"First Season Finale: Part III"

[una]

((OOC: I have rested for most of the day! I'm well enough to post for both of my characters. After I eat, of course! And coffee! Give me a thirty minutes or a hour! My post will be coming up shortly!

Edit: Well, here it is! I hope it's okay. ))


Whitegrazer was about to wonder if Cheetor was going to catch the hint and go first, until he did.

It was a tight squeeze for her to go through the hole, but with a little skip with her back legs, she made it through just fine. Of course, she probably looked silly, but right now, those thoughts weren't in the right place as it seemed the truce was over.

Will they always be fighting these Predacons? Was there be anyway for peace between them?

She saw Onyx seemed reluctant. She was like him, reluctant yet she held herself in a defensive as Megatron spoke.

"This fighting is pointless." She shook her head resignedly .

Well, truce didn't last long. Something deep inside told her that. I mean she wasn't so naive to not know that it could have been plot or ploy for Megatron and the Predacons. Another part of her had to respect such stragety despite how she hated manipulation and people being used. She dodged with what she can from the blasts between Megatron.

Nemesis's taunting didn't do anything for Whitegrazer. She waved it off, but Cheetor was already showing his teeth towards the Predacon bird. It was then Rattrap had moved towards an attack with Nemesis too distracted with her own weaknesses and taunts to notice him.

Acting quickly to get Rattrap more support as well as Cheetor, she was about to transform when Manterror landed on her back...

Moving towards his helpless victim, he stood over top of the horse and spoke. "You're too old to race now my pretty... let me show you what happens to race horses when they lay down! MUAHHAHH!!" Moving his left saw blade in a vertical motion, he dropped it down towards the horses Neck, hoping to end her life with a quick beheading!

Whitegrazer stood her ground with a smirk on her face, hearing the blade come, "You know, Manterror. There is a reason why no one likes riding on my back...well except for Rattrap..."

She laughed gently at the Predacon like she was enjoying this, "Reason? It's not for those with weak stomachs. Hold on to your energon!"

Whitegrazer raised her front legs quickly, letting out a powerful neigh before she dashed forward hard. She knew her destination. Towards Megatron.

She turned rough to the side and started circling around Megatron to keep him at bay before he harmed anyone. Scorponok had saved his leader from the grenade, but she wanted to make sure he won't have time to attack any of her friends.

"Hello Megatron!" She said with a giggle like a child on a ride except this time...the child was giving a ride to big, crazy mantis. Dust from the ground was twirling around as she trying to make a fog of her own, attempting to blind the purple tyrant.

Wait, why was she acting all childish? She perished the thought, focusing on what she was doing now.

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Blackarachnia noticed Tarantulas' crazyness seemed to going up notches. He was insane like she thought. Would he be too insane to do this? Maybe he would explode from his crazyness? She would love that to happen to get him out of here. But she has to settle with both of these spiders for now. She could do that.

They had walked a few miles before they reached the Axalon. She examined the base. They were looking at the rear.

"I have a way to breach their shields but I wonder how many are in the base?"

Yeah, the three would have to be cautious. She actually didn't know how many were there and if they were outnumbered, it would take finesse and stealth. She was good at that so was Tarantulas.

"We need a little distraction to keep the ones inside distracted so the other two can slip past. We can either try to get all the Maximals one by one stealthily who are in the bridge or...well.." She chuckled at her two "buddies", "...or do you have a better plan, partners? I would love to hear it."

She winked, cackling a laugh.

[DarkSpark]

OOC: Very nice post Una, I PMed you an idea for how we can proceed if you check your messages. And your latest post was great too Blackrose!

[Phoenix]

(ooc: OOP; Yes! Please do join the dark side finally. You see.. to quote Starscream in War Dawn: "We Decep.. eh.. Predacons are a swell bunch.. and we have fun! "

Also lol@Cheetor.. Too cute. Must.. pet.. kittycat!)

