(( OOC: Happy Holidays, everyone!
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Walking down the main corridor now, a little bit behind Feralnight, Frilla and Tigatron, Primal's thoughts were all over the place until he finally felt Whitergrazer's presence within his spark again. It was a distant feeling, which told him that she wasn't anywhere near the base at that time, but it soothed his tension on the situation. He had missed her company the past few hours; her voice and her caring nature. However, his anger and frustration still had a stronger hold on him. Images of Orcariner's wounds, Rhinox's temporary paralysis, Wintersong's horrendous gash, and Icebreaker's head nearly blown clear off of his neck filtered through in his mind. Not to mention the damage the base suffered and all of the repairs that it required. So many questions, but they would be answered soon enough.
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"Loud and clear, Rattrap." "We will be there soon. Whitegrazer out."
Well, that was a relief. Hearing the mare disconnect her transmission, Rattrap noticed the
Leviathan on their scanners finally pull away and head back in the direction of the
Darksyde. For a second, he squinted an optic at the screen with suspicion as to why the Preds had paused there in that forested area.
"Steelclaw got a good shot on Icebreaker and put him in stasis lock, it wasn't a pretty picture either I can say that."
Just one shot did alla that? thought Rattrap, glancing back at the mess on the walls and floor.
Where de heck did he shoot 'im? He tried not to imagine, but maybe someone should clean it up before the rest of the gang gathered in there.
"So much fer thinkin' Steelclaw was a more 'civilized' Predacon," he sneered a little in a mutter.
"I'll live Rattrap don't worry about it. Just will be my first real scar I suppose, was bound to get one sometime even if it was only my stupidity of going up against one of the tentacled freaks again."
"Looks pretty bad," the rat declared with a small frown, but since she was in her beast mode, he knew her internal repairs would be able to heal most of it.
"Yeah. No offense, but, uh, a cat should probably avoid fightin' the jellies," Rattrap suggested to Wintersong. Personally, he didn't think scars were something to be proud of. Although, in her case, hopefully it would be a reminder to her the next time she fought in battle and she'll think twice about not thinking before acting. She really ought to know better by now, but Rattrap tried to be nice about it. After all, having her there to help was better than no help.
"I just hope they don't come back anytime soon."
"I don't think we gotta worry about that," he said with a slight grin to lighten the mood.
"They're on the run. You guys kicked their skidplates to the curb. Heh." Getting out of the chair, Rattrap stepped out of the room for a moment and came back with some cleaning tools and a rag. He began cleaning up the floor first so no one would slip on the fluid, then he moved on to wiping off the walls. Hearing the lift, he glanced over his shoulder to see who was coming in and found it to be Airazor and Cheetor, then he went back to work.
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"Yea I'll be alright for now, I'll see if Frilla can maybe repair the damage since it's not that bad hopefully."
Tigatron nodded at Feralnight, and added,
"It would give Frilla more practice since I have heard she has found interest in medical assistance." He smiled lightly.
"Least you two are in one piece, a lot of the others are in pretty bad shape, even Icebreaker needs the CR chamber. Steelclaw got a lucky shut that put him in stasis lock and gave him a good bit of damage, not to mention him and Snow Trix were after Arachnitron."
The news of Icebreaker's severe wounds saddened the white tiger in robot mode, but at least he would be repaired and back to normal in no time. Why would Steelclaw do such a thing when it was reported how well he and Orcariner had worked together on the last alien encounter?
"So that was their goal; to capture Arachnitron?" Tigatron inquired.
"I do not understand how they bypassed our defenses and got inside of the Axalon."
"But how in the name of cybertron did they find out about Arachnitron? Far as we know Nemesis doesn't seem to like the Preds enough to relay anything, I mean unless she did just to get something in the Predacons' favor."
"Has she not been 'sneaking' out at times?" he asked curiously. He thought he had heard about her doing so.
"Perhaps she has been conversing with them in order to gage where they stand." Tigatron knew as well as anyone that Optimus wouldn't and couldn't keep Arachnitron locked up in their base, whether it was for her own safety or for everyone else's. It wasn't fair to her, and they didn't have the means just yet to figure out how to help her, assuming she wanted the help at all. Then it hit him.
"Wait. I remember Arachnitron leaving the Axalon quite frantically, and just before the Leviathan departed, the Predacons had been hovering above an area in which she had ran to in the forest." Looking at Frilla and Feralnight with a lightly frightened expression on his face, he added,
"I fear they may have captured her after all." As they approached the command center, Tigatron could not believe his eyes. Rattrap was actually cleaning. But why now? And what? Perhaps this was where Icebreaker had been shot, or rather, nearly executed.
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Glad to hear you had a great holiday! I did too.