"OC Episode #5"

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

(( OOC: Sorry for the delay, guys. It didn't have to be an actual sand worm; I was just thinking about "Beetlejuice" when I wrote the quick sand part. And it would make sense if it was robotic; probably do more damage that way and would be tougher to beat.

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Tremors. Nice. ))

"Optimus? Optimus?"

Gradually coming to, he heard his name called by Whitegrazer over his comm. link but it was faint to his temporarily incohorent hearing. Optimus slowly opened his eyes while they adjusted and groaned before finding Saber-Fang in front of him. "Saber-Fang?" he said softly. Then he remembered the last thing he saw between her and Inferno. "Are you all right?" Primal asked with concern. She looked pretty beat up, even for being in her beast form. But it seemed like she was there to guard him. Why hadn't Megatron finished him off when he had the chance? Gripping his sword in his hand and pushing himself up, using the boulder he slammed into for assistance, the gorilla slowly got to his feet and peered around the saber tooth cat to find Dinobot battling Megatron, both in their beast modes. That answered his question. However, the last time Optimus faced the Predacon leader in beast mode, he nearly lost a limb, so he grew weary of the raptor fighting the t-rex in the same condition. At least in his alternative form, Primal could still grasp weapons and anything else he needed in order to stop his opponent, and he had the strength to toss Megatron around. It was a tramendous advantage; not so much the same for Dinobot, though.

The Maximal commander began shivering again. Even though his clone was unconscious, although he was not aware of that yet, the ice on the alien's body could still be felt through their link. The hand holding his blade trembled lightly. It was such an odd sensation. His other shoulder throbbed as his severe wound still sparked a little, but Optimus seemed to be ignoring it. Either that, or the coldness he was enduring was helping to numb the pain.

"Sorry, you were about to say something?"

The Vok clone didn't move. He laid there silent and frozen.

"Are you sure that is such a good idea, Whitegrazer?" questioned Tigatron. "Perhaps we should keep him unconscious and retrieve the transwarp device while we have the chance."

"Hopefully the other Predacons above ground stay back for a while." "Ugh beast mode."

Standing next to Whitegrazer and Primal's clone with his gun targeting the alien, Tigatron glanced over at Feralnight when she transformed and approached them. "Tarantulas has retreated? It would seem Megatron is outnumbered," he pointed out.

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Rattrap was grateful that Orcariner had grabbed him and pulled him out so quickly. "What're you smilin' about?" he asked him, looking at him eye to eye as the goopy mud slid off of his now very dirty fur. Grabbing Orcariner's wrist, the rodent quickly crawled up his arm to his shoulder and then hopped off, landing on the solid ground.

"Are you al-"

He wasn't expecting anything to come out and actually grab the large Maximal. He watched in horror as the bot who just saved him was now the one who needed saving. "I told ya ta stay where you were!" the rat hissed, but it didn't help anyone. Quickly, he maximized.

"Could somebody go check if the cave-in was too much for us to grab one of those severed tentacles? They should be sturdy enough for us to haul Ocariner out with."

Actually, that wasn't a bad idea. For a Predacon.

"I''ll go!"

By herself? Was that so safe? The Rattrap looked at Airazor, but she left too quickly for him to object.

Use your gravity lifts to keep yourself from being pulled in, you might even be able to get out of the quicksand with them!

Rattrap turned around to watch Rhinox, Orcariner and Steelclaw. Unfortunately, it didn't look like Big O's gravity lifts were powerful enough to get him out. Slag!

"It's on me!"

"Uh... sink this?"

The bear's shot nearly made Rattrap deaf. What the heck had he just fired?!

"The bullets work," "All Maximals, run while you can."

The Maximal spy swiftly picked up one of Steelclaw's shells on the ground, glancing at it before storing it away for later examination and then looking back at the creature and its victim. "I ain't goin' no where without Orcariner!" Rattrap shouted, waiting to see if the whale-sized Maximal could free himself.

"Where are ya, Airazor?! We need dat tentacle!" he called back through the tunnel to her.

[una]

The Vok clone didn't move. He laid there silent and frozen.

"Are you sure that is such a good idea, Whitegrazer?" questioned Tigatron. "Perhaps we should keep him unconscious and retrieve the transwarp device while we have the chance."

