OOC: OH MY GOD...This might be my longest post yet, so many people to respond to, so many minions to chastise, so little time
. Hope this all checks out gang, sorry I couldn't wait longer for Una, but at least we can now trudge along to our missions, lol.
Starshadow wrote: Oh no...not the "Queen" thing...I'm getting sick of hearing that. What a horrible team I'm in... Starshadow thought. She had to come up with something otherwise she would either send a punch either to Inferno or Sonar out of annoyance.
"Lord Megatron, I request that I would retrieve the pod under your command. Sonar and I do not really work well together and our grudges may jeopardize our mission...I'm sure Glowstick had given you reports of it. Even our furry mad scientist would agree with me."
((Star, you come up with the worst excuses.
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Megatron didn't even hesitate for a second to slip his hand into his tailgun & grasp Starshadow by the throat, clamping down as tightly as he could without decapitating her, lifting her off the ground as though she were as light as a feather, the cannon glowed as if about to fire as he said "
Listen to me very carefully feline, for I will not repeat myself, I have neither the time nor the patience for your petty feuds and rivalries, you will do as I command without question and not whine about who you have to work with, is that understood?"
Megatron was truly in no mood for insubordination after the incident with Silverbolt, especially with two stasis pods on the line. It was then that Megatron noticed Sonar's absence from the rest of his minions, something which simply would not do, no.
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A tyrant's job is never simple is it? No" Megatron said to himself as he dropped Starshadow like a rock and opened a comlink, "
Megatron to Sonar, while I am sure you have a perfectly good explanation for not answering my summons, or being on base for that matter, I expect you to aid Inferno in the capture of a maximal stasis pod in Sector Gamma 81. Return to your duty at once and stop slacking off, or you'll experience what its like to have your wings clipped and your fangs pulled, do I make myself clear?!"
Phoenix wrote: Deciding not to bother voicing her complaints, she merely spread out her wings, nearly knocking Terrorsaur in the face as she did, and took to the air so she could leave the base sooner rather than later.
Narrowly avoiding a smack to the face, Terrorsaur merely glared daggers at Nemesis as she took off, though he did take amusement in the comedy show that followed involving her, Umbra, and Manterror.
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They'll certainly make a dream team to remember, heh heh heh" Terrorsaur laughed
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Worry about your own performance Terrorsaur, I expect everyone to be on their best behavior, hence why you'll be flying under MY command this time, clear?" Megatron growled.
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Yes Megatron" Terrorsaur begrudgingly agreed, wishing he'd been put in command of his own flying unit instead of that bug brain Inferno, he was faster and smarter than him!
Blackrose wrote: Arachnitron peered around Blackarachnia to try and get a glimpse of Tarantulas and see what his reaction was to this command.
Tarantulas' optics narrowed at the thought of being assigned to such a tedious task, when someone of his skill and intellect should be working on much more important projects than mining for energon. His new vehicular mode gave him great land speed and no one was better skilled at reprogramming protoforms than himself...Megatron clearly just wanted him out of the way on this mission, not trusting him with new recruits and stasis pods just yet after recent events. Still, it was strange of him to not assign everyone to pod retrieval, something else was going on that he wasn't cluing the rest of them in on just yet.
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What precisely are you doing?" Tarantulas inquired of his leader in name only.
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Planning for the future, NOW GO!" Megatron commanded the spider, Tarantulas turning away on his hover platform to carry out his orders...Or so Megatron thought.
After he was out of earshot of Megatron and the rest, though trusting his fellow arachnids would follow in his wake, Tarantulas scratched his chin in thought as he pondered aloud "
So Megatron means to persist in his madness."
Not if he had anything to do about it.
Blackrose wrote: Inferno saluted his leader. “Yes, my Queen! I will serve you well!” he announced proudly.
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Oh, I do wish he'd stop calling me that" Megatron sighed in exasperation, covering his face as he shook his head in annoyance of his new second in command's bizarre mannerisms.
Inferno was a gigantic improvement over Scorponok for the most part, but really, but he honestly did hope that at least one of the new predacons would be both loyal AND sane.
Blackrose wrote: “Royalty,” he said. “I will keep a close eye on Sonar and Starshadow. Should they appear to be jeopardizing our mission, I will send them to your coordinates to be properly disciplined.” Inferno hoped the threat of discipline at the hands of their leader would entice the pair of them to stay civil throughout the mission.
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Well spoken Subcommander, though I suspect Starshadow at least has learned her lesson, Yes?" Megatron spoked to both Inferno and Starshadow, showing off his tail gun's clawtip to emphasize his point to the winged feline.
Blackrose wrote: Before anyone could reply, Nemesis took to the skies leaving the rest of her squadron behind.
“No!” Inferno shouted after her. “You must wait for the rest of the group.”
Suddenly, Manterror followed Nemesis towards the hangar exit, probably intending to reach the stasis pod first and obtain the creature inside for his own (it was no secret that the mantis had some crazy plans in the works). Manterror pulled out his razor blades and threw them at Nemesis. Then, Umbra, one of the new troops, raised his weapon and aimed at Manterror to stop him in his tracks from causing anymore damage. Inferno gasped in horror as he watched everything play out. He knew the Royalty would be disappointed in his inability to maintain control of his troops.
Inferno was stunned into silence, but as soon as he was able to muster up some syllables, all he could think of to say was: “FOR THE ROYALTY!!!” and threw his own fire power into the mix. His rocket launcher sailed towards Umbra hoping to stop him in his tracks. Umbra was attacking one of the Predacons who the Royalty had specifically put in Inferno's command! Was he trying to undermine his authority?!
Inferno started up his propellers and flew in front of Manterror.
"Enough!" Inferno demanded looking more at Umbra than Manterror. "We have an important mission and we are disappointing our Queen!" he reminded them both. He saluted the Queen in mid air and zoomed after Nemesis.
After watching that entire fiasco play out, Megatron had serious doubts about Team 2, but knew he wanted Terrorsaur in his sights on this job and while he was tempted to send Umbra to serve as Inferno's adviser, he knew that only meant the octopus would have to hitch a ride on one of the flyers and risk slowing them down further. It was a gamble, a calculated risk, but one he had to take to ensure his forces would reach both pods first.
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Predacons, transform and rise up!" Megatron roared as he changed into beast mode and activated his jets, Terrorsaur doing the same and following his hated leader out of the ship.
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Terrorsaur and I will fly on ahead, the rest of you will follow us on foot, if you have vehicular forms, use them. Any maximals you encounter along the way are to be exterminated on sight, nothing must stand between us and that pod! Umbra, you will command the ground troops until you catch up with us" Megatron ordered, trusting the sensible rogue to do his job and keep the other three in line, Tantrum the moron, Caecelia the airhead, and Onyx the coward.
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As you command oh mighty Megatron" Terrorsaur proclaimed, channeling the spirit of Starscream and his half hearted salutes to his own ancient leader, always plotting insurrection.
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Exactly Terrorsaur, as I command, always, Yesss" Megatron replied, briefly musing over all the horrible things he could do to Terrorsaur should he betray him again this time, though more preoccupied with the promise of new recruits to bolster his ever growing Predacon Liberation Army, as well as the thought of being able to payback the maximal scum along the way.