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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:17 am
by Alak
Starshadow's attack was feeble but it was enough to distract Orcariner's fire against Sonar. The Maximal brushed off the spikes just in time to see Icebreaker encase the feline in a solid block of ice. Chuckling, he turned back to Sonar's position only to find the bat gone from his sights.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:38 am
by Wintersong
"That predacon feline is really getting on my final nerve." Wintersong growled as she stood, brushing off the dust. She looked out of the corner of her optic thinking she had seen something and looked but nothing wa sthere. Shrugging slightly she looked back towards the others wondering what was going to happen now.

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Snow Trix shook her head, knowing this was well over. "So much for taking the Maximals down. I'm out of here." She transformed back to her fox form and scurried off before the other Predacons or the Maximals noticed.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:43 am
by Night-Hunter
Sonar easily dodged Orcariner's blasts, the second the Maximal was distracted he once again fired at Optimus then at the big one known as Rhinox. He raised an eye brow when he saw Starshadow lose it.
Wow. And some people say i'm crazy. He thought.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:49 am
by starshadow
Starshadow was completely frozen, the cold temperature made her so pissed that she melted the ice slowly with her plasma beam. Once it melted, she coughed out mech fluid and trembled.

"Cold..." she went down on one knee as she felt her legs are numb.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:31 am
by SkyxDB
"Sky," said Cheetor on his com-link, "there's nothing out here." Then he lowered himself back into the ship. "I guess I'm gonna' come back to you. Are the scanners still showing any signatures?"
Skyfire stopped in her tracks as soon she heard this message from Cheetor on her comlink and decided to replied. "Wait a cycle, didn't you just say that something was going on in the engine room and it sounded like you were trouble."

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 2:57 pm
by Blazemane
Glowstick wrote:Cheetor just messaged Skyfire, I'm not sure how long it's going to take but your cover might be blown soon. How much time do you need?
Steelclaw looked and saw that he only had about 15% of the original room left on his device. Most of the files he had been choosing were working fine, but his technology was going through some crazy kinda decryption cycle with "Science endeavors", like the file had formed some grudge for even being touched. With ample time though, Steelclaw would be able to download would it.

"I'll take whatever you can give me." Steelclaw replied. "Tell 'em both in each others' voices that returning to the bridge is a trap. Unless you've got a better idea. Knowing you, you probably do."

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Skyfire wrote:Wait a cycle, didn't you just say that something was going on in the engine room and it sounded like you were trouble.
"No," Cheetor replied on his com-link, "I never... slag!" Once Cheetor realized what was going on, he charged back towards the bridge with his gun at the ready.

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Dinobot was suitably impressed by the manner in which Optimus Primal had returned, and he certainly enjoyed seeing Megatron getting smashed into the ground.

After recognizing Primal's return, though, he had been staring in such ardent disbelief at the panther's over-reaction, that it took him until she had finally calmed down to even realize one of her spikes had buried itself right by his foot.

After he kicked it away, he thought he saw something white and lithe sneaking away from the battlefield. But before he could get a closer look, it was gone from view behind various bits of terrain.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:09 pm
by NaitoKage
Glowstick liked the idea, but knew it wouldn't be enough. He switched signals onto Skyfire's detected radio signal, his softwear copying her voice print.

He then broadcasted Cheetor Wait! It may be a trap, we should regroup together at the stasis pod bay.

He then quickly opened a seperate channel on Cheetor's frequency, switching voice prints Er.. Sorry, False alarm. It was some sorta weird.. animal. I don't know how it got in here! You should check the computer deck bellow, the security glitches might be these animals running around!

Muting his system for a moment, Glowstick let out a sigh. He knew that would only buy a few moments if they're lucky. He turned his mic back on sending a radio message to Steelclaw There, they're distracted. But that isn't going to be enough. Only idea I have left is to go in there. Once the shield and autoguns are off, I can hold them off with some traps.

The Spider drone then walks into the room towards the wall console, it drops down from the ceiling turning and landing on the seat, then jumps up onto the keyboard while watching the screen, it's front pair of legs typing into the computer keyboard.

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Rhinox stepped back surprised by the sudden shots from Sonar, leaning behind the rocks for cover he then fired his Mini gun back in retaliation towards Sonar.

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Icebreaker stopped firing after watching Starshadow break free from his ice attack, hearing the shots from Sonar, he turned bumping the lever on his gun, then pointed it out towards the bat predacon firing off a Micro missile.