IC:

Nemesis watched in amusement as Cheetor got more angry by the second. She found that an angry or upset opponent tended to make many more mistakes than a rational and calm one, which is why Cheetor's ultimate reaction actually came as a surprise to her.

She watched as the cat went for the grenade rather than try to escape it and then hurled it at the Predacon leader. Just then she felt something wrap itself tightly around her ankle and pull at it.

What the..?

The sudden yank pulled her over which didn't just cause her aim to be off but her balance as well. But rather than try to regain her balance, the Predacon dropped to the ground, snagging the rodent's tail with one hand while she swiftly holstered the weapon on her back with the other. Then she grabbed her sai with her free hand, jabbing it quickly into the ground and pinning Rattrap's tail down between two of the pointy spikes.

"Big mistake, rodent," she hissed at the Maximal spy. Confident he wasn't going anywhere fast, she then grabbed for her sword. Although lightweight it was made of a strong Cybertronian metal and was sharp enough to do some severe damage. Sword in hand, she held the sharp edge against the rat's throat prepared to gut him all the way down to his abdomen.

"Don't you know rats are at the bottom of the food chain?"


Meanwhile Aurora had not budged from her spot on the rock overseeing the waterfall. She hadn't looked behind her yet but when the wind shifted, she noticed Tigatron's familiar scent in the air.

Sighing, she glanced behind her to see the white tiger a short distance away. His fur, much like her own, made him clearly visible under the night sky.

"They sent you out to find me, huh? Well, you did. So you might as well join me for a little while. The view is actually quite beautiful from here."

[DarkSpark]

Una wrote: Blackarachnia noticed Tarantulas' crazyness seemed to going up notches. He was insane like she thought. Would he be too insane to do this? Maybe he would explode from his crazyness? She would love that to happen to get him out of here. But she has to settle with both of these spiders for now. She could do that.

They had walked a few miles before they reached the Axalon. She examined the base. They were looking at the rear.

"I have a way to breach their shields but I wonder how many are in the base?"

Yeah, the three would have to be cautious. She actually didn't know how many were there and if they were outnumbered, it would take finesse and stealth. She was good at that so was Tarantulas.

"We need a little distraction to keep the ones inside distracted so the other two can slip past. We can either try to get all the Maximals one by one stealthily who are in the bridge or...well.." She chuckled at her two "buddies", "...or do you have a better plan, partners? I would love to hear it."

She winked, cackling a laugh.

Tarantulas' mind was a maelstrom of murderous visions of Blackarachnia being slagged in the most horrific ways possible, enough to make perhaps even Megatron cringe from the spider's twisted creativity. However, despite his mech fluid stained daydreams, he kept his cool and his focus on the task at hand, the slightest mistake here could result in their capture by the Maximals and later death when the planet met its end.

Blackarachnia's plan had merit, and while he normally wouldn't think twice about using someone else as a distraction to guarantee his own safety, he could not afford to sacrifice Arachnitron at such a critical juncture, he may yet have need of her, allowing her to go off and get herself scrapped fighting maximals would only serve to benefit Blackarachnia, who's only ace in the hole right now was the bomb she'd foolishly strapped to their one means of escape...Amazing how someone who at first seemed so clever can be so utterly foolish as to play games at a time like this, her flirtations making him feel disgust rather than excitement.

"I always have a better plan, "partner," and I'm sure you would, ignorant as you are" Tarantulas remarked before accessing his subspace pocket to pull out one of his arachnoid drones before adding "We could use one or more of these delightful toys to ascertain how many maximals are home at the moment as well as create the distraction we need to divert their attention away from our infiltration, perhaps even slag a few of them in the process. All without having to risk one of our lives I might add, though you're still welcome to go blow a kiss to one of Sentinel's autoguns if you insist."


OOC: can ya tell Big T wants to be BFF's with Blackarachnia yet?