She tappeed a couple of more times until she saw that the clone wasn't going to wake up any time soon."Perhaps you're right. I thought he might reconsider..." " She lowered her head abit but realized knew that at least their leader won't be controlled nor getting attacked by the link and if they need to, they could use the scans back at base, "I hope it is around here somewhere unless it went down along with our comrades if it was real in the first place." She got up from her position, her hands cold from the ice she touched.

Standing next to Whitegrazer and Primal's clone with his gun targeting the alien, Tigatron glanced over at Feralnight when she transformed and approached them. "Tarantulas has retreated? It would seem Megatron is outnumbered," he pointed out.

"Megatron is all alone." She saw Optimus getting up steadily then looked back at Tigratron and Feralnight, "Maybe if we join in that battle, we can get him away from here? Bluff him into leaving?" She suggested before a surge went through her again, forcing her to get more power into her dampers. Megatron was powerful and their wounds were noticeable but they had persistence besides their even greater motivator of the transwarp and the link. Maybe if all the Maximals ambushed him, he might leave. The word was might but it could work.

"But just in case, one should stay and keep an eye on the clone."

[WorpeX]

Airazor's speed was slightly slowed from the tentacle. She gripped it securely with both hands as she flew, but its awkward weight messed up her balance, forcing her to fly low to the ground and at slower speeds. At times, she even had to stop completely to reposition her grip and take a breather. Still, while progress was slower than she would have liked, she got through the cave quickly enough.

In the distance, a few lights pierced the darkness. She had made it back to the others and hopefully, she was in time too. Every second she wasted meant the Orca slipped deeper and deeper into the mud.

"Where are ya, Airazor?! We need dat tentacle!"

As if on cue, the Falcon flew into view carrying the long object. Landing next to the vermin and smiled. "I didn't know you'd miss me so much Rattrap." Her smooth voice dripped with sarcasm as she spoke. Tentacle still in hand, she looked towards Orcariner. He was still afloat, luckily, but she wouldn't be strong enough to pull him out.

"We need a big strong bot to pry him out, any volunteers?" She said, holding the tentacle forward and glancing at the remaining party members. Rhinox was likely the only one who would be strong enough to pull him out of the mud, the rest of the party wouldn't be much help unless they all worked together. For now, getting their friend out of the mud was all that mattered. Once he was free, Airazor would tell them all about the possible exit she had found while backtracking.

[Night-Hunter]

Saber's right ear twitched when she heard Optimus groan as he awoke.

"Saber-Fang?" "Are you all right?"

She looked over her shoulder slightly to look at him, she gave him a small smile. "I'm fine, it's you I'm worried about."

* * *

Sonar groaned as he slowly came back on line, his head was pounding it took a few seconds for his vision to clear. And he found that Megatron and Dinobot were duking it out of their beast forms, he growled when he saw that PRimal was awake. He realized that they were now out numbered. He fired a sonic blast at Dinobot before calling to his leader.

"My lord, we're out numbered! Tarantulas has most likely feld, Manterror is probably lost or in stasis lock and Inferno is most likely in stasis lock some where in the woods!" Sonar said hovering not far from Megatron. "I advice a tactical retreat."

* * *

The fur along Saber's spine rose as she heard and saw Sonar, a small growl escaped her but she didn't leave Primal's side to engage him.

[Blazemane]

Steelclaw noticed Rattrap take the shell off of the ground. It probably didn't matter too much- the Maximals had already seen first-hand what the rounds were capable of. He wasn't too keen on the Maximals attempting to recreate anything, though, so if an opportunity arose to get the casing back, Steelclaw made a mental note to take it.

"I ain't goin' no where without Orcariner!"

Steelclaw looked at the ground in slight despair. He had been joking.

Just then Airazor came back. Steelclaw was impressed by how quickly she'd been able to get what they needed.

We need a big strong bot to pry him out, any volunteers?

"We're all going to need to pull if we plan on dragging him out. Come on 'bots!" he called, throwing one end of the tentacle to Orcariner. He immediately started applying himself to the task.

"Anyone else feel like a pirate?" he asked.

[Alak]

With the worm down, Orcariner attempted to grasp the ground once more but found that the struggles had made his hands slippery with mud. Now up to his chin in this quick sand, the orca was relieved when a familiar tentacle landed in front of him.

"Thanks!" he tried to say.

Grabbing hold of the ripped appendage with both hands, the orca prayed to Primus that his team would be able to drag him back out to safety.

[NaitoKage]

Rhinox put his gun away, then rushed over to the tentacle grabbing hold of it with both hands as he started to pull.


