The Intergalactic Highway

"NO!" Starshadow tackled Whitegrazer, avoiding Megatron's laser.
"Lord Megatron, wait! We don't need to get rid of her." she said after she transformed into her robot mode, standing beside the horse bot.

Megatron pointed his T-rex head at both Star and Whitegrazer, letting out a low growl and voice of rage You dare stand on the side of our sworn enemy? This will not be simply tolerated StarShadow.. No.. Explain yourself at once before I send you both to the pit! he then shouted with a scowl, even the eyes on his T-rex head seemed to narrow with rage on the two females before him. Without adverting his gaze he then barked orders to Scorponok and Steelclaw Scorponok, Steelclaw. Transform and begin laying a cover fire on the maximals.

Even as mad as he was at the situation, he still knew that the area provided no cover and the fliers wouldn't distract the maximals for long. They would need to move to keep their range advantage. Megatron's T-rex arm starting to glow ready and waiting in response.

((OOC: Oh really? DOH! I will edit the other post to include that then. Sorry, I have to admit I was half-sleep and I forgot about that. XDDD And about the rat and Cheetah, I presumed that such information would be known. In the first episode, they all knew what animal they were or they could have known from the databases too. ))

NaitoKage wrote:
As Megatron was about to reply, Scorponok came onto the scene.

Scorponok wrote:"Lord Megatron!" he exclaimed, crawling towards his leader, "I'm sorry for being late but it appears that you have added a new soldier to our arsenal! Please, allow me express my apologies by leading our forces into battle!"

With the explosions in the background and Scorponok easily confirming they were lieing, Megatron simply facepalmed with one of his tiny arms. There were many days he wished he just ruled over drones, perfect.. perfect.. drones..

My orders.. Yesss.. well with our poorly constructed facade tossed to the side.. VAPORIZE HER! Megatron, Terrorize! he then stated letting out a roar as his body violently transformed into robot mode, he then swung his t-rex head forward firing a fusion blast from the mouth towards Whitegrazer.

Whitegrazer was ready for anything as Megatron transformed, her fighting stance was a simple one with her legs spread out a little, waiting for Megatron's attack. She presumed that he would probably fire a weapon since well...it would be dirty and some Predacons were very tricky.

starshadow wrote:"NO!" Starshadow tackled Whitegrazer, avoiding Megatron's laser.
"Lord Megatron, wait! We don't need to get rid of her." she said after she transformed into her robot mode, standing beside the horse bot.

But Whitegrazer didn't expect the cat to tackle her...to save her? Interesting turn of events in her eyes.

She looked at Starshadow and softly said, "Thanks."

Megatron's T-Rex was charging for another attack and she needed to think fast. Gently, she pulled the cat off and stood up, "I rather die on my feet." then Whitegrazer swerved to the side, dodging any attack from that T-Rex head or anymore that came quickly as she closed the distance between her and Megatron. Her open palm fist hit straight into the Megatron's chest, pushing him back.

Attacking him was a defense as she knew that this Predacon was aiming to kill her, the others were secondary though if she didn't think of something soon, she will probably be stick in a fight...she had worse before.

She had to figure out how to get away, running now will be foolish as either one of the Predacons could fire at her and the fact that the Maximals probably having their hands full.

One step at a time...must take it all in stride.

((OOC: ALL RIGHT!! Battle time for my character! WOOHOO!! XDD))

(Don't worry about that. Like I said, I was kidding. I doubt anyone would take one of Megatron's lies seriously.. other then Animated Bumblebee. Heh, normally people aren't THAT happy to be in a fist fight with Megatron, but Whitegrazer does at least have the martial arts thing going for her. )

Megatron stumbled back as his fusion cannon fired off into the sky from the sudden hit, but quickly regained his composure.Die on your feet? Normally I don't take requests from maximals, however I like your way of thinking my dear.. Yesss.. he stated, proceeding to laugh manically swinging up his left arm while stepping forward on his leg left his body twisted with a loud mechanic noise, he then swung his left arm in a powerful backhand strike towards Whitegrazer.

((OOC: Yeah I know XDDD. There he goes again! XD Megatron always backhands people. XDD))

NaitoKage wrote: Megatron stumbled back as his fusion cannon fired off into the sky from the sudden hit, but quickly regained his composure.Die on your feet? Normally I don't take requests from maximals, however I like your way of thinking my dear.. Yesss.. he stated, proceeding to laugh manically swinging up his left arm while stepping forward on his leg left his body twisted with a loud mechanic noise, he then swung his left arm in a powerful backhand strike towards Whitegrazer.

Her right hand caught his wrist, his hand an inch from her peaceful face, "I'm honored."

She bent his arm, giving some tension then proceeded to place his arm firmly behind his back.

"Your move...if you can. This could have been avoided if you attacked me immeidately instead of talking."

Whitegrazer was confident but she was keeping herself alert. Wristlocks were easy to get out of if a person thought it through.

Also, she had to watch out for the other Predacons...

"NOW!!"

