"First Season Finale: Part I"

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(( OOC: What's Airazor up to, WorpeX? :P Where are you?! :lol:

@ una: I wasn't planning on giving Whitegrazer anything to do specifically because you were going to have her search for Saber-Fang (I think?), and also meet Steelclaw soon. But since Saber came back, maybe Whitegrazer can fill her in on what she has missed. Or Feralnight can. Whoever has the spare time because right now Optimus won't have time for that. ))
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Omg just post...
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(ooc: I think Optimus called Ironclaw over, or did I miss the response to that?)
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((OOC: Yeah, I was going to post that but soon, yesterday turned busy so I never got the chance. :D

Yeah, Worpex, where are you *searching* :lol: ))

Whitegrazer walked out of the infirmary, taking another glance back at Icebreaker's body which she fixed the wounds that the CR stopped when the spark went offline, before she headed back to the bridge. She really wanted the time to explain to Optimus what she was doing, but he had places he needed to be and too many things he had to do. She will have to explain it to him later when there was time. Standing next to Optimus, she hoped he would understand, "Optimus, there is something I must do. I might be awhile, but if there is anything that I'm needed for during that time, I will come immeidately." She will make sure to keep her com-link live.

Stepping on the lift, she gave a warm smile to Aurora before she gave a gaze back to Optimus with the same smile. Her spark was dead set on a mission of its own and she couldn't fight it. If anyone looked at her yellow optics directly, they had the look of determination, uncertainty yet hope that what she was going to do would work.

She transformed into beast mode as she got outside when she noticed Saber Fang and Feralnight talking and smiled towards the Maximal general, "Saber, it is good to see you have returned. I hope your solitary quest has done you some good."

Feralnight was going to have to fill her in on what has happened since she was gone. It was not going to be good but Whitegrazer had an appointment to meet, which she had to apologize towards Saber-Fang, "I'm sorry, Saber-Fang, I would like to stay, but I'm needed some place."

Keeping her smile, she galloped a few step forward, "But when I return and nothing urgent is happening, I hope we can talk. " She then started her way towards neutral terriotory. A different area then where Optimus and Aurora were going to meet Megatron.

Her plan for peace will take some time, but she had to start somewhere and figuring out that engima of a Predacon Steelclaw would be a good start.

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Blackarachnia noticed that the panther went outside, noticing that Starshadow didn't like how Glowstick died. Nor did she, but right now, she had to focus on her survival. She decided to quietly follow the panther.

When she was outside, the black widow spoke, "Starshadow, I know what would make you feel better since Sonar isn't here, why don't we pay a visit to Tarantulas and see what that scheming spider is up to?"

Clever that spider would use the death of a comrade to cover up his little scheme even though Megatron probably already guess Tarantulas move as he was nowhere to be seen for cycle now.

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Tarantulas was back in his lair.

"Convenient how Megatron was busy killing Glowstick..." he cackled in delight, "Thank you, old comrade. "

Now, all he had to do was finish powering up the transwarp cell to hunred percent power. He needed to be able to escape. The aliens could be coming back with their destruction at anytime. He wanted to be gone by then. Still, even with the cell, he still couldn't build an escape ship from scratch. That was another problem he needed to solve quickly.


((OOC: I hope this post is okay. :D ))
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Saber's ears twitched when she heard the lift again and Whitegrazer stepped out.
"Saber, it is good to see you have returned. I hope your solitary quest has done you some good."
"Its good to be back. Being alone has been beneficial and has given me time to think." Saber replied calmly.

The former general noticed that the horse seemed to be in a little bit of a hurry.
"I'm sorry, Saber-Fang, I would like to stay, but I'm needed some place."
The saber-tooth nodded once in understanding. "Its alright, I understand, don't let me keep you from your desired destination."

The large cat watched as Whitegrazer walked away from them for a moment before stopping and looking at them again.
"But when I return and nothing urgent is happening, I hope we can talk."
Saber nodded once again. "Of course, Whitegrazer. Safe journey."
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(( OOC: I think you must have missed Ironclaw's response to that, Phoenix, which is probably why Mystrea is impatient with me right now.

