"AHH!" "Beast mode!"
Primal showed a smile that pulled on the corner of his mouth, despite the energon surges that were quickly growing worse. Watching Inferno revert to his beast mode, the Maximal commander bent down and picked up his sword, ready to chop off the ant's antennae and legs. However, Inferno's superior digging skills had himself under ground in no time, so Optimus faced Megatron again.
"You will not touch him!"
Feeling the ground shake a little, and hearing Saber-Fang holler, Primal turned around to find the saber tooth cat intervening Inferno's surprise attack. A part of him knew what she was doing but couldn't express his gratitude. Distracted by this scene, Optimus was suddenly blown off of his feet by Dinobot, feeling a hard thud to his torso where it had already hurt through his clone's link. He landed on his severely damaged shoulder, dropping his sword again, coughing and rolling slowly onto his back. Laying there, the immense pain of everything made him incoherent for a moment.
"Danger: Stasis lock imminent. Transform to beast mode immediately," his computer announced again. His bright white optics dimmed, forced to suffer, forced to fire upon his crew, forced to remain in robot mode. His breaths were short and quick.
"Make things easier on yourself. Help us severe the link between yourself and Optimus. There is no need to continue this act of violence. Can't you see what it is doing here? Can your powerful creators see it? There is always a better way." "You have the power to stop this madness."
The Vok slowly pulled himself up to kneel on one knee when Whitegrazer strolled over. Still invisible, he wasn't sure how he could see her but by this point it really didn't matter. He had seen what both allegiances could do, both with fighting the clone and those solving the traps under ground. Whether or not they worked together, both the Maximals and the Predacons had great potential interfering with their grand scheme, and this new realization will force the alien race to make the final call; to unveil their greatest weapon and exterminate the entire planet. It was the only way.
Decloaking, the clone stood up and faced Whitegrazer, his optics returned to red. He could feel the pain Primal was experiencing and rolled his shoulder twice before tilting his head at the female before him while she spoke. Straightening his head, the alien finally said, "We are not interested in speaking with you," completely disregarding any answers Whitegrazer sought.
Regaining control over himself again, Optimus's eyes flashed back to their normal red color and he took a deep breath as the energon fields were straining his systems.
"Bea.... Beast-t-t mode!" After his body shifted and protected him from the raw energon, he grabbed his injured shoulder and sat up, glancing at Dinobot, Feralnight and Saber-Fang before finding Whitegrazer with his now visible clone.
No... What was she doing?! Was she crazy? The alien wasn't going to listen her. They never wanted to listen! She has to get away from him!
"WHITEGRAZER!" the gorilla called out to her in a panic. But because of that, it made his clone aware, and re-established his control over the leader. Primal's eyes didn't change from their brown color but his demeaner did, and he reached over picking up his sword and stood up, glaring at Dinobot and cracking his neck, ready to fight.
"Tigatron," "do you not have some manner of instant-freeze weapon in your arsenal? While I lack full knowledge of our alien enemy's capabilities, it may be that you could solve all of our problems with only one shot."
Receiving the raptor's transmission, Tigatron thought about it and nodded.
"I will see what I can do," he responded to Dinobot.
"Tigatron, maximize," the tiger said quietly, and stealthfully transformed. Pulling out his weapon, he targeted the clone who was not too far from his position. He was glad Whitegrazer was not in the way because he was not a master marksman like Rattrap and he would not risk hitting his own teammate. This was a shot he would take. Setting his gun to freeze, he placed his index finger on the trigger and fired at the fake Optimus.
After Primal's plea to the female before him, the clone, whose eyes had turned back to white, lifted his arm to fire his wrist-mounted cannons at her stomach. Just before he fired, he was hit by Tigatron's shot which pushed him to the side. His cannons' shots narrowly missed their target, whizzing by Whitegrazer's side and leaving her unharmed. Surprised and furious by this, the clone watched his arm freeze over. But Icebreaker wasn't around. Who...?
Stepping out of his cover, Tigatron started to walk toward the alien and Whitegrazer, keeping his aim on the intruder and firing another shot.
The next blast hit the clone's chest and the ice branched out to his shoulders, neck and torso. The sensation was freezing and immediately slowing down his internal systems, significantly decreasing the temperature he needed in order to function properly and blocking his joints. He glared at Tigatron, falling to his knees.
The Maximal Commander began involuntarily shivering, feeling the extreme cold temperatures over his chest, stomach and arms - when Tigatron froze his clone. But he managed to keep a grip on his sword and remained standing ready to battle the former Predacon.
Just keeping the game going with a small post to show Whitegrazer will be getting back on her feet soon. XD For a couple of days, it seemed so silent here. Or maybe that was just me and the fumes? XD))
at Tarry. ))
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