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Tarantulus slowly got up watching as the others were still in conflict, it seemed all too apparent that their group should retreat. His head then looked up noticing an unfamiliar flier, His optic band squinted. Terrorsaur was too damaged, and it wasn't buzzing around or glowing.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:00 pm
by Wintersong
Wintersong turned her attention away from Starshadow deciding it wasn't worth the time right now to finish her but noticed the others had turned their attention to a different conflict. Tempted to shoot, the tigress raised her wrist missile launches for a moment before deciding against it and slipped away before the others noticed. There seemed more then enough fire power to take down one flier. With a sigh she made it from the Standing stones glancing back once more.

"Sorry guys but this cat has had her share of fighting." She sighed to herself, "Beast mode..." Wit a growl she transformed and moved quickly as she could into the cover of the terrain.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:54 pm
by Optimal Optimus Primal
(( OOC: Wow, guys. If only we could RP like this all the time. :lol: ))

Rattrap was incredibly relieved to see the boss monkey. His grin probably gave that away. But despite Primal's attempts, the battle still raged on. In fact, a new Predacon joined in! Fortunately, the rat had been far away enough from Starshadow to be out of range of her temper tantrum. The small Maximal gripped his gun and regrouped with Rhinox, Dinobot and Orcariner.
"That predacon feline is really getting on my final nerve."
"You an' me both, Winter," Rattrap commented to the white tigress.

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"Sonar, Terrorize!"
Sonar? Who's this? thought Primal. Relaying his activation code so loudly turned the Maximal's attention to him right before he fired. However, Orcariner was quicker and prevented Sonar's shot from hitting Optimus, who was impressed, and grateful, with the large Maximal's reaction.

Starshadow's scream then grabbed his attention. One of her sporadic shots headed right for him, but he was fast enough to briefly deactivate his jets and free fall in the air in order to duck it. Then, just as quickly, reignited his prime jets and continued to hover above the probe. Optimus wasn't expecting her next move with the spikes, and the closer he was to the ground now, the more likely he'd get hit. Two spikes stabbed his right leg and another one was lodged into his lower torso on his side. The Maximal leader simply pulled them out as if they were meer splinters and turned his head back to Sonar after he witnessed Icebreaker literally freeze the loud black cat that was causing so much of the fuss.

Watching Sonar making another round toward Primal and firing at him again, the hovering Maximal swiftly drew one of his swords and held it at such an angle in front of him to deflect the flying Predacon's shot, causing it to ricochet downward in Venatrix's direction. "RHINOX" he called out to his friend with warning.

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"RHINOX!"
Thanks to Optimus' holler, Rattrap saw Sonar incoming and stepped around Rhinox, targeting his weapon on the bat. The master marksman took his time and fired two shots at Sonar.

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Megatron slowly got to his feet and observed the battle. It was an impressive and tricky move for Sonar to show up when he did, but the t-rex didn't see a victory in this anymore. All the Maximals had each others' backs now, and many of them were not as exhausted or injured as the Predacons were. Megatron himself had taken enough hits and he was tired, though he would never openly admit it. He was too damaged to take on Optimus if it would come to that. So the Predacon leader deemed it wise to retreat than to be miserably beaten.

"The day... and the probe is yours, Optimus. Yesss." Megatron growled in some pain. "Just remember; not all aliens are munificent after all." He glared and turned away, glancing at Tarantulas and Terrorsaur's limp body.

The large Predacon began to walk toward the arachnid and said, "Bring that fool," referring to Terrorsaur. He continued to leave the area with or without the rest of his Predacons.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:19 pm
by starshadow
Starshadow panted with exhaustion and used the last shot of her beam to blast away Rattrap's attack.
"It's over Sonar, we lost. Go back to the Darksyde." she called out to him. Her legs were numb, joints were damaged and was too weak.
"Slag..." she growled.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:25 pm
by Night-Hunter
The day... and the probe is yours, Optimus. Yesss." "Just remember; not all aliens are munificent after all."
Sonar growled, Megatron was fool but he was smart, he knew when it was time to retreat.
"It's over Sonar, we lost. Go back to the Darksyde."
Sonar's ears went back in irritation. But he looked at Saber and smiled.
Until, next time my dear. He thought smirking.
"Beast mode!" He flew after the other Predicons, without giving Saber another glance.

Saber watched him go, her ears still back in horror. Even with him gone her spark still beat a mile a minute.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:46 pm
by starshadow
Starshadow noticed Saber's expression and looked at Sonar who was taking off. Hmmm... the catbot thought then turned to her legs.
"This sucks..." she growled. Then, she realized she was left behind.
"You must be joking!! I worked my aft so hard to try to win the battle and they're leaving me behind?!" one of her optics twitched.

"Fine...They could go without me!! I'll just sit here and wait for my repairs to be completed. BEAST MODE!!" she transformed into her panther mode and lay down on the ground.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:09 pm
by Alak
"Good times," Orcariner said, watching the Predacon forces run away in defeat, "and plenty of cycles left before my energon dampers overload."