I apologize, Mystrea, but I didn't have time to post last night anyway. Besides, I kind of need Airazor in the mission Optimus is about to give her, Rattrap, and Ironclaw. I want to give WorpeX a chance to respond to everything that's happened so far before he falls terribly behind. I would do the same for you. By the way, I like what you had Ironclaw say to Optimus, and I think I have a rather interesting response in mind. I'm going to give WorpeX tonight yet to post, so please be patient.

This also means that New Moon and N-H should slow down a little, otherwise Feralnight will be back in the Axalon before Optimus gives out his orders. :P ))
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Starshadow was laying her belly on a boulder, looking at the dark sky.

I wish I could just kill Megatron myself... she thought.
"Starshadow, I know what would make you feel better since Sonar isn't here, why don't we pay a visit to Tarantulas and see what that scheming spider is up to?"
She just smiled at her, "and give him our warm greeting. So where is his lair?"
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OOC: Slag....too slow. I was going to take Una up on her suggestion for interrupting Tarantulas' plans, but now he's in his lair. I figured Arachnitron would just sort of wander around and happen to end up noticing Tarantulas sneaking around too and occupy her time by spying on him. But I was so busy yesterday I didn't get to do so.

If no one's opposed I could still write what I was going to write and witness the whole vault thing and follow him to his lair thus getting there before Starshadow and Blackarachnia. It would definitely play into Arachnitron's plans for leaving the planet (which seems to be every under handed Predacon's plans). It would also create great drama between the widows and Starshadow! I have a feeling Star and BA will enjoy the company of the Hybrid much better than the Predacon version of Arachnitron. lol. No one really likes the Predacon version much...she's difficult to get along with and doesn't play well with others.

But my other idea was to happen upon Steelclaw and Onyx talking and thus spy on their actions. Which would be an interesting pair for the Predacon Arachnitron to interact with given her aggressiveness and their more passive nature. Which may be just as much fun as jumping in on the spiders' plans!

But I don't want to completely screw up anyone's plans so just let me know which of you prefer the interruption. I'll try to post sometime tomorrow.

As for WorpeX, I have no idea why he hasn't been posting. Although, for a while no one was interacting with his characters, so he probably just assumed that nothing was going on still. I just sort of assumed he was keeping up with reading everything so I haven't mentioned anything. I will mention something to him tomorrow...he's away for the evening.
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((OOC; Oh dang, I'm sorry, if I knew, I would have waited for you. But I don't see the problem in doing that. Heck, it sounds awesome if Arachnitron gets into the mix as well. I would love that. I don't mind at all if Arachnitron spied on Tarantulas. :D I would also love to see Starshadow, Blackarachnia, and Arachnitron interaction. ))
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((I agree with Una. Maybe our femmes could be the three *irritating* witches (instead of Musketeers :P)))
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(My previous post was not directed at any one person. I was simply bored of waiting and wanted someone to post. I don't want hear anything about being busy because we are all busy. But don't worry I have already had a telling off from N-H and I won't do it again.)
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(ooc: To be fair the rpg is like that.. Some days there's only 3 or even no posts in a day, whereas other days there's almost 2 pages written. Both scenarios can be rather frustrating, depending on how busy you are rl and how excited you are to see the story progress. Right before the holidays I gave up trying to keep up since the story was moving along so quickly I simply had no chance to keep/catch up. Now that the holidays are over, many people are going back to school/work, but usually things pick up relatively soon after that. At times I have to force myself to write up decent posts because I have so much else on my mind, or I simply am not too interested in what's taking place in the rpg at the moment. But those periods of 'boredom' only last for so long, and whammo it's back to being fun again. I'm sure things will pick up soon. If you're bored, why not make up your own plot device using your character to spice things up a little bit? Like.. your character comes across an item/something mysterious from his past which may cause problems for him and others? When unexpected things happen, the interest level of other players tend to rise too which inspires further interaction. It also helps with developing your own character further.)
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OOC: Okay, then, Tarantulas is about to get company! :wink:

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As Arachnitron was leaving the bridge, she heard Starshadow mutter a grief-stricken response.
“I'll miss him...”
She cringed in disgust. “What a bunch of Maximals,” she mumbled to herself, but she didn't directly address Starshadow or speak loud enough for anyone to hear.

