wanted to shout. As the tentacles shot out toward them, Rattrap was both surprised and impressed to see how quickly Orcariner reacted to protect all of them, even the Predacons that were with them. Optimus was right about this big guy.

"Orcariner!" Rattrap cried out, watching him taking the painful blows from the alien. One to the head and one to his abdomen. Then the dreadlocks enveloped his body and started dragging him away, rather effortlessly for such a big guy!

"Forget what I said earlier!" "Weapons free!"

You don't have to tell me twice!

"Rattrap, maximize!" He immediately transformed to robot mode and pulled out his gun, following Rhinox in hopes to save their large comrade. He took his shots carefully so as not to harm Orcariner or cause a collapse in the tunnel. However, with Rhinox's loud guns, they may face a cave-in anyway. While he fired, the rat looked for any weaknesses the alien skull might have, but it was very difficult to see it with Orcariner's large body in the way. When a tentacle reached out to try and whip his weapon out of his hand, he was quick to react with impressive accuracy and fired at it causing it to spark in damage and retract back to the skull. Rattrap had witnessed Steelclaw's attempt to help, which was rather shocking and courageous, although he'd never admit it, especially to a Predacon. But his gun was stripped from his grasp and tossed away. After that, Rattrap lost track of the bear and continued on after Orcariner.

[Night-Hunter]

Sonar was practically drooling as he drew closer to Primal's face.

"No way your getting our leader today bat!"

He snarled as the fuzor fired at him, he easily dodged the shots fired at him then fired off a sonic blast in her direction.

"Oouugh!"

"AAAARRRGH!"

Ahh, they share each other's pain, so no matter who I hit, they both will feel it. Sonar thought with a dark chuckle.

"I'll enjoy your screams, Primal. As well as the screams of your clone!" He snarled then fired a sonic blast at the Maximal leader.