Going back to the CR chamber was going to be bliss. Three missions in a row without proper repairs took quite a toll on his processor, and the Maximal was going to get some rest. Turning towards the direction of the Axalon, he asked out loud.

"So now that we're all back together, can somebody tell us what happened? Optimus disappearing, Rattrap leading, and something about some space pod? I'm confused...and tired."

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:38 pm
by Blazemane
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no" Steelclaw said quietly and quickly over his com-link as he picked up the drone by its head. When the encrypted folder was finally done downloading, his device would be full.

"98 percent... 99... O.k., done. Computer eject."

The Maximal computer complied and he put his hardware back in his shoulder compartment.

"Computer, open roof hatch and close in 30 cycles."

"Acknowledged" the system announced complacently as the roof hatch opened near a wall in the room.

Working quickly, he took the wires under the table and made admittedly shoddy but effective work of putting them back together. Then he put the metal panel back in its place.

Much to his chagrin, the roof hatch starting closing. Of course. The computer, which he had reverted back to its normal functions, would no longer comply with orders he had given when it was made to work with him.

Jumping desperately, he put his hands in between the closing metal slabs of the hatch, and then pushed back on them with all his might, all while trying to hold on to the drone delicately with two uninvolved fingers. The panels creaked in protest, but he was able to lift himself up above the hole, put his legs on the ship's roof, and then quickly push away. He was successfully out. He looked at the drone and it seemed undamaged to him.

"I've got one more thing to do" he announced to Glowstick. He felt somewhat awkward sneaking his way on top of a ship, but soon he was at the back again, where he had carved his entrance in.

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Now Cheetor didn't know which voice to trust.

So he decided to make his own meeting.

"Sky, if you're there, say right in the hallway where you are. 'Cause if you're you, and you're safe there, you can take any necessary precautions to avoid anyone coming for you. Just... try not to shoot me, 'cause I'm coming."

With that, he rushed towards the port side of the ship. Hopefully she would still be in that corridor.

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Going back in the hole once more, very tentatively, Steelclaw looked around. Frighteningly, he could hear Cheetor somewhere close by, but he had visual contact on the piece of metal that he had torched away, and he needed to put it back.

The Maximals probably would find out about his and Glowstick's excursion. They probably had interior video surveillance running every megacycle of every day. But this was one piece of evidence he knew would give him away, so it was better to fix it then to leave it.

Grabbing the metal, he got outside once more and placed the sheet back on the hole before going to work on welding it back in place.

"Drat," Steelclaw said on his com-link, "I never did get to talk to them. And as long as they don't hear this, I won't get that chance either."

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 12:45 am
by NaitoKage
Glowstick simply sighed watching the events, wondering as to why Steelclaw was going so far to make himself seem as if he wasn't there, and to keep others from getting in.

The slight idea that he was a double agent came to mind, but seemed unlikely as he seemed desperate to avoid the maximals directly.

The Spider drone moved onto Steelclaw's shoulder watching. Seems that bought a bit of time but the kid figured it out. Don't waste too much time on the hole, just get out as quick as possible. Guess I better get moving as well..

The drone spider then hopped off Steelclaw crawling away towards the cliffedge, then crawled along the cliff face down to the water.

Glowstick released the rock floating up towards the surface in the river, the Drone spider jumping down landing on his mantle as he then simply floated away under the water's current. His eyes shift up watching the ship.
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Tarantulus watched as Megatron started to walk away, he hated being left with such menial tasks but couldn't help the situation.. for now. He quickly ran towards Terrorsaur scooping up the more important remains after Rhinox's attack, then moving towards Starshadow simply threw the body ontop of her.

We don't have time for your nonsense woman! Beast mode! he shouted transforming to his spider mode, his spinnerettes showing some strain, he then projects a constructed web onto Starshadow and Terrorsaur.

The black and purple spider started to run off behind Megatron dragging the two behind him.

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Icebreaker let out a sigh of relief at the end of the battle, watching Tarantulus run off with Starshadow and terrorsaur. Oh good, they do clean up after themselves. Beast mode. he transformed to his penguin mode, his field dampers being drained from battle and the trip over.

The Penguin looked towards the others, it was good to have Optimus back, but just lead to what the pod was for, and why it had trapped Optimus. Maybe they had something to do with the ruins his group discovered when they woke up on the planet. Nothing was for sure, and such thinking was really beyond his circuits..

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Rhinox walked over to Orcariner It's been a long day for us all, I'll explain it on the way back. We've got alot of things to discuss infact. he then said with a smile, putting his gun away.