"First Season Finale: Part I"

[Wintersong]

Wintersong just watched the stallion but she turned her attention to the others and growled a bit,"But some will attack by force when they are provoked just as we would too Rattrap. Trust me I learned that the hard way." She added to the rat when hearing Optimus' views on the Maximals and Predacons as a whole which she had to agree that both sides were not so different as they were lead to believe. "As for Starshadow I'm not surprised she survived, though quite frankly doesn't change the fact that I still don't like her either."She added before looking to where she had smelled Arachnitron's scent a little earlier. It was getting late as Onyx had said, possibly getting close to noon by now and she hadn't seen the widow which she saw Arachnitron as a friend and was concerned for her.

Looking back to Optimus she flicked her tail as she asked,"Optimus I caught a brief scent of Arachnitron as I was coming here and well its been a while I was wondering if I may follow it. I'm a bit worried that something has happened."She said showing her concern but knew the others were quite suspicious yet the tigeress knew Arachnitron was just misunderstood since she wasn't always dangerous as they had seen.

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Snow Trix looked back with little interest as Starshadow and Cecaelia brought down the fuzor with little effort. Pretty stupid to come alone and with no real plan to fight back if she was just letting herself get caught so easily, how stupid could any bot get? Though she couldn't help wondering why Megatron was taking no interest in a Maximal who probably had every intention of taking information that could help their foes, it was quite unlike him really, "Seems something must be catching Megatron's attention to not even try eliminating a Maximal."She remarked with a bored tone and raised a paw to look at it just for something to do.

[New Moon]

"If only it was that easy."Frilla sighed but looked at Whitegrazer as she had noticed the fuzor had been gone far quite some time, having flown off to who knew where and indeed Arachnitron hadn't even shown up. But she thought back to earlier that morning when she had heard the lift,"She must have gone out this morning because I heard the lift but didn't think to look at who was leaving."She said offering the thought that Arachnitron must have snuck off while everyone was asleep or busy. Primus why hadn't she checked? Scolding herself for not being a bit more observant she stood and frowned a bit, wondering if the black widow had gone to escape being cooped up, get away, or was up to something since it seemed most spiders were tricky ones.

"I hope nothing bad has happened to them."The frilled lizard now gave a concerned look since long absences without any explanation normally meant trouble, though there were some cases where a teammate got careless to report in.

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Feralnight's eyes narrowed a bit as she heard Sonar, her ears going back at what he said and Starshadow's suggestion of using her as a guinea pig. What were they talking about anyway? Had they come up with a new weapon and why the heck was she only restrained? Several other questions ran through the fuzor's processor but she quickly pushed them back and told herself to remain focused, there had to be a way to get out or to have these two Predacon femme's release her. Perhaps she could use an old trick she once did in her past, one she had used several times before to trick other transformers to trust her in the past but had resulted in helping for something else. At least at the corners of her mouth she could speak somewhat, perhaps it just might work.

But as she did try her words were low and inaudible but her computer did make some form of acknowledgement that she heard internally before she spoke up a bit, or spoke the best she could from the corner of her mouth,"I can...explain why...I'm here..."She said the best she could but struggled with a simple sentence from her jaws being clamped shut.

[una]

"Yes, Whitegrazer,"

Whitegrazer immediately tried to get into contact with Tigratron and Airazor, "Tigratron? Airazor? Do you read me? This is Whitegrazer." Something told her she could be interrupting a moment. She knew how that felt, "We lost track of Feralnight and she is not in range. We need to track and find out where she is. Hopefully, she is not into any trouble."

I hope you aren't, Feralnight. Not to mention Arachnitron.

He felt a bit dumb, but could only shrug in response. As with Feralnight, Cheetor hadn't seen her at all that morning.

She must have gone out this morning because I heard the lift but didn't think to look at who was leaving."

She saw how concerned Frilla was, "It's okay, Frilla. She is my responsbility, so really I am to blame." Giving Arachnitron the freedom to roam around didn't seem like a smart move, but Whitegrazer didn't want to think the woman was a prisoner. That would make things worse. She then smiled assuredly, "Don't worry, though. Feralnight is strong and with Tigratron and Airazor tracking her, she will be safe. Arachnitron shouldn't be that far away."