Noticing a barrage of firepower head-on from Waspinator and Sonar, Optimus immediately cut the power to his prime jets and he free-fell out of the way, save for one shot that grazed his left shoulder. Re-igniting his thrusters, he hovered calmly in the air and rubbed his injury, rolling his shoulder. It wasn't too bad.

A bright purple beam that randomly shot off into the sky caught his attention. He followed it to its origin, which was Megatron, and discovered that there was a confrontation happening now between the Predacons and the protoform. Maybe she was still a Maximal after all. And now Scorponok was there?! Eight Predacons against five, or possibly six, Maximals. Well, that was just prime! Cheetor was focusing on Sonar but he feared that the new 'bot might require some assistance instead. Nightmist, Saber-Fang and Dinobot should be showing up any minute as well. Perhaps they could surround the Predacon group while Optimus kept the flyers distracted.

"Saber-Fang, regroup with-" the Maximal leader called over his comm. link before it abruptly got cut off. Primal was suddenly tackled in the air by Terrorsaur, who had his arms wrapped tightly around his. The immediate collision gave a hiccup to his prime jets but they remained on-line and he struggled to get his arms free, using his strength to push them against Terrorsaur's arms, trying to pry them off. There was a disturbing fury in the Predacon's optics. Terrorsaur was known for a cocky ego, almost moreso then Megatron's, but this seemed a bit heavier than usual. All the times the flyer had been defeated in aerial combat by Optimus probably didn't help the attitude, but it was never a game or a competition to the Maximal commander. For him, it was simply defending himself and surviving. These Predacons and their egos.

Bending his right elbow while he struggled, Optimus pressed his wrist cannon against Terrorsaur's torso and fired at point blank. He couldn't stay in this position for long. If Terrorsaur kept him there, Sonar and Waspinator could come up behind him and light him up, destroying his jets and inflicting heavy damage. Or Terrorsaur could try and drive him into the ground while he held on. Either way, this was a bad situation.

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Yes, I can kinda make you out Tigatron. We'll be there soon!

Tigatron heard Icebreaker's response but failed to acknowledge him since he was busy with helping Wintersong.

"T-t-thanks T-tigat-tr-on."

"There is no need to thank me," he told her warmly before he reverted to his beast mode. She was a comrade, a friend. Tigatron would do anything for any of his teammates because they were "family." It wasn't like he was going to ignore her and let her fall into a watery grave. Besides, he felt it was his fault for misguiding her across the territory the way he did. He should know it better than that by now. "Are you all right?" he asked her with care, watching her shake off most of the water. He imagined she must be freezing and wished he had something to warm her up with. Luckily tigers were swimmers and they often basked in pools of water, so the water might not have had that much affect on her besides the temperature, but he never swam in water so cold before so he wasn't sure what it could do to them.

Several hots flew past Sonar, he looked over his shoulder and growled when he saw that it was Cheetor who had fired at him.

"Eat quasar, bat-breath!"

His ears went back at the younger bots antics.

I believe it's time to show the cub his place Sonar thought baring his teeth.

He turned in mid-air, furling his wings close to his side before going into a free fall straight toward Cheetor.

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"Saber-Fang, regroup with-"

"Optimus, Optimus can you here me?" Saber said when she heard Optimus start his command then was aburply cut off.

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Waspinator noticed that Sonar had gone after Cheetor and Terrorsaur had attacked Optimus. He scratched his head wondering what to do then choose to attack Optimus like Terrorsaur, his blaster at the ready, smirking he he fired a few shots at Optimus, making sure that they made contact with Optimus' chest.

As talented as Optimus was in aerial combat, Nightmist certainly felt that three fliers on one Maximal would be tempting fate a little bit much. Then there was the fate of the protoform as well..

Although she hated fighting more than anything, Nightmist saw no other choice than to get involved. She would attempt to avoid seriously injuring anyone, using her arsenal of tranquilizers and anaesthetics to her advantage. Being a medic, she much preferred using her medical knowledge to aide her rather than potentially lethal force.

Sighing, she picked up speed to intercept with Optimus to try to draw some of the attention off him. Being a relatively small Maximal, and a bird at that, she was quite maneuverable and could likely avoid most aerial attacks.. She hoped.

Upon getting close to the Maximal commander, she shouted: "Nightmist maximize!", changing into her robot form for a few moments. In her hand she held a weapon designed to stun her opponents rather than harm them. As Terrorsaur appeared to be the most aggressive of the opponents, she took aim at him first. And fired.

Starshadow was about to explain until the battle between the T-rex and the horse started. Her tail spiked out. The catbot crept behind Whitegrazer and tackled her then using her long spikes to pin her hands, feet and joints on the ground.
"I was going to suggest, we should torture her to her death, then, we'll have her head as a ship decoration." she said as she stood up. The pred cat looked at Whitegrazer and stepped on her throat.