[Wildfire94]

Growling in anger as the Maximals scattered to avoid his shot Megatron could only watch as his underlings, save for Onyx, began their attacks as well which all seemed to happen in seconds moments after he fired the first shot. For now the tyrant could only watch, waiting for a chance to fire upon one of the maximals when they made so much as a move towards him but it seemed within the time the battle started Cheetor was suddenly quick to act from Nemesis' attempt with a grenade and instead the t-rex was close to being blown instead to which his optics widened slightly, ready to take care of the grenade or take the blunt of the explosion that would surely follow. However, Scorponok seemed to decide to save him and take the force of the blow leaving Megatron pretty much untouched yet distracted enough for attack.

Snorting at his Lieutenant's saving attempt there was no show of gratitude for it and certainly no time for Megatron to have a chance to turn his attentions towards the remaining Maximals. Nor would it seemt hat he'd see Cheetor coming when Whitegrazer suddenly, if childishly, began to run around him in a circle while at the same time kicking up dust which had him a little confused at what she was trying to do."Your childish foolishness won't stop me equine!"He snarled as he began firing and trying to hit the white mare if he could.

Onyx grunted suddenly when the rocket hit it's mark, blasting his rifle from his hand and sending it flying some distance away but the action made the black equine look to see who had fired the shot, finding Airazor turned in his direction. But for a brief moment he gave a side glance towards the battle then at the structure that still gave him an uneasy feeling, especially when the sounds Optimus had made earlier didn't help to relieve that something else was lying inside and Megatron wanted it badly. Or he had. But there was also the creeping suspicion that Megatron was in a race to get here first, even if he had not shown the frustration but the Predacon leader had been acting oddly for some time now it made the stallion begin to question Megatron's motives already. Even if it had been such a short time he was on the Predacon team.

Tough decision as it was Onyx raised both hands to show Airazor he wouldn't be drawing another weapon, to which he had a laser piston and two retractable swords lying in wait to use, but none the less this time he preferred to be safe then sorry. "Your teammate has a good point falcon, least this time. This fight is proving to be pointless when all of us know there's something up about this structure, and from the sounds of it things weren't exactly pleasant so this time I yield from this fight."He said to Airazor honestly as he back off to retrieve his rifle and placed it on his back,"Beast mode."He said calmly as he remained away from the fight when he reluctantly had to admit Whitegrazer was right.

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Silverstreak looked at Starshadow as he ear twitched slightly from the sarcasm,"Are you always this sarcastic panther?"She asked, though her tone wasn't rude just her asking a mere question. Though it didn't seem to bother the femme fox at all since she had been around enough cybertronians to get use to such tones and even some who were just harsh altogether, sometimes someone just learned to ignore it. But as Silverstreak was waiting for Starshadow to answer she had also watched past her of the interaction between Wintersong and Ironclaw, wondering if there was some sort of bond between the two since Ironclaw had seemed disappointed when the tigress walked away but she gave no other indication besides having just looked past the femme in front of her.

Yet Ironclaw seemed like he had something else on his mind when he looked at her for a long time, odd as it might have been but she merely gave him a glance back before he went on his way.

[Phoenix]

(Ooc x 2: Our router decided to take a dump so right now I only have internet access on my phone. Hopefully we get the situation fixed soon. But I just noticed I missed two posts earlier. They didn't directly involve me, but just wanted to say Manterror's mind is a fun and scary place! I love how he is constantly scheming to take over the world!)