Whitegrazer's thoughts soon ran back to her visions. What if there was a way to change what she saw? Despite knowing that she was only shown little pieces and she can't really see how it all goes, she wanted to try and maybe if they could get some Predacons to cooperate. Maybe just maybe...maybe she was being too optimistic, but dang it, she was going to be that way. She had the right to even if it drives people crazy. Drove her master crazy. Haha. All the time.

"You are not planning on doing what I sense you are going to try, right? Even if you can talk to Steelclaw, what is to say he wouldn't take advantage. He is a Predacon and I know them well."

"I'll risk it. If he does try something...I'm bigger than him."

"This is not funny and I don't mean him specifically. Onyx..Steelclaw...and Glowstick...who is to say that they aren't going to change their minds after they decide to help you guys? What if Megatron has some hold on them? Megatron is a smart one, you know? So end of story. Stupid idea. I don't think Optimus would like to put you in that kind of...situation? Hey, since you guys are..well.. you know...going to do this whole mushy-gushy stuff, can you tell that monkey-"

"He is an ape. A silverback gorilla."

...

Master?

Same thing.

Nope, it is different, master.

Don't call me that. I'm not your master. Call me by my name.

You never had a problem before. You liked it...too much I have to say.

I was a stupid idiot back then. Just call me by my name. You haven't ever since I came to the Matrix. You are not holding-

You know me. I never hold grudges or angry towards anyone. Well, not after my training was complete anyway.

Say it. Say my name, Whitegrazer. Slag it, I say yours!

Which name? You had many.

The one I carried under the Great War! My true one!

She thought about it, trying to remember that name he told her after his trust in her grew and told her everything he had been through during the war before he was forced to exile himself to the dreadful planet she found him in. Oh, she knew which one. It was just that she never actually called him that. Fully anyway. It was so easy jus to call him master because of her own reasons as it was he who woke her up to something bigger than herself and showed her something she didn't expect someone like him embraced.

All right, TC.

My full n--nevermind. Say what ever you want.

She just chuckled inwardly and shook her head. She had to go and look for Arachnitron.

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Blackarachnia decided to see what kind of commotion was happening outside to see Starshadow and a...Maximal? Alone?

Not that it mattered. Too much on her mind than to worry about some crazy Maximal. She will let them deal with it. Right now, she was more interested in why Megatron was acting so odd.

I could follow blender butt. Tempting but she didn't want to be caught by that pyromaniac. Also, she was hungry. Better get some energy inside her before doing anything.

[Wildfire94]

Megatron watched Inferno head off and sighed,"I really wish he'd stop calling me that."He grumbled to himself, pinching the bridge of his nose before looking at the Maximal with a disinterested look and couldn't agree more with Sonar at the moment seeing Feralnight as a waste of time. "Release her to explain her reasons for trying to sneak in, as pointless as it may be, so we can see this new weapon of Sonar's." He said becoming quite impatient with this fuzor and the behavior of his insubordinates which half the time it was a nuisance to be around them but he couldn't do much without pawns. That's all they were to him, pawns to do his bidding while he looked for ways to gain the energon that was plentiful on this planet, enough to take over Cybertron should they have the chance to return.

But he might as well listen to some speech this Maximal was sure to have, they always had to have a long speech before a battle and that of course was getting tiresome. Why did Maximals have to be worse then the insects he worked with now?

Not too far from the Predacon base Onyx was finally arriving but he saw some of the others outside and a foul stench reached his nostrils as he came closer, the stallion trying not to back away as he realized it came from the bat. What was his name, Sonar? Inwardly shaking his head the horse predacon approached as he slowed to a walk but overheard the words Megatron spoke wondering who the Predacon leader was speaking of, half expecting it to be one of the female Predacons but was surprised as he peeked in to see it was the fuzor from earlier who had tailed him. This surely couldn't be good and hoped her explanation was a good one otherwise...well he really didn't want to think about what Megatron would do.