Icebreaker nodded and responded to cheetor Yeah, I'll be fine on my own. You just take care of girls spots. He then pulled out his magazine, taking out the missile and a few more tubes out of it, then put it back together loading it into the magazine, then loaded the magazine into his frost launcher. He pointed his frost launcher up towards the ceiling, then fired.

A small explosion was heard with the rocks in the ceiling falling free, Icebreaker looked around the hole, then pulled out his grappling hook letting it extend, then jumped up grabbing onto the ledge with it and started climbing up.

He raised an optic ridge as he looked around, noticing a pool of fuild draining from a pile of rocks and tentacles in the hall a bit further away from him, then heard some noise. He put his grappling hook away and started walking into the direction, noticing the other Maximals, and Orcariner in the mud pit. Uh.. Well that was easier then I expected.

Rhinox then noticed Icebreaker and shouted out to him Hey! Help me with this!

Icebreaker pulled out his gun loading a strange looking grappling hook minus any hooks into his gun, then fired it out to Orcariner hitting his shoulder as it magnetically stuck to his armor. He then leaned down drawing his survival knife and slammed into the floor, his winch in the gun starting to pull with Rhinox to pull Orcariner out of the mud.

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Megatron fell over from Dinobot's attack, he then watched as sonar attacked dinobot and spoke up. He used part of his head and pushed himself up, he then looked to Sonar. Hrm.. Very well, we'll regroup. Predacons, follow me! he then started to walk away into the woods, he activated his comlink Nemesis.. where are you?

[Night-Hunter]

Hrm.. Very well, we'll regroup. Predacons, follow me!

Sonar transformed into his beast mode, then looked at Saber and smiled darkly before following Megatron deeper into the woods.

Until we meet again, Saber. I shall enjoy watching you die. He thought, his beady eyes wide with delight.

* * *

Saber watched him leave through narrowed eyes, and the fur along her back relaxed, but her claws remained out just in case of a surprise attack.

If we ever meet again, Sonar. I will enjoy tearing you apart. She told herself.

[Phoenix]

(Ooc: Hard to think of what to post right now. There were some terrorist attacks in Norway today.. percentage wise of the population a higher number of people were killed in the youth camp shooting and exploding building there than the 9/11 attacks here. Norway is a small, and used to be fairly peaceful country. I'm kinda shocked, honestly. I have family and friends in Oslo where the attacks took place.. will try to respond when my head clears up..)

[Wintersong]

(Yikes Phoenix that's not good. I hope your family and friends are safe.)

Wintersong moved ahead of them a bit having to swim in a few places where the water was deep but she glanced up finding it hard to see the ceiling at all. "There's our way out."she said barely making out the hole Icebreaker, Starhadow, and Cecaelia had fallen from before then looked back to see how the others were doing.

(Not quite sure if this part was forgotten but seems to have gone quiet.)

[New Moon]

Feralnight looked at Tigatron and nodded but it seemed the Predacons had had enough for now,"No need. Seems Sonar had the right idea for once and left with dino breathe, now we need to figure out a way to cut that link between Primal and the clone."She said looking back to her comrades. But the question was of how to do that. It wasn't like the clone would wake up and willingly tell them or give them a hint, which was a frustrating thought or at least the fuzor thought so. But hopefully now the Maximals above ground could have a break and that the others would get out alive.

[Alak]

Scorponok nodded in acknowledgement to the Maximal's discovery. Hoisting the other end of Glowstick's stretcher, the 1st Lieutenant aided the injured Terrorsaur in carrying the motionless body out of the dark labyrinth. The lighting still was not good, but at least it was easier to see than before. While tempted to abandon the Maximals down in the alien maze, Scorponok was instead to exhausted to commit to more battle.

[starshadow]

((I am sooo confused about where my OCs are.))

Starshadow looked at Icebreaker who had just climbed up to a newly made hole.
"Pfft..wait up?" she didn't know what to do. Maybe going on a rescue mission was a boring idea to hit her level of excitement.

"This..is not my day.." she sat down on a rock and sighed with her hands on her face.

* * *

Cecaelia was too in a lost of what to do. She couldn't help worrying about Glowstick. She went down into the hole and walked towards the cat and sat beside her.

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

"Perhaps you're right. I thought he might reconsider..."

Tigatron gave Whitegrazer a nod in understanding. "It is unfortunate that these aliens refuse to co-operate with us."