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

(( OOC: at Manterror and Scorponok! Nicely done, Cheetor and Airazor. This is why OP loves his Maximals. I think Onyx is on the wrong "side" of this war. ))

No worries, Phoenix. Thanks for the FYI. And I knew Nemesis was going to grab RT's tail! XD Nooooo! ))

As the entire green alien dome began to illuminate and flash brightly as if pulsating, inside the structure Optimus pulled on his right arm as much as he could, finally snapping the metallic rope around his wrist. Then he did the same thing with his other arm, breaking it free and using both of his hands to grab the restraint around his neck. Pulling on it, the rope shattered while the lights below on the floor grew brighter and a humming sound began emitting from the strobe-like behavior. Outside he could feel through Whitegrazer that something was off. Not with her persay, she seemed to be feeling a lot better than earlier, but something changed. He had to get out of there and return to Base with his Maximals. This was now an extremely dire situation. "Optimus Primal, maximize!" he bellowed, and his shifting body automatically tore the rest of the ropes clinging to his legs and stomach. Free-falling for a moment, he quickly ignited his prime jets just before his feet almost hit the large, sphere crystal, and he blasted off at a near maximum burn to be sure he'd break through the wall. With his fists first, Primal spiraled into the air, breaking through the structure and blasting off toward the night sky. "Aaargh!" he growled in exhale and quickly slowed down to a hover to turn around and search for his Maximals.

Well, it appeared the truce was over. No surprise there. With a quick scan below, he saw a dust cloud that he thought best not to touch because he didn't have a clear visual, but it likely involved Whitegrazer and Megatron since they were absent elsewhere. And possibly Manterror. Airazor was handling Onyx, Cheetor appeared to be on the ball with Scorponok already down, but Rattrap might require some help. Having been out of Nemesis's view the entire time and suddenly diving down behind her, Optimus armed himself with his shoulder-mounted missiles, locking in on the ground next to the former Decepticon.

Rattrap was actually impressed with Cheetor's manuever, from as much as he could watch in such little time. Something about him seemed different in that time span. He wasn't sure it was a good thing or a bad thing. It very likely had something to do with what Nemesis had said. At any rate, just as the rat was about to release said Predacon's ankle and pull his tail out of her reach, he suddenly felt a tug and a grasp, and finally a pinch. With a yelp, Rattrap turned his head back and chattered his teeth at Nemesis and her sai that was pinning his tail to the ground.

"Big mistake, rodent,"

Hissing, he tried pulling himself free but the jammed weapon wouldn't budge. Slag! Trapped and beginning to panic as the rat watched her blade aim for his little neck, his vision unnoticeably peered slightly past her head into the sky as he watched the Maximal leader from high above quickly approaching them. Zooming in he could see his missiles were armed. Suddenly, Rattrap wasn't afraid. Instead, he got himself prepared.

"Don't you know rats are at the bottom of the food chain?"

"Don't you know you shouldn't get a gorilla angry?" he retorted, grinning past her blade and into her optics, hoping his words might confuse her for a second. "Too late."

As if it was all pre-planned, at that moment Optimus fired off one missile with the intention of knocking Nemesis away from Rattrap so he could fly in and assist him, but to not directly hit either one. Upon hitting its mark near the female bird, the ground exploded in all directions and the Maximal leader immediately flew in and landed to make sure Nemesis couldn't harm Rattrap. It was a risky move with her blade so close to the Spy, ready to slice him, but hopefully he had the element of surprise on his side.

Rattrap braced himself, covering his face from the heat and debris by the missile's explosion.

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"They sent you out to find me, huh? Well, you did. So you might as well join me for a little while. The view is actually quite beautiful from here."

When Aurora's voice caught his attention, Tigatron looked at her with peace and listened to her speak. Calmly he walked over to the ermine Fuzor and sat down beside her, taking in the view. Nodding at her last sentence, he said, "It is one of my favorite vantage points." He purposely avoided any conversation about dragging her back with him for the time being. The tiger decided to let her take the wheel if she wished to speak her mind.

[New Moon]

With things settled down for now Frilla focused her attentions on the approaching signals but looked as she heard Dinobot and moved to respond,"This is Frilla Dinobot and so far Wintersong and Ironclaw have returned with our new teammate Silverstreak safe and sound but the others haven't yet come back and haven't reported in. So I can't exactly tell you if your needed there quite yet, best to return to base and wait it out."She responded, though there was an edge of frustration since it was growing to be a concern with the others not calling in. So far she was quite tempted to call Optimus' team and see if they were alright or not.