[starshadow]

"Flattery will get you no where with me, Starshadow. So quit trying. And if I wanted to blow her up into a million tiny pieces, I would but I'm not in the mood, I'd be more then happy to torture her though. Sadly, I would need Megatron's blessing to do so."

Starshadow chuckled, "Then maybe I should work on my flatttery next time, sugar cookie." she shut her comlinks.

"I can...explain why...I'm here..."

The Predacon femmebots looked at Feralnight. Starshadow growled and stomped on her face, "Do predacons love to listen to an explanation from a maximal? I think not..."

"Release her to explain her reasons for trying to sneak in, as pointless as it may be, so we can see this new weapon of Sonar's."

"No. I say we should kill her. Business comes first, Megatron. You can't trust a Maximal's words in any way. Who knows if she's lying! The only reason a maximal would try to sneak into an enemy base is to get the things they want. This is war and that's how it goes! Or didn't you even think about the possibilities why she would be here?! You can't show a little mercy to this fleabag here!" This was ridiculous! Megatron wants her to release an enemy. No way she's going to do that. Sonar's new gadget presentation can wait.

Cecaelia was in confusion, release or do not release? "What should we do to her? Any ideas?"

"Plenty..." the pantherbot grinned evily, "One, I could ask Glowstick to reprogramme her. Two, we'll cut her body open and rip out everything inside her and send her head back to the Maximal's base as a present or hang it on the Darksyde's door step. Three, we'll beat the slag out of her with the crew queuing up for their turn. Four, we'll torture her in our own ways while recording it, then we'll send the tape to Optimus Primal and his merry little band of fluffy innocent maximals. Five, if I remember one of the human party cultures Zira shared with me during her decepticon days, we'll use her as a pinata!"

"But Sonar would cheat!"

"Then gag him."

"Fine...next."

"Six, we'll ask Tarantulas to feed her cyber venom. Seven, you'll use a large dose your cyber venom on her. Eight, chop off her legs and take pictures, we'll make art out of it. Nine, we rip out her spark and use her lifeless body as a toy. Ten, uhh....."

"Uhh....what?"

"Break her legs and wings and throw her in the lava pits."

((God I'm so evil! ))

[NaitoKage]

Glowstick watched on camera as others surrounded Feralnight, shaking his head as he heard Starshadow make her list.

Getting up from his seat, he floated out and exited the Leviathan, Glowstick floated above the group of females, making a sigh As.. entertaining as your vulgar interests are sometimes Starshadow, I think we could use this Maximal for more productive purposes with her being alive.

He turned and floated a slight distance from the group, hovering inches above the ground looking towards Feralnight. He found it unusual that a scout such as her self would attempt infiltration on their base, without even scanning the perimeter to come in more undetected. If it was someone like Rattrap, they probably wouldn't of detected the intruder until it was too late. But it mattered not, at the least he could hear her out,and if it was pointless.. he'd still find a use for her..

So release her.. Now then Feralnight.. as you were saying..And make your statements to the point..I haven't exactly been too happy lately considering the last mess you Maximals left me..But I'd rather not return such a barbaric favor.. A slick moist noise was heard as the large photophores on his feeder tentacles shifted, the iris like focal lens to his laser cannons widened, like a horrific set of eyes glancing towards her.

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In the lab.. Rhinox raised his head suddenly as he noticed a silent alarm kick in. He let out a low groan leaning up from his project, reaching across his lab table for his chaingun putting it away in his back storage. He had overheard the commotion outside, but with how massive the Maximal army had become at this point, he wasn't so concerned about one single Predacon outside. But with the alarm kicking in the heavy Maximal stood up, then made his way towards the brig.

Moments later, the heavy Reenforced door opened, though the sight of the rhino bot was not visible, He then made his way into the room pointing his Chaingun forward as he swung it scanning the perimeter. Perhaps that single Predacon was just a decoy? He couldn't be sure.

As he made his way further into the Brig, he looked towards Valkyrie raising and placing his gun back into his storage. You know.. Optimus strictly said no visiting hours Valkyrie..Your violating his orders.. That's unlike you.