With nothing better to do, she chose to wander around the base and get a better idea of what her surroundings were. She transformed to beast mode and skittered along the ceiling upside down. She got a good look at everyone's quarters along the way stopping long enough to peer in with her eight red eyes. She didn't care much who they belonged to, but she did figure that she might be able to guess which one belonged to Glowstick.

Inside her head the Maximal programming's protests rang out loud and clear, but she ignored them with a quiet chuckle.

“But, Maxie,” she mocked out loud. “We got here just in time! It appears a position just opened up!”

She cackled manically.

She turned down a corridor still keeping out of sight when she heard the sound of someone else's dark laughter. She peeked around the corner careful to stay in the shadows as she heard the sounds of someone else hiding inside a vault. She couldn't see who it was, but she could plainly hear the voice of Megatron speaking to his computer.
“Open transwarp module sixteen....voice code Megatron.”

“Voice code Megatron confirmed.”
She heard him chuckle and then mutter to himself.
“Only 75%? oh well, it will get me where I need to go....away from this planet.”
Her optics widened. Was this the Predacon commander's plans all along? Use his transwarp cell to get away from the planet and leave his crew stranded? Well, she'd have to make sure she was along for the ride.

Suddenly, she heard his footsteps heading back into the hall. She was dumbfounded when she saw that the bot who entered the hallway was not exactly who she had been expecting. It was another spider, a tarantula, leaving the vault with the transwarp cell. So...it wasn't Megatron at all. It was one of his crew members fixing to vacate the war for good. Interesting. Clever plan? Or was he a coward? She wasn't sure. But she was sure that she didn't want anything to do with this war between the factions either. She wanted to leave this planet too. She had to find out why this other spider did as well.

Quietly, she followed behind him still concealing herself along the ceiling in the shadows of the darkened base.

It did not surprise her that he was taking the cell to a hidden location.

“This must be his private lair,” she thought to herself as she watched him fiddling with his equipment.

He cackled to himself again.
“Convenient how Megatron was busy killing Glowstick...thank you old comrade.”


She heard him say in his true, undisguised voice.

She figured his next plan of action would be to plug the transwarp cell into a ship that he probably had lying around somewhere. She scanned the room for some sign of something that resembled a ship, but she saw nothing. He didn't appear to have one built yet. Was he going to build a ship from scratch? He couldn't possibly do that himself. She guessed that he probably hadn't thought that far ahead.

She closed her optics momentarily. She was not usually one to make alliances, but this time it was necessary. He had something she needed and she had something he needed. There was no way around it. They would have to work together.

Quietly she leapt off the ceiling and transformed as she descended to the floor. She walked up behind him and crossed her arms over her chestplate.

“It appears that the transwarp drive you stole from Megatron will power a ship...that you don't seem to have, but it just so happens, I came to this planet in one." She paused for a moment before smiling deviously. “I might be persuaded to share it with you...provided I get to go along.”

