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Post by Storm Blue Lightning Saix on May 7, 2009 17:38:48 GMT -5
"Optimus isn't here, but I am. Hope that's a good enough substitute." Talon chuckled slightly, walking up to her weakened friend.
At her side floated a mechanical owl not much bigger than her hand. Nightwise was basically mobile radar system with weapons and a personality. It kept on optic on the combatants while Talon helped the female Prime to her feet.
"I'm know you told me to stay at the base, but things never go right when Megatron is around." an apologetic smile was on her face, letting her leader know she was willing to take whatever punishment Spiritimus threw at her.
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"Yeah, sure Autobot." Cyclonus grunted, "But will you go easy on the kid! I can't remember the last time she was out of the base!"
He waved his arms around a little out of habit, brandishing the guns he had mounted there, "Not that I ever remember much, but still!"
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Post by WarMonger on May 7, 2009 17:56:12 GMT -5
Reno walked up behind Talon, her quiet voice almost inaudible over the sounds of battle. "We should get her to base, so she can recover."
Moonshriek flew in behind Rodimus, but stopped at the edge of the battlefield. She looked around, and locked eyes/optics with WarMonger. They stared at each other for a few seconds, WarMonger curious but aloof, Moonshriek hating but fearful. Finally, Moonshriek broke her gaze, looking to Spiritimus Prime, who looked down for the count. She hissed in sympathy, gliding over and landing near Talon's foot. "Anything I can do to help?" she asked, lightly stroking Spirit's flank, avoiding her wounds.
Fangshadow turned and hissed, seeing a human/animal crossbreed. "What in the-?"
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Post by Storm Blue Lightning Saix on May 7, 2009 19:02:03 GMT -5
Nightwise chirped at each of the two other bots, then checked the dragon over with unseen scans. The owl reported plenty of damage as well as a severe energy drain.
Slag. Talon didn't know to restore power levels on the fly...
To the base it was then.
"Much obliged. Please help me carry her in, if you will." the femme grunted as she carefully lefted her friend off the ground.
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Post by Starscream on May 7, 2009 19:15:27 GMT -5
Starscream only glared at the copter' after being called his ex-alliance.
"Go easy on her? You don't know what shes' capable of..." the seeker hissed. Finally booting his systems, he stood, taking in breaths to regain his posture.
"Aww, does Starscream finally notice lil'Lens' importance?" Len teased with a smirk.
"The only thing I've noticed is your annoying" the seeker shot back, taking the saber from his wing almost as if he was threatening the human, but not. His glance immediately switched back to their leader, who was obviously having a hard time.
Len only stood in disbelief. As much as she tried to aide them, and he dared call her out. "You...You jerk!" she stomped, frustrated.
Megatron continued to duck and get hit, the blows from the quicken Prime getting through his defense. He couldn't toy with this one.
"You Primes... are a pain..." he grunted, the only remark he could cough up after the taunts from the red bot. Sliding an optic over to Spiritimus and the group, thats when he found the Primes' weak point. Family.
Lifting his arm quickly, he charged a bolt and send it directly after the three femmes.
Jumping and shielding the predicted blow, Shadowflux used his own armor as the shield of the femme prime and her aide. He slipped to his knees slightly, after the lightning taking affect to his systems.
"Get...Lady Spiritimus with Sideswipe..." he managed to mutter, ignoring the pain and simply giving them a smile. "I'll hold off these... 'Cons."
"I believe you have more of a problem than you bargained for..." Starscream warned, Running toward the lamborghini with saber at hand. Shadowflux quickly turned in time to catch the blade between the fit of his metal palms. Weaken from the blast already, he growled back to the three femme behind him.
"Go!"
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Post by Spiritimus Prime on May 8, 2009 0:05:37 GMT -5
Spiritimus was far to weak to even fight back and protest about being put back down on the ground by the two femmes. She could only gaze into their eyes, but she was quick to avoid it. She felt nothing but shame in her acts.
She shrieked in pain when Talon gently picked her up, but there was nothing she could do against such sympathy. She felt incredibly stupid for going out here just to protect Talon and Cypher, but it was all in her nature. The care for others, other than herself, made her stronger than ever.
"Just... do what you... can," she breathed before her optics shut down into stasis lock.
"Hey, Megatron!" A kick in Megatron's face reminded him who he was dealing with. "Never turn your back on me, because I'm not as nice as she is."