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Icebreaker observed as Onyx left, scanning over the perimeter, then glanced towards Rattrap who seemed rather estatic that Starshadow was alive. She had her moments, but overall she just seemed far too gone sometimes..Almost as if she was similar to Arachnitron.

Icebreaker let out a slight laugh What's this.. You're worried about a Pred Rattrap? I think you've been getting into my moonshine too much. The Penguin smirked.

Besides.. That Pred.. I've done things just as horrible.. and she got back up.. three times. If you really want to take the Preds down, hit them at their weak spot.. their support. After that, bots like Starshadow, Scorponok, even Waspinator wont be standing back up.. since nobody will be there to repair them. Though.. I guess you could say the same for us if anything happened to me or Rhinox..

Icebreaker then turned to Optimus, transforming to his robot mode he drew the new weapon from his hip Finished up on the toy you wanted for Whitegrazer. Wont be as strong in her hands, but let her give it a whirl. At the least, that Haildriver will make some decent snow cones. he then turned the weapon in his grasp holding it by the barrel as he handed it towards Optimus.

[Venatrix]

Venatrix stopped as she heard Starshadow's communication over her com.
If the other black panther had secured the intruder, there was no longer any need for her to get involved.
So she turned, and walked back to Steelclaw.
"Sorry about that. It seems my prey was caught by another cat. So i guess I'd have nothing better to do at the moment. So if you'd still have me, I wouldn't mind joining you. Perhaps we'll be lucky and see the bat fail miserably."

The black cat chuckles softly at the thought of such an event.

((Will post for Valkyrie later. A bit to busy right now for long posts. ^^))

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

(( OOC: at Whitegrazer. Wait. What did "TC" want her to tell OP? I'm going to let WorpeX pick up Whitegrazer's call with Airazor about Feralnight (I think Airazor would be better at rescuing Feral if it comes down to that). Besides, I'm currently waiting for the bird-lady to respond to Stripes.

@ Alak: It doesn't matter. Whoever picks it up better report it to the commanding officers asap. Otherwise, I'm going to have Tigatron jump in and check out the mountain. I'll have to watch the episode to get an idea of energon interferance with comm. links (if there was any) and everything else the white tiger did. It's a bit blurry to me; been several years since I watched that ep. ))

"He didn't attempt to gather any information though," "If anything he just seemed to want to talk."

"Yeah, well, I've never known any Pred who just wanted ta 'talk.' Unless Megajerk is braggin' about himself," Rattrap smirked. "Besides, there are more ways to spyin' than just askin' questions lookin' for information," he told Aurora.

"Maybe he just appreciated the fact I bathe once in a while?,"

Rattrap gasped at the young Fuzor. "Ferrets smell more than rats, you know!" he laughed. "All musty and that."

"Though if I were you I'd get that strange eye twitch checked out.. If you're not careful it might become permanent. Although.. that would be an improvement in your case."

Holy cow pies, another dig! It was just one right after another with this girl. She had to have been getting tips from Chopper Face. "Oh, that? Nah, I noticed that gettin' worse every time our Fearless Leader lectures us," the rat joked.

"But some will attack by force when they are provoked just as we would too Rattrap. Trust me I learned that the hard way." "As for Starshadow I'm not surprised she survived, though quite frankly doesn't change the fact that I still don't like her either."

"Some of them don't need provokin' ta attack," Rattrap muttered. "Yeah, she really knows how ta make the rust grow under my paint," he grumbled, referring to Starshadow.

"Sometimes things happens for a reason we simply don't understand at the time. I'm sure you did what you had to do, and now you don't have to worry about the consequences anymore. Besides.. I'm sure you will get another chance!"

What's this.. You're worried about a Pred Rattrap? I think you've been getting into my moonshine too much. Besides.. That Pred.. I've done things just as horrible.. and she got back up.. three times. If you really want to take the Preds down, hit them at their weak spot.. their support. After that, bots like Starshadow, Scorponok, even Waspinator wont be standing back up.. since nobody will be there to repair them. Though.. I guess you could say the same for us if anything happened to me or Rhinox..