Outside Feralnight nodded at Dinobot, spreading her wings just slightly before taking a running start before launching herself into the air, flapping her wings to get some more air before she flew towards the Axalon. It was good to be home at last after a mission failed, least it felt that way when they couldn't get to the pod fast enough this time and the fuzor wondered if the others had had any luck with their mission to retrieve the other. Landing on the roof she transformed without the command code and opened the roof hatch before dropping in to land into the main bridge, giving a quick glance noticing Starshadow,Wintersong and Frilla which meant the tigress and Ironclaw had made it back and with the new face they seemed to have been successful.

((Also Wintersong called me a few days ago, she won't be able to reply for another day or so,they're about done moving soon though.))

[Blazemane]

This is Frilla Dinobot and so far Wintersong and Ironclaw have returned with our new teammate Silverstreak safe and sound but the others haven't yet come back and haven't reported in. So I can't exactly tell you if your needed there quite yet, best to return to base and wait it out.

Dinobot thought about this for a moment, and then responded on his com-link.

"Could you send me the coordinates for Optimus Primal's mission?

If Optimus had completed that mission before Dinobot arrived, the warrior hoped he would at least run into his leader on the way back. But if Optimus needed help, Dinobot wished to be there to offer it. He watched Feralnight fly back into the base safely. At least that meant their assignment was over.

Then a thought hit him; it was Frilla who had answered. That wasn't too out of the ordinary, but then...

"Frilla, I can presume that Rhinox is nearby in the base, correct? He had decided to venture back when we were on our way to the stasis pod."

((OOC: I ought to get to bed; I will post for Cheetor tomorrow night. I think.))

[starshadow]

"Are you always this sarcastic panther?"

Starshadow chuckled and responded, "it depends who I'm talking to..." she narrowed her optics at Ironclaw when he pushed past her then turned back to Silverstreak and pats her head , "you're a cute kid, you know that?"

And with that, she left the fox to catch up with the badger bot , "Ironclaw!" she called out.

No she was not going to knock some sense into him or anything. Maybe Rhinox was right, she had to change her attitude to gain the Maximals' trust.

[NaitoKage]

"The maximals have a giant whale. A giant whaaaaaaaalllllleeeeeee," "and there's a rhino, a few nekos(cats), a rat, a dinosaur, a pony, a big bad monkey and others."

"There's that," "but for our side, the crazies are..."

He chuckled. "Well, maybe I should just give you the list of those who aren't. Uh... no, seriously, there's a panther--Starshadow--to watch out for, a bat named Sonar--and I have no idea where he's disappeared to as of late, a spider name Tarantulas... and Blackarachnia isn't too much better. And me; well, I'm the worst."

After traveling for awhile, Umbra thought over what was discussed. Alot of the creatures he had no idea as to what they were, though had a chilling feeling at the mention of a pony for unknown reasoning.

So I guess that puts me as the sanest of the lot.. Well that's not an issue.

As they moved in closer to the Pred base, his eyes observed it's structure. It seemed to be a crashed ship in really bad shape, leading to understand why the stasis pod was brought in, they were probably desperate for materials that may not be obtainable on the planet.

So I take it this is your home base? Guess I'll set up shop.

(There, figured I'd delay this post since it'd take awhile for the group to get to the Pred base. )

[Mystrea]

(ooc: @Starshadow. I should have mde this more clear in my prevous post but Ironclaw hasn't left the base. he just sort of walked down the hall away from the bridge.)