Frilla stepped back as the fights started up, but she was hesitant to make a move, looking towards the battle int he sky then to Megatron and Starshadow taking care of Whitegrazer. To run or stay, Frilla wasn't sure and considered the options: running away would more then get her in trouble later with Megatron but fighting she would be damaged anyway. But with shake of her head she backed away, "I'm not a fighter and I know when to stay out of a fight." She muttered and took off through the tall grass. She'd deal with the talk later or beating, whichever mood Megatron was in after this.

((Yes Frilla will sometimes take off like this even during a fight. She isn't brave, at all, less she tries the whole looking intimidating with the frill thing on occasion. )

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When the two marines were in the water Feralnight took flight and followed above the water only going ahead now and again, seeing some signs of the tundra coming soon. "We got chunks of ice in the water you two, watch your heads." She reported.

Wintersong gave a nod, glancing back towards where the ice was broken like a spider web, looking to where she had nearly fallen in. "This has to be the place where the object fell." She said finally able to speak without her teeth chattering, just examining the broken pieces of ice. Nothing could have broke the ice in such a way unless it had been rather large yet neither her or Tigatron could dive in unless risking freezing their systems from the ice depths. They would have to wait for their teammates to catch up and go from there.

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Snow Trix stood, "As ready as I'll ever be." She replied and moved to head to the roof hatch, opening it and pulling herself out onto the roof of the Levianthan. "Finding this when we get that object outta be fun." She commented looking at the half hidden vehicle.

((OOC: I mean no offense to anyone, but I do wonder about what Starshadow just dictated as having happened to Whitegrazer. Tackling is simple enough, but pinning somebody to the ground with a number of different spikes seems like a maneuver that would take time and that Whitegrazer, being a hand-to-hand expert, would be quite capable of defending herself from. It seems like Una should have some say in whether Starshadow actually succeeds.))

Cheetor was happy to have taken the Pred's attention from Optimus. It was also vindicating to be this defiant in the face of a charging enemy. His optics narrowed as he let out a growl and intensified his fire towards Sonar who was coming down for him.

Dinobot heard the communication on Saber's link suddenly get cut off. Optimus was certainly in the middle of a battle, and Dinobot had no intention of missing it, so he charged ahead at greater speed. Even then, something sparked in his memory, and he sought to remember what he was being reminded of.

That was it- he and Saber had been charging together at the battle with the Primal clone. It was interesting that they were doing so again.

(( OOC: I agree with you, Blazemane.

Starshadow, you often do too many moves at once without giving the other player a chance to react. I think I've mentioned this to you before somewhere in the beginning of this RPG. Either edit your post and decrease the amount of moves your character is making, or una will be allowed to ignore any more after the first move.

NK also should have had a turn with Megatron since he was in Whitegrazer's hold. It probably wasn't wise of Starshadow to pick a fight with a martial arts expert who had their leader hostage, so to speak. She doesn't know what the mare is capable of.

una, respond to Starshadow's post as you see fit. You should be able to intercept and counter one or two moves of her's.

I'll post for OP whenever Alak has a chance to post for Terrorsaur since OP is in his hands. ))

(Eh, I didn't mind the tackle. But yeah, not sure how well she would do after the tackle with nailing someone to the ground with her spikes. Otherwise I was just going to have Megatron stomp on Whitegrazer's foot and break out of the lock or use his hip guns which I was trying to figure out if they fired anchors or rapid fire since he only used them once in the show, kinda like the missile from his dino tail/claw.. thing. I guess they're machine guns in the show.. Though I did realize something funny since Whitegrazer specializes in throws/locks and so on.. her ultimate nemesis would probably strangely be Glowstick. He's covered in slime and his tentacles don't use proper joint movements. lol )

Glowstick nodded floating up and out of the transport Oh I'm sure I'll find it. Beast mode! he then transformed to his squid mode, floating with his mantle pointed straight up, his tentacles moving along the ground to deal with the winds blowing So.. I guess we head magnetic north, are you any good at tracking? I know you have a strong olfactory sensory.. which out of water mine doesn't even work in beast mode.. Gah.. the ground tastes like a bland dessert.

((OOC: Okay, OOP. I will do that. I wonder if she is still in beast mode. I think she is...I guess until she tackles her. Also, yeah since Whitegrazer has more like a defensive fighting style rather than offense, she mostly does moves that keep her alive yet doesn't permenantly harm the opponent. Glowstick would be difficult for her like you said, so if they ever fight, she will have to improvise. That will be fun! XDDD))

Still holding on to Megatron's wrist in a lock, Starshadow tackled her to the ground and attempted to pin her to the ground with her spikes which got her left hand but her right hand as well as her right foot avoided the spikes. Whitegrazer should have known that the cat was going to do something like this. What a shame.

She grabbed a hold on Starshadow's shoulder and her right foot placed itself on her stomach, proceeding to throw the Predacon cat over her. (I don't know if the spikes would hurt but I will presume they do! XD) The spikes pulled off her pinned body parts with a sting but she ignored the sensation as she stood up, noticing that the lizard scattered away.

Whitegrazer was in her fighting stance again, waiting for attacks.

((OOC: I hope this is all right.))