While the ermine Fuzor's words were briefly comforting, Rattrap still couldn't help but think of Starshadow's survival as odd. It must have been that movement he saw in the tall grass after she had fallen. Something just wasn't sitting right with him about it, and a rodent had to trust his instincts. Onyx clearly failed to volunteer anymore information, intentionally. Rattrap's laughter shortened to a chuckle at Aurora's last statement until Icebreaker spoke up. Rattrap turned around to look at the penguin.

"It ain't the moonshine, Flippers," Rattrap lightly smirked. "I ain't worried about a Pred. I'm worried about watchin' my back after almost killing one. As much as I hate 'em, I'd rather not go around killin' them. 'What would Optimus do?' Know what I mean?" he added with a wink before turning around and entering the ship with Aurora.

Watching Aurora and Rattrap return inside, some of the joking at Primal's expense, Optimus simply shook his head and looked at Icebreaker and Wintersong.

Finished up on the toy you wanted for Whitegrazer. Wont be as strong in her hands, but let her give it a whirl. At the least, that Haildriver will make some decent snow cones.

Raising a brow with an additional small smile at Icebreaker's last comment, Optimus took the weapon by its handle in his good hand, his finger away from the trigger of course, as the penguin handed it to him by the barrel. "Excellent. Thank you, Icebreaker." After his red optics crossed over Orcariner nearby, Primal's attention was stolen by Wintersong.

"Optimus I caught a brief scent of Arachnitron as I was coming here and well its been a while I was wondering if I may follow it. I'm a bit worried that something has happened."

"What has made you concerned about it, Wintersong?" Optimus asked, hesitating on giving her an answer and searching for a more plausible reason to go off looking for the black widow when Feralnight was already missing and Wintersong had a bad habit of attracting big trouble. The Maximal leader was growing more and more suspicious of Arachnitron's whereabouts as of lately. He was aware of her long absenses, and he assumed that she was doing precisely what the other two arachnids enjoyed doing; building their own lairs and spinning their own webs. Primal knew part of it wasn't Arachnitron's choice, "abandoning" the Axalon for long periods of time and secluding herself from the Maximals, but perhaps this was a way of telling him that she wasn't so bad on her own after all, even without her weapons which Optimus still had stowed away on the Maximal's broken vessel. It may be coming to that point of letting her go her own way, decreasing the potential of putting his crew in harm's way with her aboard whenever the Predacon programming was in control even though nothing had happened to anyone as of yet since he had "recruited" Arachnitron. She would be back eventually, looking for her weapons, so at the moment he didn't see it necessary to send a search party after her. But maybe Wintersong could give him a good excuse to chase her down.

[Wintersong]

"Something just doesn't feel right Optimus, I mean I know she goes off a lot like many of us do but I guess something just seems...off."Wintersong answered, though she could see Optimus almost seemed hesitant to let her try. The tigeress knew the rest of the crew was suspicious of the black widow but they only saw the predacon side and never seemed to consider that Arachnitron was still as much of a transformer as they were, and in fact she wasn't that bad from what WIntersong made out from the brief walk and showing the place. They were judging her without truly giving her a chance,"And tailing her I'm not surprised she would. You guys go on about giving others a chance yet you seem to be blind to give Arachnitron the same right to show her true potential. I do apologize for disrespect Optimus but you don't even take the time to really try and talk to her because she isn't the monster some of you think she is." Wintersong said for once serious.

Regardless of what Optimus said however she wanted to make sure her uneasy feelings were just for nothing and that she was just a bit edgy, it truly might just be nothing and just the instinct that always kicked in when it was pretty quiet. "But with or without your permission sir I just want to check to make sure the feeling of unease is just from being edgy and not the concern for real danger. Like we've been alert the last several months this seems one of those times to prove your hunch wrong."She added and turned to follow the scent anyway.

(( Is the trouble attraction becoming that noticeable? Hehe,I didn't intend for that I promise! It happened on it's own and I think I've lost track of all the trouble Wintersong has been in, I should create a list!))