Rodimus leapt away again and landed a short distance away.
"You have me to deal with now! I may not be much of a challenge, but I can still dance with you if you'd like that." He shot a glance towards Shadowflux to see if he was doing alright against Starscream. He could see that he had been weakened from Megatron's attack, so the only thing he could do was fire a couple of arrows at him before leaping back to take on Megatron.
He closed the distance between them and he locked fingers with him in the same way that Optimus would've done to him.
"So how does it feel being back on Earth, Megatron?" he asked.
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Post by WarMonger on May 8, 2009 11:59:21 GMT -5
WarMonger watched the battle unfolding silently, and looked to Cyclonus, sending a message through a secret code. The decoded message asked if they should get into the fray or not. The inactivity was killing her.
Moonshriek got onto Shadowflux's shoulder, murmuring, "I can distract him, but I need you to help me get that sword away from him. Can you do it?" she didn't worry about introductions in the middle of battle, but she was itching to figure out who this bot was. She flew right up to Starscream, battering his face with her wings. "You're right, don't underestimate someone smaller than you!" she clawed him with her talons, not caring what she hit.
Reno helped Talon to get Spiritimus Prime off of the ground, her homing systems locking in on the hidden signal of the base.
Fangshadow backed up from Starscream, watching in surprise as a small, batlike creature attached itself to Starscream's face. Things are just getting weirder...
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Post by Starscream on May 8, 2009 14:04:04 GMT -5
Shadowflux only caught a small glimpse of the creature before it had hopped off his shoulder and began swinging at the seeker. Wha-?
"What the-!" Starscream snarled, taking one grip from his sword to swat the creature like a fly. This left one arm to the saber, another to the free space. Shadowflux took his chances.
"I don't know who you are..." he growled, jumping toward the seeker and taking his wing from his grip with ease, "But you're a good wanna-be when it comes to Autobot!" he tossed a grin at the winged creature, that is, before Starscream's metallic fingers finally caught the backside of the wings. Slapping her away like a fly, Shadowflux's optics widen, and then he took another jump with the rest of his energon, catching the girl in mid-air to retract the impact of the ground.
"Why you annoying little..." Starscream glared, his orange optics burning at rage toward the midnight-blue Autobot. Unlocking the cannons on his shoulder, he spaced his footing and let off a nasty expression. "I'll destroy you and that human with wings here and now!"
As the charge began, with the rest of his speed, Shadowflux promptly placed Moonshriek on the ground and swung the sword back at the seeker, running it end to make direct contact upon the seekers' chest- inches away from his spark. The charge was immediately cut off, the seeker gasping at shock, taking in the moment of what exactly happened.
"You..let your guard down... Starscream..." Shadowflux heaved with a smirk, dropping to his knees as the saber held contact of the red metal. Starscream's optics widen, not realizing what to expect now, taking hold of the sabers' handle and detaching it himself with what strength he could fuse. But that was the last bit of strength he had, as he too, dropped to his knees, and then to his front. There lie the crimson, statis locked and inches away from becoming a slave of Unicron's wrath.
"STARSCREAM!" Len cried from the rocks of where her and her partners stood, disbelief of how the crimson had just fallen to a mear Autobot. "Starscream! get up!" Len demanded in fear. She continued to stare at the seeker in panic, unable to figure of what to do. "C-Cyc! What do we do?!" she questioned, looking up at the Copter', eyes begging for answers.
"I'll say this, it isn't much of a welcoming party..." Megatron hissed at Rodimus, showing his fanged teeth in irritation. Though, his concentration was removed when he heard the small screams of his human soldier, and peered his eye over to his second in command. "So much for being of use.." he growled, unlocking his metallic palms and jumping back, just right timing to avoid another kick.
"Just as the humans say... if you want something done, do it yourself" Megatron almost howled, his fist twisting in frustration. "Decepticons... retreat for now... and do not return to my sights unless your' prepared..."
And with that, the large purple spiked Lord jumped back once more, the dimension gate opening to his will and shadowing his figure, protecting him from the outside world and back to his own.
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Post by Storm Blue Lightning Saix on May 8, 2009 16:51:43 GMT -5
The optics Len looked upon were filled with the kind of rage only a lunatic could have. Starscream looked like death warmed over and Cyclonus wanted to make the Autobot pay, orders or not. Pretending to help the fallen seeker, Cyclonus replied to Warmonger's message, asking her to attack when he gave the signal and not to hold back.
