(( OOC: I am temporarily covering Megatron, and I suppose Cheetor, for Razorclaw. I hope it will be well enough until she returns.
This means, in order for me to get anywhere here, I'll be posting for three characters simultaneously.
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"We don't have to do this, Megatron," "There has been peace between the Maximals and Predacons for centuries. Why start this up again?"
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Peace perhaps on
your side, Maximal scum! Yesss," the large tyrannosaurus rex corrected the gorilla. "But not on ours. Permit me to inform you that an enemy which appears to be "peaceful" may, in fact, be merely biting its time!"
"You maximals are not fit to rule over the predacons and must be exterminated, one way or another. And right here, right now, I, Starshadow, pledge my loyalty to the leader of the Darksyde, Megatron to eliminate the maximals FOR REVENGE AND FOR GOOD."
Megatron turned his head to see the new comer who landed behind him and who seemed to speak with angry ambition. "And yet another one chooses wisely to support the Predacon cause, yesss." A toothy, carnivorous grin appeared on the dinosaur's face when he looked back across the gorge to Optimus Primal. He obviously approved of Starshadow's words.
Primal's brown eyes had jumped to Starshadow when she made her entrance. Judging by Megatron's reaction, she hadn't originally come on the Darksyde with the rest of the Predacons, so where she did come from so quickly? Certainly not from one of their own stasis pods currently orbitting the planet. In the time it would have fallen, been found and reprogrammed, she couldn't have shown up this soon. Optimus disreguarded his curiosity and Megatron's devious smile; a smile as if the Predacon had already won the battle that hadn't even begun yet. "I fear the majority of the Predacons have been confused and misguided by our status on Cybertron," explained the calm Maximal leader. But before he could go on, an unfamiliar voice behind him caught his attention.
"Looks like you need a few paws."
It wasn't the same stowaway from the Axalon. It was a female white tiger standing beside Saber-Fang, Rhinox and Rattrap. ...Where had she come from?
"Ahh....Wintersong! What a pleasant surprise! I didn't realize you would come here and meet your doom..." "Because..." "You really shouldn't have come here for you are asking for a death wish!"
"Bring it on Starshadow!But I don't give chances to Predacons!"
Well, evidently, the two new comers had already met. When, where and how was yet to be revealed but they made their allegiances quite clear. Optimus wished he could communicate with Skyfire back at base to see if she knew of any of this. Unfortunately he would have to go with the flow and work on avoiding a battle, though Wintersong and Starshadow might have sealed the outcome already. And just a little bit away, Primal could see Valkyrie on the ground and Waspinator buzzing about cheering for himself. Worried for both her safety and Cheetor's, he continued trying to negotiate with Megatron. "There's no reason to start this now, Megatron."
"There is plenty of reason and opportunity to start this now, Optimus Primal!" the Predacon returned. His voice was losing patience quickly. "We Predacons have
never abandoned our rightful goal of galactic conquest! Nooo. We have merely been waiting for the right moment. To
strike!"
In the time of everyone's chattering, Cheetor was anxiously trying to get his weapon unjammed. And at that moment, the cheetah got it working. "Finally," he growled. Then he stood up from behind the boulder he was using as cover and turned, targeting Megatron above. "You mean like this?!" He fired a shot that nailed the purple t-rex just under his lower jaw.
Megatron let out a snarl as his head was thrown back by the blast's impact.
"Cheetor!" Optimus called down to him. It was exactly what he
didn't want to happen but it didn't sound like the Predacons were going to back off anyway. They seemed pretty intent on injuring Primal and his crew no matter what he said.
"Ahhh. A treacherous underhanded sneak attack," said Megatron with a light chuckle. "I like you, pussy cat. Yesss. But it shall avail you not! Nooo! For now the power gauntlet has been cast! Predacons,
terrorize!"
"Do it!
Maximize!" Optimus ordered the four next to him. There was no turning back now. And although he didn't know Wintersong at all, he hated to get her involved with something like this. There wasn't much a of choice, though. She seemed to be offering her assistance when she arrived, so he didn't plan on underestimating her.
(( OOC: Sorry that was lengthy. Can everyone post for their characters now and start blasting each other away?
Where are all of the Predacons' players? We're still going to stick to the show's script, though, so nothing gets out of hand and Cheetor and Valkyrie can still get away before the Maxiamls get energon build-up.
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