“I imagine Megatron will be pretty irritated if he were to somehow find out his transwarp cell was missing. It'd be a shame if all that hard work were to go to waste,” she flirted winking at him sending him a clear message. She was going with him or he wasn't going at all.
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"Yes I am. I hope to live up to his potential."
"Eh, you'll do fine," Rattrap assured Ironclaw as they walked over to Optimus and Airazor. Personally, Rattrap wasn't worried about being as great as someone else once was no matter who they were related to or who their name sake was. He was who he was and would remain that way throughout this war. He was relieved that their leader was his own 'bot, too; quite different from the legendary Optimus Prime. But it probably helped that he wasn't initially trained to lead in a war, just to lead an exploration crew. While in the beginning Rattrap had his doubts about his leadership, it was clear now that Primal had all the potential and confidence in being just as great as Prime was but in his own way. Like many of the Maximals there, the rodent actually appreciated how personable the monkey was and how lenient he was on military conduct.
"On it Optimus."
Primal glanced at Feralnight with a nod while she stepped onto those lift and exited the base. Then his optics were drawn to Whitegrazer. He very much wished he could sit down some where quiet with her and just talk. He enjoyed their indepth conversations, and her company always made him feel at peace, which was a feeling he could use a great deal of right about now. Unfortunately, there was no time for that, and apparently she wouldn't be hanging around for much longer.
"Optimus, there is something I must do. I might be awhile, but if there is anything that I'm needed for during that time, I will come immeidately."
Expecting a more elaborate explanation than that, all Primal could do was watch the white mare leave. A bit of sadness but mostly disappointment crossed his face for a moment. What was she doing? Where was she going? Perhaps it would take too long for her to explain her intentions to him. If that was the case, then maybe it was best she go and do what she felt had to be done while he, too, stopped wasting time and moved on with his duty. There was something in her optics that told him everything would be fine and that she would have left whether or not he forbid it. Optimus trusted her, though, with all his spark, so there wasn't much he was fighting inside about her sudden leave of absence. When she returned, he was certain she would explain everything.

Sighing, he then watched Ironclaw and Rattrap stroll over. Optimus stood still when Ironclaw approached him closely and then whispered to him.
"I know you might not listen to me but I don't think you should take Aurora with you. It's dangerous and she's emotionally unstable."
A sudden but short, dark and unusually cynical chuckle escaped Primal's mouth as he responded to the honey badger, "And what makes you think I'm not?" It was not meant to patronize the badger nor demean him; the chuckle almost seemed involuntary. But Primal was by no means perfect. He was just like the rest of his Maximals. He mourned, he can get angry, he can laugh, he could feel loneliness, he was vulnerable. He was not invincible, and he had no trouble making sure his crew was aware of that. However, at certain times, it was his job to surpress those emotions and get the job done, which always took a toll on him in the end. But it was not their problem; it was his own, and he usually dealt with it as such. Well, that was until he grew closer to Whitegrazer and as her spark had a tighter grasp on his.

Rattrap hadn't heard Optimus react like that before, and he glanced at Ironclaw with a concerned look for a brief moment. Was the monkey starting to lose it after Icebreaker's death? It wouldn't surprise the rat because 'bots can only be pushed so far to the breaking point, but on the other hand, maybe he was just tired of people undermining his decisions. In any case, Rattrap, with his excellent hearing, thought Ironclaw brought up a good point.

"This crew and I have been thrown into this war that we were not prepared for," Optimus went on to explain with tension in his voice. "I have lost two great Maximals under my command already with no end in sight of stopping Megatron or going back home to Cybertron. Words can't even express what I feel inside right now, but I can tell you that there is point beyond instability and I've already crossed it." Taking a quiet breath and seeming to relax as his expression mellowed, Primal said, "And yet, for the sake of my crew, I have to press on and keep my emotions in check to the best of my ability. You see, Ironclaw, Aurora may be emotionally unstable but most of us are after losing a comrade, including me, but unfortunately we can't put everything on hold to grieve. I could use her company to help keep me focused and vice versa."

Rattrap stood there listening with his arms folded over his chest, waiting. Optimus was right. A death of a friend hit everyone in one way or another but they were in a war and they had to keep moving, keep fighting. Aurora was probably suffering a great deal from Icebreaker's loss; after all, he was like her father, but it would be unwise to let anyone just sit in their quarters and dwell about their death all day. They should be kept busy. Also, the ermine Fuzor needed more experience out in the field, and it might be a more positive thing to get her more interaction with Megatron. Might as well do it now during a truce so if she ever faced him again under fire, hopefully she wouldn't be as intimidated and freeze in her tracks, not that he was certain she would.

"If Megatron still wants this truce to happen, Aurora and I should be safe meeting with him, whether or not he brings some of his Predacons," Primal added. "There shouldn't be any gun fire. Now, as for what I have planned for you three," which included Airazor, Ironclaw and Rattrap, "Megatron has clearly acquired some valuable information and we need to know what that is. Since he'll be expecting me to send in Rattrap to infiltrate the Darksyde and gather said information, that's exactly what we're going to do." Again, a very small smile tugged at a corner of Primal's mouth at the end of his sentence.