"Stay with Starscream..." he whispered to the human, "I'm taking care of our little problem..."
Raising from the ground, the guns that had previously been only heated became purple tubes of violet light. Even if he didn't fire them, the searing temperature would have caused terrible burns on contact. And that's what he did. Pouncing on the blue mech like a tiger out of hell, Cyclonus rammed both barrels into Shadowflux's throat, pressing down as hard as he could.
"And here I thought Autobots were pacifists. Oh, well. At least it gives me a good reason to turn you face into molten slag..." the chopper snarled darkly, hints of true insanity coloring his normally high pitched voice.
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Talon realized that Shadowflux was in danger the moment he ran Starscream through. Seeing the crazy, but mostly harmless Decepticon chopper suddenly turning into a vengeful psychopath caused something like a dry heave to quietly rack her frame for a moment or two. Somehow, she managed to keep her dexterous grip on her leader, and somehow she didn't purge her fuel tank.
Recalling the facts in a mere second, the femme knew she had one of two options. She could take out her gun and fire from a distance, but then she would risk worsening Spirit's condition if she didn't get medical attention in time. Or Talon could get said medical attention, but leave Shadowflux at Cyclonus' mercy...
Such a hard choice to make...and she need to make it quick.
But she couldn't.
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Post by Spiritimus Prime on May 8, 2009 18:36:39 GMT -5
Rodimus was a little shocked my the sudden leave of Megatron, but he was glad that he did. Now that Spiritimus was out of danger, he could concentrate on helping her get the others back inside, but his attention was changed when he heard someone attack one of his comrades.
He turned, his cloak sweeping in a fluidlike movement, and saw Cyclonus pin Shadowflux with his newfound friend in his hand. He knew that he only had a only just a few seconds to decide what to do and he was wasting it.
"Hold on!" he cried desperately.
He was about to leap into action when he felt his jaw drop at a welcoming sight.
"Not this time, Cyclonus!"
Before Cyclonus was about to deliever the final blow to the young mech, a white and blue knee appeared from out of nowhere and sent him flying and crashing into a rocky wall. The results came out with a Cyclonus shaped hole in it.
"Anyone who touches a fellow Autobot will witness my wrath!"
Rodimus sighed in relief. "It's about time you showed up, you big lugnut," he teased.
Ultra Magnus turned and gave Rodimus the thumbs up. He then watched as the red mech approached Shadowflux and, together, they both helped him to his feet. "You going to be alright?" he asked Shadowflux glancing up and down.
"I'm sure he is, Magnus," Rodimus said. "I'm more worried about our friend. She was caught in the fray when Starscream attacked and Shadowflux saved her life... I should've been there when it happened."
Starblaze breathed a sigh of relief, glad that the battle was finally over. Now that Megatron was finally gone, she could get Cypher back inside so that she could help Sideswipe repair him and Spiritimus. "Don't just stand there you guys," she chuckled. "Let's get these two inside while we still have the opportunity."
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Post by WarMonger on May 8, 2009 19:01:29 GMT -5
There was a low growl from the side of the battlefield as WarMonger saw Cyclonus go flying. "Great. Now how am I supposed to get a signal? Oh, well. Guess this means fire at will!" Her tank barrels all swung into position simultaneously, creating an echoing boom. As the growl lowered in pitch but heightened in volume and intensity, WarMonger's visor flipped up, revealing one broken optic while the other twitched slightly. Those that knew her would've run by this time, she was in a trigger-happy rage. She smiled evilly, pointed fangs curving inward as they grew slightly, and the expression on her face would've made even Megatron flinch. All eight barrels started firing in rapid succession, the glow from the fires lighting up her manic face eerily, heightening the dangerous sense around her.
Moonshriek stiffened and looked behind her in time to see the giant transformer start firing. "LOOK OUT!!!" she shrieked, her voice amplified by her bat's DNA.
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Post by Starscream on May 8, 2009 20:09:51 GMT -5
Nodding simply to the copter, Len did as spoken. Quickly, and not paying any attention to any other bots', she planted herself to the seekers' optic view. With all her human strength, she pushed on the side of his armor, trying to shake which was impossible.
"Come on! Get up! We need to get out of here!"
But the crimson was not responding.