"I hope it is around here somewhere unless it went down along with our comrades if it was real in the first place."

The teal and white Maximal gave a thoughtful sigh to her comment.

"Megatron is all alone." "Maybe if we join in that battle, we can get him away from here? Bluff him into leaving?"

Tigatron frowned at the equine Maximal when the energon surge went through her body. "Perhaps. I do not think he will leave all together. Megatron will want that transwarp device just as badly as we do."

"But just in case, one should stay and keep an eye on the clone."

"I will remain with the clone," he volunteered. "I have much time left in robot mode, and I will continue to keep our unwelcome friend frozen." Tigatron's aim on the clone unwavered.

Hrm.. Very well, we'll regroup. Predacons, follow me! he then started to walk away into the woods,

"No need. Seems Sonar had the right idea for once and left with dino breathe, now we need to figure out a way to cut that link between Primal and the clone."

Tigatron looked from Feralnight to Sonar and Megatron, watching the Predacons retreat into the forest. At least it would buy them some time.

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"I'm fine, it's you I'm worried about."

"I'm all right," Optimus tried convincing Saber-Fang. "I just feel... very c-c-cold." Shivering, he watched the conversation between Sonar and Megatron and was relieved to see them leave the area. He did hear Saber's snarl and saw her fur stand up while she watched the bat, and it reminded Optimus that he needed to have a long talk with the former general and finally lay things out on the table. Glancing from the large cat in front of him to Dinobot, he asked them, "Is everyone all right? Where's the clone?" He took notice how quiet the area appeared to be. "Has someone subdued him?" If Primal was experiencing this coldness through the link, then that probably meant Tigatron had something to do with it. He spotted him, Feralnight and Whitegrazer not too far beyond a slight slope from their position. They were surrounding something but he couldn't tell what it was. Most likely the clone. "Let's regroup," the leader said, and got down on his knuckles, his sword in one of his hands. Taking a step forward, a sharp pain pierced his heavily damaged shoulder and he growled. He'd have to move using one fist on the ground instead of both of them until his beast mode could repair what it was able to on its own. The severed wires that spark a little bit would require a medic's hands or the CR. Gripping his sword in the hand attached to his injured shoulder, Primal held his arm up against his chest, as if it were in a sling, as he slowly walked toward the others who were standing around the unconscious alien.

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"I didn't know you'd miss me so much Rattrap."

"Hah! Well, you know how much us rats miss aerial predators like you when you ain't tearin' us apart with yer beak," Rattrap grinned, taking part of the tentacle. He was glad she didn't run into any trouble while she was retrieving it on her own.

"We need a big strong bot to pry him out, any volunteers?"

"Rhinox and Steelclaw just volunteered," the rat pointed out and tossed the other end of the tentacle to them.

"We're all going to need to pull if we plan on dragging him out. Come on 'bots!" "Anyone else feel like a pirate?"

With Rhinox in the front, Rattrap stood behind the bear, gripping the tentacle tightly. A pirate? Like the "argh!" kinda pirate? Okay, this guy didn't seem fit to be a Predacon. Was he sure he was on the "right" team?

Uh.. Well that was easier then I expected.

Hey! Help me with this!

"Icebreaker? How the heck did ya find us?!" the rodent asked, surprised to see him pop in.

"Thanks!"

"Hang in there, Big O! We gotchya!" Rattrap encouraged Orcariner and began pulling as much as he could with the others on the tentacle.

[Night-Hunter]

((OOC: Hey a friend of mine wants to join our group but he didn't get the e-mail and he told me, he needed to be authorized or what ever. Just letting you know.))

"I'm all right," Optimus tried convincing Saber-Fang. "I just feel... very c-c-cold."

Saber looked at him up and down, she could see that he was shivering and it wasn't even cold out, it was rather warm, it must have had some thing to do with the clone. She sheathed her claws as she finally relaxed, but she remained on full alert.

She was sure that Optimus had heard her snarl when Sonar showed up, she wouldn't lie to the Maximal command not after all the crap she put him through for past few weeks. She was going tell Optimus every thing and she would understand if he or the others could no longer trust her.

"Is everyone all right? Where's the clone?" "Has someone subdued him?"

Lets hope so. She thought.

"Let's regroup,"

She watched her leader take a step forward and growl, she instantly by his side. "Here... lean on me." SHe offered him her side to put his arm on her back. "Or better yet, get on. You're in no condition to walk." She laid down so he could get on her back.