[WorpeX]

"Not a soul or scent as of yet, my Guardian of the sky. Has your soaring been just as uneventful?"

Airazor smiled a bit at being called his "Guardian of the sky". He never called her that before, and she felt quite honored to be considered worthy of such a title. While she didn't exactly feel as if she was, she certainly wasn't going to argue. "After a few hours, watching the tree's grow does get a bit old." She responded jokingly. "I was wondering, perhaps after our shifts are over we could possib-- She started, until she was interrupted by a transmission over the radio from Whitegrazer:

"Tigratron? Airazor? Do you read me? This is Whitegrazer. We lost track of Feralnight and she is not in range. We need to track and find out where she is. Hopefully, she is not into any trouble."

"--Nevermind. Duty calls." She finished her transmission with Tigatron before switching to another channel to respond to Whitegrazer. "I haven't seen her in this Sector. Any idea where she may have went?" She questioned, hoping to get some sort of lead. The fuzor could be anywhere for all she knew.



The metal blade which his opponent threw at him clanked against the mantis' metal body, leaving a dent and a few scratches. She simply wasn't able to throw it fast enough to do any real damage. In fact, it was likely that no Bot in this war would be able to throw one of his circular blades at a fast enough speed to do more then simply dent. Luckily, he had a highpowered blade launcher in his claw. Who needed to throw when modern technology was in his favor?

The spider had evaded his view for the moment, but Manterror wasn't just going to give up that easily. Looking around, the mantis checked the bushes to try and find some sort of sign of his opponent. So far, no luck. It seemed as if this particular maximal was good at stealth, or at least, half decent. He saw nothing at first, and not even a sign at all until he decided to glance at the ground. There, he saw a small pools of oil, likely from the wound he had given Arachnitron. "I've got you now!" He spoke, and spread his wings to give him some extra speed. Soaring along, he followed the trail right to where his opponent was hiding.

"Play times over, legs! Let's see how well you can fly!" He spoke in a dark tone as he grabbed his enemy by the arm and pulled her towards his make-shift trebuchet. His plan was to launch her at the Maximal base and use her body as a cannonball!

[starshadow]

As.. entertaining as your vulgar interests are sometimes Starshadow, I think we could use this Maximal for more productive purposes with her being alive.

.... Did she not made herself clear? Using Maximals for other purposes is waste of time and energy.

So release her..

Cecaelia immediately released her grip of the wolf fuzor and kept silent. Starshadow just looked at her then to the rest of the predacons. "Fools.." she uncoiled her whip from Feralnight's leg and kept it while narrowing her optics at Glowstick, "You're all getting too soft. If little Miss Feather Mutt gives you slag and escapes, don't come crying to me..."

The panther femme headed outside the Darksyde to see what Sonar was doing and some others were doing while cursing Megatron and squidface under her breath. Taking a seat on a boulder, she put her palms under her chin as she looked at the boring volcanic scenery.

[New Moon]

Feralnight sighed in relief as she was released but wondered how she could be useful to them. But watching his photophores widen made her give a look of disgust, but at the same time she had to be careful. "I came to..."She paused since she really had no idea why she had come. Maybe because she really was losing sight of her maximal views and was turning back to the Predacons? She had never mentioned or gave any indication she had once been a Predacon way back then."I came to join your side of course. In fact I've come to realize the maximal side isn't exactly fitting as I thought." She stated finally looking right back at Glowstick wondering if they would really by it.

Maybe right now turning sides wasn't the best but she had to do something to avoid being blasted.

[una]

((OOC: Her master is crazy and opportunisitic sometimes so it was probably something Whitegrazer would probaly hit him over the head for wanting her to ask that or something. I wonder if anyone can guess who her master is now? XD TC XD Nice nickname for him. ))

"--Nevermind. Duty calls." She finished her transmission with Tigatron before switching to another channel to respond to Whitegrazer. "I haven't seen her in this Sector. Any idea where she may have went?" She questioned, hoping to get some sort of lead. The fuzor could be anywhere for all she knew.