Ironclaw was marching through the Axalon trying to find something to focus on. his first idea was to find some gadget to tinker with but trying to imagine what he would do, he realized that it didn't take his fancy. He then surpised himself by already being aware of the reason that he was less interested in indulging his mind into an engineering task. It was that he had tasted combat for the first time. Although it wasn't not for a long time, nor did he have much involvement. But just the idea of him being shot at by any Predacon made the mech fluid surge through his body like a humans muscles tensing and relaxing. Ironclaw then heard Starshadow's voice behind him which at the time did nothing but agitate him. As soon has she reached him he turned around and grabbed one of her wrists with his hand and pulled it into the air, taking her the feet off the floor so that she was eye level. "What?!" he shouted at her. Once he realised what he was doing, he dropped her back on her feet.

[starshadow]

(oh lol sorry. I'm so busy and I just briefly looked through all the posts. Sorry! I thought he went to look for Aurora. My bad. >.<" I'll edit that.)

When Starshadow caught up to Ironclaw, he did the unexpected to her and dropped her. She held her neck and then spoke gently, "You're still worried about Fluffy fairy?"

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Cecaelia sort of 'scratched' her mantle as she listened, "Shop? What shop? There's nothing to sell. The planet's full of dirt and rocks and...more dirt."

[Blackrosefencer]

OOC: Sorry for the wait. I've been studying for a certification test and doing 12 hour days at two different jobs.

Anyway, I'm not sure what these plans are that you speak of, ladies, but I thought Arachnitron should offer up a suggestion as well. You can use it or find some sort of flaw with it whatever you think is best. Although, it requires a little cooperation from the Maximals on hand.

How many of them are in the base anyway? Were we going to douse them with spider webs like they did in the show?

BIC:

Arachnitron followed Tarantulas and Blackarachnia until they reached the Axalon. She looked back to when she was at the Maximal's base before. She remembered the confining feeling she felt while inside it. She had spent her life locked away in a cell and though she was accustomed to small spaces, the confining feeling brought back the memories of her life on Cybertron. She didn't hate small spaces or dark corners, as a matter of fact, she found them comforting. What caused the confining feeling was more the cold, hard, metal surfaces of the ship which made her think of the cell bars and the laboratory tables. She shook her head to clear the images from her mind.

She looked over at the other spiders and listened to their discussion about how to get in and what to do once they were.

"I have a way to breach their shields but I wonder how many are in the base?"

"We need a little distraction to keep the ones inside distracted so the other two can slip past. We can either try to get all the Maximals one by one stealthily who are in the bridge or...well.." She chuckled at her two "buddies", "...or do you have a better plan, partners? I would love to hear it."

"I always have a better plan, "partner," and I'm sure you would, ignorant as you are. We could use one or more of these delightful toys to ascertain how many Maximals are home at the moment as well as create the distraction we need to divert their attention away from our infiltration, perhaps even slag a few of them in the process. All without having to risk one of our lives I might add, though you're still welcome to go blow a kiss to one of Sentinel's autoguns if you insist."

Arachnitron nodded thoughtfully. She had been among the Maximals once and they were aware of her unique condition. The distraction may be up to her. They didn't have much time and who knows how many Maximals were inside. If they had to fight a large battle, it would hold them up. If they could get some of the Maximals out of the base, they could even out the odds a bit.

"Perhaps I can radio the Maximals to let them know I have been damaged and give them false coordinates. A small rescue crew would leave the base leaving a smaller amount of Maximals inside. Since I have no energy signature and many of them are aware of that, they would not be suspicious if they didn't see me show up on their scanners at the location that I give them. I had been a part of their crew whenever the Maximal programming was in control of the body, so I am confident they would offer assistance."

She looked at the other two spiders expectantly. She was used to thinking on her feet having been an orphan reputable for running away often, but dealing with a large group of assailants was much different than outsmarting one or two. Not to mention her days of running amok through the streets of Cybertron had been many many cycles ago. She may be a bit out of practice in that respect. She wasn't sure if her idea would work. Tarantulas would be a better judge of that. She could learn from his example.

[Phoenix]

"It is one of my favorite vantage points."

