OOC: was waiting for Blackrose but it looks like we're moving ahead with these battles, sorry BR
Wildfire94: "Look I'm coming out, just don't shoot." Silverstreak called out before she emerged from the bushes, glancing to where Terrorsaur had her teammate having some concern about the fuzor's condition already as she then glanced at Megatron and the other femme who had a similar beast form which meant this was the protoform they had come searching for in vain. Sighing softly Silverstreak gave the command "maximize" and transformed, raising her hands to show she wasn't reaching for any weapons, not even her tonfas that were visible on her back. "Alright I'm unarmed, now let Feralnight go."She said, her ears flattening on her head in dismay at this turn of events.
Megatron smirked malevolently as the maximal fox predictability followed his orders and disarmed, leaving herself wide open to attack and with no bargaining power whatsoever, only the vain, desperate hope that he would show her & her captive fuzor friend mercy. Which of course he would not.
Wintersong wrote: Spineback had continued to fire until Megatron raised his hand, knowing the signal for a ceasefire and for now only keeping her weapon at the ready as it took merely a few seconds before the Maximal came out. This femme was quite the small one. In fact, one hit from her fists could have easily dented Silverstreak's armor like a tin can and could likely prove a fatal blow, something of which Spineback could entertain the thought of any day but for now she only held ready to either fire upon the unarmed Maximal or upon her comrade who was in the clutches of Terrorsaur. "Typical Maximal," She commented softly, truly finding these Maximals no different then their ancestors and willing to sacrifice their own lives to keep their friends from dying.
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Indeed, sometime remind me to tell you the tale of how I manipulated three of these fools to stand down by threatening the lives of mere wildlife" Megatron bragged, leaving out the part about how one of those two tigers he'd threatened turned out to be a maximal, it was still absolute madness to surrender victory over the life of another, especially the life of a lesser life-form.
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First things first alas, business before pleasure..." Megatron quipped before shooting Silverstreak right in the chest with both shoulder guns.
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Or pleasure before business I suppose" Megatron gloated as he watched the maximal fall backwards from the powerful shots, his tailgun still pointed as his friend's head and ready to fire.
Wildfire94 wrote: "And it seems things just took a bad turn,"He added grimly, not liking this situation at all as they were just off to the left of what was going on. They had to do something now or else Feralnight and Silverstreak were good as gone. "You sure you really want to be attacking Megatron Onyx? He could scrap you for this."Cheetor said, bringing his hands together and preparing to fire. Onyx was likewise doing the same, drawing his Friction Rifle as he knew any movement would cause things to heat up real fast. "I'm certain Cheetor, I...don't belong with this group of Predacons. I feel out of place and things will only get worse as this doubt grows."Onyx put it, this being the first time he expressed his doubts to anyone but he merely motioned they needed to hurry before both began to fire upon Terrorsaur, Spineback, and Megatron, Cheetor aiming to Megatron's fusion cannon so it was blasted away from the fuzor.
Before he could finish the fuzor off however, they were suddenly set upon by more maximals, his fusion cannon being pushed back but undamaged by one lucky shot.
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Rgggghhh! Maximal filth! Destroy them all!" Megatron snarled in anger, firing back at the newcomers with his fusion cannon and shoulder guns, intending to blow them all to scrap even if he had to take the blasted swamp with them.
Terrorsaur joined in and added his energy signature seeking missiles to the barrage of fire power being turned against the maximals, the pterodactyl using the wings attached to his arms as shields to protect himself from their firepower as best he could with a hostage in his grasp.
Wintersong wrote:
But it seemed this wasn't to last as a few shots hit the new Predacon in the back, causing her to turn to raise her arm shield to block a few shots coming from their right, "Seems we forgot one Maximal sir...and a Predacon?" Spineback cocked an eye brow as she looked back towards the tyrant, her shield absorbing the energy of Cheetor's energy blasts but as she went to lower her weapon it seemed to burst into flames making her look with surprise and quickly lower her arm into the water close by to put it out, glaring towards the trees. Wasn't this the work of a Friction Rifle? She hadn't seen such a weapon in ages but what really got her was the fact a Predacon would be helping a Maximal and attacking his own brethren in the middle of a fight. It seemed they had a traitor in their midst the very first encounter with these new groups of CYbertronians.
Hearing the words of his new recruit, Megatron did a doubletake and quickly discovered she was right about a predacon turncoat in their midst, half expecting one of the spiders to be the culprit, and would have suspected Terrorsaur if he wasn't right there with them...Only to spot the cowardly horse Onyx to be the guilty party!
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YOU DARE EQUINE?! YOU DARE?!" Megatron roared in fury, concentrating his firepower on the treacherous mammal, all his rage towards the first turncoat Silverbolt being directed on the unlucky horse all at once.
Naitokage wrote: Aerostriker heard them speaking as he hovered above the tree tops, using the location data from Stag he moved into position placing the fully charged target master up against his shoulder aiming down at Megatron. Seemed these Predacons didn't learn a key element.. always look up. The speed Cecaelia was moving in the tree branches was luckily slow enough that she couldn't catch up to Aerostriker in time, not to stop him from this at least..