Whitegrazer's conversation with her master had given her some pause until she forced herself to snap out of it to answer Airazor's question. There was alot of terroitory to cover just for one Maximal but Airazor was the only one they had. Whitegrazer didn't feel right to have Airazor risk her life alone if Feralnight was in real danger, "I really don't have any idea where she went, Airazor, truthfully." She said sadly, "But I just got this bad feeling that she probably is in Predacon terroritory and in some sort of situation. Hopefully, she is not anywhere near the Predacon base, though." She better not be.

She felt compelled to say her next words without even thinking about it like some kind of force was taking the words out of her mouth, "I need to finish a few things here, Airazor, but I will join you sortly in your search. Two is better than one. Just keep a low profile and if you do find her, contact me by my own comm frequency. Whitegrazer out."

Why did she have the feeling that she will be seeing gun barrels pointed towards her head? Maybe past experience? She snickered, but she took the humor in the danger she was going to be put in. She has met with danger head on all her life. All those wars she fought in, everything she had witness, horrors and the joy, it all seemed to come back to her in one single goal. A goal that has never been accomplished before in reality but she had to try. That was her purpose and she was going to keep at it loyally. She made a promise--too many promises but she kept her promises, all of them. She was going to do it....even if it kills her. She hated that word: kill. Too many times she had killed and nothing came out of it, nothing but hollow feelings that can drive people to insanity. Almost did to her if she never found what she was really looking for in all the chaos in those battlefields. It was ironic how many commanders told her to find peace in the battlefield to excuse her dreadful actions, but what she found wasn't peace at all. All she saw was a cycle that plague her people...everyone. A cycle that kills billions and billions of people...people who still haven't got the big picture of what they were doing. It wasn't the people's fault though as she once liked to blame. No, they were not to blame. It was that cycle. If they break the cycle...

I need to forget about this philsophical self talk. I have to go and help Airazor find Feralnight.

Whitegrazer opened her optics and stood up, looking at Cheetor, Frilla and anyone else who was at the bridge and smiled, "Hope it doesn't take too long." She made her way to the platform. Might as well meet up with Optimus outside and continued their talk. She wondered if he knew about Arachnitron.

((OOC: I hope my post is good unless someone else wants to go with Airazor since Tigratron is going to see the glowing mountain. Well, if that is what you are going for, OOP Are we still doing the truce thingy? Just want to make sure. If we already have an answer to that than sorry. I forgot. I have a bad memory.))

[Venatrix]

Valkyrie stared at the door, not knowing what to expect if she would open the door.
However, her urge to see the Predacon wasn't strong enough to disobey Optimus Primals direct and clear orders.
So she decided against it.
However, it was strong enough to keep her there.
She leaned against the wall and lets her head fall as she placed her hand on the back of it.
"What am i doing here? I don't understand. This is all just to confusing. So unlike me. Is my core programming damaged in some way because of the black-outs? I have no reason to come here and see the Predacon. I came here for answers. But what I'm actually more concerned about is that I don't know the question that needs these answers."

The she heard the locking mechanism unlocking, and noticed the familiar gatling gun entering the cell block, followed by the large green body of her fellow Maximal, and above all els, her friend Rhinox

You know.. Optimus strictly said no visiting hours Valkyrie..Your violating his orders.. That's unlike you.

She looked back onto the ground before answering the big green Maximal.
"You have no idea how far i am from being like myself. I just came here, knowing it is the best place to find peace and quiet here at this moment. I doubt Optimus would agree to my request to keep me in stasis until you, or whoever else, found a way to have me function well enough again to be of use again.
"Right now I'm still running simulation on the data we have uncovered so far about my systems to try and come up with a solution. But still no luck."

Valkyrie stood up again and took a few steps towards Rhinox.
"There is no way i could open the cell door to the Predacon, before the entire crew is alerted. Plus i don't have the tools to open the door forcefully if i wanted to."

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

(( OOC: Gasp! Wintersong did NOT just step over the line! Gee whiz. Nice, Wintersong.