Aurora scooted to the side to make room for the white tiger who was now approaching. She seemed a little tense, only casting shifting glances at her companion before returning her gaze to the waterfalls below. Yet she wasn't surprised by Tigatron's presence, having expected someone to seek her out. For the time being she transformed to robot form so she could let her feet dangle off the rock. The ermine face pulled up, forming a helmet of sorts with large ears sticking out among the long, white fur. Her ermine tail folded up into a long, fuzzy white ponytail with a black tip making up the end, whereas the creature's short legs and elongated body now formed her ankles, thighs and parts of her arms and backside. Delicate wings folded softly on the ground behind her.

When green eyes settled upon the tiger for a moment, it was easy to tell that the smaller Maximal was struggling to hold back the tears. "I can't sleep," she told him with a sigh while tugging so hard on her lips that they almost cracked under the pressure. "Too many memories occupying my mind. Too many.. mistakes having been made, some of which could not have had a worse outcome."

She sighed again, trembling a bit as she did.

"Every life I've touched, every individual that gets close to me, get destroyed."


Looking down she located a small rock on the ground next to her. She promptly picked it up and examined it under the moonlight. The rock was flat and rounded like a shield. The fuzor then tossed it at the water, watching it skip the surface three times before sailing over the edge of the waterfall on the fourth skip.

Following the falling rock with her eyes until it disappeared into the foaming water below, she then said, "The others have had enough mishaps happen to them lately. Maybe if I just stay away, they'll fair better."

"Don't you know you shouldn't get a gorilla angry?"

Nemesis could not help but smile a bit at the rat's obvious attempt at buying himself some time. It would prove to be a futile attempt, of course, but it did provide a brief moment of amusement nevertheless. One that was about to escalate considerably as her grip on her sword tightened while she traced it down an imaginary line down the rodent's fur.

Just as she brought the sword back up to its origination point, having decided this was not the time to play games and that the rat's time to have his circuits spill all over had come, the recently chattering furball suddenly exclaimed,

"Too late."

Odd choice of last words..

She did not have time to ponder them before a missile exploded on the ground dangerously close to them with a force that knocked her off her intended target. Hissing, Nemesis made a few rolls on the ground next to Rattrap before getting into a squatting position. She instinctively brought one of her wings up to shelter her from the worst of the debris that had been whirled up by the explosion and were now raining down upon her and Rattrap alike.

It was then she saw Optimus land on the opposite side of the Maximal spy. This was the first time she had seen Primal since they departed ways after their little chat in the privacy of her cell.

"Well, Optimus, fancy seeing you here. It would seem you have a knack for escaping perilous situations," she said, indicating the hole from where Primal had burst through the alien construct.

Her optics seemed to brighten a bit as she then shifted her stare from one Maximal to the other, her hand still gripping the sword. She knew from experience that Primal was a significant foe, skilled in the art of both leadership and combat, however these traits could be overshadowed by his endless concern and devotion to his friends.

Nemesis did not let Optimus out of her sights as she moved in on her target. At a surprisingly fast pace she brought her sword up to her palm, slicing into it. It wasn't a severe cut but still enough to cause her to grimace a bit from the pain. Oh how she wished her creators had removed her ability to feel pain when they turned her body into a lethal weapon, yet if anything her augmentation had increased her ability to feel the torment. Of course with a wound this small, she wouldn't need much material to heal. In fact if left alone, the cut would heal on its own even without assistance, but Nemesis had no intention of waiting.

In an instant she whirled around and grabbed for the rat's leg. Upon impact her nanites would immediately start to disassemble the materials needed to repair her wounds. If her wounds had been severe enough, the process would have killed the donor, but with such a small wound the intention was to merely inflict some pain and possibly cripple the target rather than kill. Nemesis was only playing with Rattrap for the sole purpose of keeping both of the Maximals at bay.

"I wouldn't try anything foolish," she warned the rodent and his superior officer alike, "Or we might end up with another incident.." She was obviously hinting at what had happened to Valkyrie.

(ooc: Come on, spiders, do your thing. We can't drag this out forever.)