Rattrap squinted a suspicious optic at their leader, attempting to figure out his plan before he revealed everything.

"Airazor, you'll carry Rattrap over to the Predacon base and attempt to secretly leave him somewhere hidden. Their scanners will detect you, so you might be confronted by one of the Predacons or their automated defense system. Just be as pleasant as you can and hold your fire. They will likely assume that you weren't just casually flying by and that you brought Rattrap along, so they'll eventually find him," Optimus explained. "Once they do, you two will retreat as a failed attempt and hopefully they'll think that'll be the end of it."

"But wouldn't any of this be in violation of a truce?" asked Rattrap.

"Not if you're unarmed," Primal answered him.

"Oh, great, that makes me feel a lot better," the rat sarcastically replied. To part with his gun was a big deal for the master marksman.

"This is where you come in, Ironclaw. While the Predacons will be distracted with Airazor and Rattrap, I need you to sneak by somewhere else undetected and get inside their base. Once you're inside, you'll need to tap into their computer files and find out what alien information Megatron has discovered. If you get caught, and it's likely that you will because you'll need to be in robot mode to connect to their computer, do not open fire, just escape as quickly as you can. Make sure you take a flare gun with you because when you get out, you'll fire it off once and that will be the signal for the rest of us to move in and cover your retreat."

"Airazor and Rattrap, you'll remain behind at a close enough distance to watch for Ironclaw's signal but far enough out of the Predacons' scanner's range. In the mean time, Aurora will escort me to meet Megatron on neutral ground. We'll find out exactly what transpired here today, and at the same time we'll keep him distracted from your mission. We should return before Ironclaw is finished. And for those of us who are not already injured from this morning's attack, we'll converge on the retreat and fight off the Predacons who might chase Ironclaw."
((OOC: Which will mean that another Predacon, probably Scorponok (you know, someone a little more clueless), will answer to Airazor's and Rattrap's attempt of sneaking in, essentially taking Megatron's place on the show, but Megs will warn said Predacon about Primal's predictable plan before he leaves to meet with Optimus. Savvy? :wink: ))

"All right," the rodent in robot mode agreed. "Sounds easy enough, eh?" He grinned at Ironclaw and Airazor. He obviously did not doubt Ironclaw's ability in accomplishing such an assignment. Clearly Rattrap couldn't do the job because he would be the one the Predacons would be expecting. He felt that this plan could work out rather nicely. And hoepfully Ironclaw would be able to hack into their computer and find out what's going on with the alien info.
"Thank you.."
Looking over at Aurora who joined their group, the Maximal Commander gave her an assuring, worry-free smile with a gentle nod.

"Any questions?" Optimus asked them. If not, those three could move out immediately, and he would speak with Frilla next, and briefly. Aurora would have to wait for him just a little longer.

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While the others had been distracted with their orders from Optimus, Tigatron took Airazor's hand and kissed the top of it, smiling at her. "Be safe on your mission," he told her caringly in a soft voice before he let go of her hand and followed Dinobot and Cheetor to Frilla.
"What do you need?"
"Think the first thing we should work on are the shields, I've about gotten through half the bug issue Glowstick implanted into the systems so there shouldn't be too much there. But we get those running first and we do face trouble it'll save us some time at least if repairs are still under way."
"I'm afraid I'm not all too familiar with our shields," Tigatron admitted to the others, but now was as good a time as ever to learn more and help repair them. With all of the time he spent on reconassiance outdoors with Airazor, it did have its disadvantages when it came to learning the ins and outs of the Axalon. "Where should I begin?" he asked them.
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Ironclaw took a step when hearing Optimus' response, his gaze then slowly turned to Aurora as her name was mentioned ink reference to what he had just whispered to Optimus. He was stunned for a moment by what Optimus said. He still thought he was wrong but he would go along with what he said. It was dangerous but it was his decision.

Ironclaw then listened to Optimus as he revealed his ideas, he liked the sound of this plan. However he had never done something like this before so he would have to toughen up. But he wa ready to move out.
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