As the moments of death by Cyclonus departed, and the aide of Rodimus and Magnus, Shadowflux dusted from his knees weakly, nodding when they asked of his condition. Eyeing back at the crimson he faced just before the crazed copter, he only shook his head then looked toward Spiritimus, who also met the seekers' condition.
"Everyone go back to the base and get Lady Spiritimus immediate attention. I'll catch up and be sure these wackos' don't follow or try anymore tricks of the trade."
However, when the midnight blue announced the very sentence, the howl from the batted human echoed his receptors, upon meeting the tanks' missiles.
"Rush to the base!" Shadowflux called out, trying to carry his weak frame away from the targeting.
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Post by Storm Blue Lightning Saix on May 8, 2009 20:26:12 GMT -5
Cyclonus, quicker than a cat on crack, leapt like a mad mech away from the berrage of lasers that came raining down where he;d just been standing. Looking up, he saw with great enjoyment that Warmonger was giving Starscream's attacker everything she's got. Whooping in sadistic excitement, he joined her with his own deadly cannon blasts.
"Thank Primus for trigger happy femmes! Whoooo!" as much flappant happiness was in the sentence, traces of anger still trailed behind the tone. He wouldn't stop firing until the blue bot was down for the count.
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Hissing sharply, Talon streaked forward at top speed, gun drawn and ready to fire at a moment's notice. She threw a sort energon sheild projector on the ground in front of Shadowflux. In seconds the device threw a protective blue covering over the mech. Talon then spun around and put a few bullet's in the chopper's back to keep him distracted. In seconds the device threw a protective blue covering over the mech.
"Some one comm the base! We need back up!" she shouted over the noise.
Back at the ledge, Nightwise kept a keen optic on Spirit's unmoving form. Sensors in its head kept track of the various damages to the dragon's frame including her energy levels. It chirped loudly in warning when the readings hit the danger zone.
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Post by WarMonger on May 8, 2009 20:39:09 GMT -5
Reno gasped, taking Spirit onto her shoulders and making her way to the base. She commed in, panicking. "Someone help! Repeat, need immediate backup! Giant transformer with missiles, destroying Shadowflux! Spirit's down!" her uncoordinated message was to the point, but scrambled in haste.
WarMonger growled, ceasing fire and looking at Talon furiously. "NO ONE GETS AWAY FROM ME!!!" she snarled, her voice undertoned with an almost demonic growl. She turned and charged straight towards Talon, almost crushing Shadowflux. When she was near enough, the giant let out a roar and slammed her fist into the ground, creating a giant crater almost one hundred feet wide. As the battle-crazed femme stood up, her damaged optic sparked, and her good one had a background of flames. She growled, lifting herself up to her full height, and glanced back to Cyclonus. "This is the reason I was never allowed to battle on Gigantion." she chuckled, turning back to Talon. "I showed no mercy."
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Post by Starscream on May 8, 2009 20:49:10 GMT -5
Along with the crater, Shadowflux was sunk down with it. His already damaged body winced at the shockwave of the punch, and settled itself near the edge of the walls of the crater, almost causing him to crash into statis lock. Gotta...stay...online....for Lady Spiritimus's sake...
Dodging from the shatter, Len quickly pulled herself up upon the crimsons armor, hiding herself in a small hole his lock down body formed between his chest fenders and one of his arms, glaring at the tank, she warned.
"Fight here all you want but mind not killing the seeker?!" she shouted. Looking back at the blacken optics, she only winced in more panic. "Come on already...you need to get up, you'd be online again by now, whats the matter with you?!"
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Post by Storm Blue Lightning Saix on May 8, 2009 20:51:50 GMT -5
"A berserk, eh? Heheheheheh, good to know I'm not the only one." grinning cruelly, Cyclonus walked up to the half deactivated Talon, kicking her lightly.
"Wow, you really did a number on her!" appreciation was in his voice and was once again several octaves above what most would consider normal.
He suddenly jerked in shock when a clawed hand found its self locked around his ankle. The next moment his was on the ground, staring up a green eyed version of the femme Warmonger had just slagged.
Much of the damage had already been healed, but a few nasty looking cracks still remained. If they caused this new femme any pain, she sure as slag didn't show it. As is, her face was the perfect picture of cold and calculating.
Then it hit him like a ton of bricks. That was Darkwing...
"Um, Mongy? Might wanna shoot her before she takes off my head..."
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