If Feralnight hadn't been in danger, this would of ended. From this angle, he could just let loose every ounce of firepower in his body and destroy the three predacons in a way that would only leave a smoking hole in the ground, but he couldn't take the risk of harming her.
As he was about to move in, suddenly Silverstreak came out of hiding, to surrender. This was not looking good. With Cheetor gone, it would of just been him. As he was prepared to make an attack, suddenly he heard gunfire coming onto the Predacons from Cheetor and surprisingly Onyx. Well looks like it's now or never..
Moving out from the treeline, Aerostriker floated down swiftly behind Megatron holding Stag propped up against his shoulder he pointed the gun angled upward slightly at Megatron's lower back, his thrusters to counter force generated then fired as he fired the charged beam (Firepower:10) from the targetmaster,using 1/5th of Aerostriker's energy supply in the process. a Massive continuous beam expelled out lifting Megatron up into the air pushing him above the treeline roughly 300 ft away from the group, however due to the width of the beam, it did not burn through his body like the more narrow beam original could.
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NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Megatron bellowed in absolute rage and indignation as he was sent flying through the air and into the distance, the shot doing little damage to his person, but the force of it propelling him far (dunno about 300 feet mind you).
Naitokage wrote: Aerostriker cut the thrust from his back, hovering above the shallow water as he lowered his rifle pointing it towards Terrorsaur, a glowing cartridge ejected from the top of Stag flying in an arc as it came down into the water, on contact causing the water in a small area to violently boil much in the way of molten metal being quenched. Do you mind stepping off the lady there? He couldn't prepare another charged shot in time, but a normal shots could still work.
Terrorsaur might have merely froze in fear and complied with the maximal not too long ago, but with his recent upgrade, he had both the confidence and the speed to handle this situation.
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Should saved that shot for me maximal" Terrorsaur chided as he quickly cut Aerostriker's beam rifle in half with one of his blades, and with both swords in hand took several swings at the maximal's hide, his hostage still clutched in his clawed feet as leverage.
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RRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGG!" Megatron roared once more, his voice getting closer and closer as he jetted back to the battlefield, Terrorsaur's enhanced optics allowing him to see the look of pure murder on his purple face as he fully charged his fusion cannon, already aiming for & firing at Aerostriker, the fusion beam blast HUGE compared to his normal quick bursts.
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Ooooh boy...You REALLY should have saved that shot for me" Terrorsaur cackled, shaking his head in mock pity, knowing all too well what it was like to be on the receiving end of one of Megatron's tantrums, backing away already to put some distance between himself and the maximal bird Megatron was about to be burned to scrap, firing his eye beams to keep Aerostriker back.
NewMoon wrote: But when hearing the firing coming from different sides she was slightly relieved but could have sworn one of the scents she detected among those firing was Onyx. But why would he be helping them? Though curious she knew right now she had to get free of Terrorsaur to who she had been ignoring of his tauntings and quickly reached down by her side, a compartment opening up slightly to reveal she had some small explosives, a little change in her arsenal of weapons for such an occasion. "Hey Terrorsaur, hope you like fireworks."She said as she pressed the middle of the square device and tossed it up, having set this one to three seconds and just having enough time to throw it right in front of the transmetal predacon before covering her head slightly.
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SLAG!" Terrorsaur cursed as he had just enough time to bring his blades in front of himself to shield himself from the explosion, the blast still sending him flying backwards into the waters of the swamp, his prey coming with him for a bit before he unwillingly released his grip on her, tearing some of her back out with him as he tumbled through the water and she went flying in the other direction.
Una wrote: She had trained herself to notice little details, but she didn't need to stop and deduce what Arachnitron had did. Did she really think that more weight would slow her down? It was uncomfortable, though. Taranutulas and Arachnitron were getting too much distance away from her. That couldn't happen. She needed to watch those two like the Byronic Plague if she wanted to stay ahead of their little game. Her legs scampered down closer to them. As she had made a turn, her need to stay ahead against the weight of her cart caused the cart to hit a nearby rock, falling over. Slag! All the boxes and steel structure pillars laid out on the sandy surface. She looked back to see Tarantulas and Arachnitron getting further and further away. Cursing under her breath, she tried her best to reload her cart before those two did anything to get her in trouble.
Tarantulas chuckled at the sight of Blackarachnia spilling her cart's load, Arachnitron's little prank working out far better than he had hoped, his assistant catching up to him while his slave scrambled to clean up her little mess.
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That was sneaky and underhanded by dear...Well done" Tarantulas complimented Arachnitron as they continued on ahead to their destination.
Naitokage wrote: As Quickstrike caught up with the others, he noticed Blackarachnia in distress. Sugarbot!! Are you okay?! he said in a panic, racing towards her and coming to a stop. He released his bite on his trailer as he came towards her, then lifted some of the "I" beams and boxes adding them to his trailer Here,let me take some of that thar load off for you little lady.
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He'll regret getting close to her" Tarantulas thought to himself as he glimpsed back to see the new fuzor with the stupid cowboy accent lending Blackarachnia a hand, curious to see if Blackarachnia would take advantage of his aid or blow him off.