As for Feralnight... What?! She had better be bluffing. Otherwise, Primal's group is falling apart like a house of cards. And just before he dies. Nice, guys.

Yes, una, we're still doing the truce. ))

"Something just doesn't feel right Optimus, I mean I know she goes off a lot like many of us do but I guess something just seems...off." "And tailing her I'm not surprised she would. You guys go on about giving others a chance yet you seem to be blind to give Arachnitron the same right to show her true potential. I do apologize for disrespect Optimus but you don't even take the time to really try and talk to her because she isn't the monster some of you think she is."

Where did that come from? Suddenly Wintersong was biting off his head? Well, she was already way in over her own. Optimus was actually quite offended by her words. He had done as much as he could at this point in time to treat Arachnitron like another Maximal despite her condition. He supposed it was time to deligate his authority a little here. Wintersong should be the last one to spout off to Primal like that. He had cerainly let enough of her mistakes go without repremanding her for them.

"But with or without your permission sir I just want to check to make sure the feeling of unease is just from being edgy and not the concern for real danger. Like we've been alert the last several months this seems one of those times to prove your hunch wrong."

Optimus suddenly leaped into the air, briefly igniting his thrusters to fly over the white tigress after she turned his back on him and then spinning around in mid-air and landing in front of Wintersong to stop her and have her listen. He kept the weapon that Icebreaker had just given him at his side since he had no where else to store it. "This is not about proving me wrong, Wintersong," Primal said with a light growl in his throat, looking down at her. Since when did individuals suddenly want to prove his "hunches" inaccurate? "You don't understand the severity of Arachnitron's situation. Her condition is unlike any other we have ever encountered, so forgive me if I tend to be cautious with her individual personalities that I have invited into our base with my best intentions. I have spoken to her plenty, much of which I can not repeat," Optimus emphasized, trying to tell Wintersong that she didn't know everything she thought she did about Arachnitron and all of her potential. "Having someone keep an eye on her is for our own safety, as well as her's. I know better than anyone else here that Arachnitron is not a monster," he said, offended by the tigress making that allegation. "But she has a unique situation that must be treated delicately. Wintersong, she will always be welcomed to our base if she needs assistance, but we can't force one programming over another. If her Predacon personality wishes to disappear and run her own operations, then we're not going to be able to track her down every time and persuade her to come back, or even give control back to Maximal counterpart. Maybe she wants time alone away from us and the Axalon. For all I know, she could be fooling us all, but here I am lending her a helping hand and doing everything I can to assure her survival and protection. So I would appreciate it if you could trust my judgement and the decisions I make about her because you, and the rest of the Maximals here, have no idea what we're dealing with."

On the other hand, the white female feline was following her instincts, and the Maximal leader always encouraged them to do so. If Wintersong's were telling her that the black widow could be in trouble, then it might be wise after all to find her and make sure she was all right, even if for just peace of mind. Primal's demeanor lightened only slightly as he said, "Very well, Wintersong. But Icebreaker goes with you." Optimus glanced at the penguin near them before returning his gaze back down at her. "I've had just about enough of you rushing into trouble on your own without thinking first and without back-up." He hoped he was making himself clear.

-----

"After a few hours, watching the tree's grow does get a bit old."

Tigatron chuckled on the other end of their transmission at Airazor's humor.

"I was wondering, perhaps after our shifts are over we could possib--

For a second, the white tiger grew concerned about the falcon when she abruptly stopped speaking. He patiently gave her a moment to say something.

"--Nevermind. Duty calls."

Sighing in relief, Tigatron wondered what had happened but someone must have contacted her about something. Whitegrazer's link could not be established with him as he was further away from the Axalon but still in range of Airazor. When Airazor ended their communication link, he was already missing her voice and company. What was she going to ask? he pondered. Perhaps to spend some time together, which he would very much look forward to because they had been separated for a few days now. Well, he hoped it had been nothing urgent and that everything was all right back at their base of operations. "Be well, Airazor," he said aloud to himself. Tigatron continued on at a steady pace, unknowingly being drawn to a mountain that was still in the distance yet.