"Aftermath: Part II - Resurrections"

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

(( OOC: CLARIFICATIONS: Tigatron, Rhinox AND Whitegrazer are in the command center. [[ Edit: Okay, now she's NOT in the bridge, but she's nearby in the other room with the stasis pod...]] Like in the show, I had Whitegrazer in Rhinox's machine stationed in the commander center. I said this repeatedly throughout Rhinox's posts, although every character who has come and gone in the bridge since Whitegrazer has been using the device has seemed to ignore it or not bother to question it... The stasis pod attached to the machine is located in another room just outside of the command center in the corridor. No different than the show.

Side note: I'm going to make it easy for Airazor to get out because there's clearly way too much happening all at once without giving others a chance to react before too many actions are taken place, and the Maximals need her support, and I also have no idea why the door would be jammed. Sorry if I'm missing something here, WorpeX.

NK, why did Umbra get to pull off so much at once without anyone else reacting to him, especially Tigatron? There are two other Maximals present who certainly would've stopped him for questioning despite his disguise. It's not like Tigatron was alone. I'll play along this time but, you know, simmer down. ))

IC:

"Rhinox," "We're outside proximity range so you're clear to pull up Sentinel's shield. Rattrap and I will do our best to draw the Predacon's gunfire away from the ship."

"Understood," Rhinox replied to Orcariner. Then he nodded to Tigatron who turned slightly in his seat and actiavted the shields, which had regenerated to 70%.

"Shields are on-line," the white tiger confirmed, a greensih and blue aurora now surrounded the Axalon.

"This is Airazor to all maximal's. I'm stuck in the CR chamber, it wont open. Could someone come down and help?"

"Airazor Tigatron and Rhinox should still be inside, the rest of us are out in the middle of a battle with the Preds, and unfortunately we're swamped out here to come back inside."

While Wintersong answered Airazor over their open link, Rhinox's attention was quickly detoured to Tigatron's voice.

"Two autoguns off-line, Rhinox!" Tigatron alerted him. "With damage to the hull before the shields were activated." The broken ship shook and rattled from Terrorsaur's shots. Alarms sounded inside partnered with red lights flashing in every room and corridor.

"Primus," Rhinox cursed in frustration under his breath. "Come on, guys, take down those fliers!" he tried encouraging with positive thoughts even though no one could hear him but those nearby in the base.

"Unit: Whitegrazer's core consciousness is back to normal parameters."

Finally, something was going right! Rhinox, more than relieved to hear of Whitegrazer's return, was suddenly focused on the lift that had been triggered. Immediately he drew one of his chain guns and targeted the glass door. It shouldn't have been any Maximals in the field. Not yet. He kept a steady grip with his large weapon held out in front of him despite his still minorly injured hands, but he was positioned far away enough from the door in case of an ambush.

Tigatron turned around to see what was going on and why the sudden silence from his fellow Maximal.

Megatron's forces outnumber us 3 to 1!What are you still doing in here?!

"Dinobot...?" Confused but still suspicious, Rhinox kept his chain gun lifted as his red optics followed him. This didn't make sense, though. Dinobot never abandoned battle when he was right in the thick of it. And his voice... wasn't quite right. Who was this? The engineer's optics shifted to the monitor above Tigatron's head that was indicating the Maximal signatures outside. ...Dinobot's was still registered out there...

No.. this wont do..

Just as puzzled as Rhinox about Dinobot being there, Tigatron watched the fake Dinobot approach him before he noticed the expression on Rhinox's face.

In that moment, Rhinox had already turned and noticed someone else was still on the platform who had come up with this imposter. Slagging Predacons!

It was too late for the white cat, however. Just as "Dinobot" forced his hand over his mouth, Tigatron tried to jump up out of his seat but his body suddenly felt stiff after a sharp pain into his back and then went limp.

It would seem if we can not defeat his forces.. we must become them!

Instead of taking his chances with "Dinobot" and likely hitting Tigatron especially since he might use his own Maximal friend against him as a shield, Rhinox opened fire at Cecaelia and then immediately ducked for cover behind the large, round center console, lifting it off of the floor on an angle to better cover himself. He didn't know what this master-of-disguise did to the white tiger, and what his weapons were, but both of these Predacons just picked the wrong fight. He sent a quick text to Whitegrazer, @Whitegrazer: WARNING: Two Predacon intruders in command center. Requesting immediate back-up. Hopefully she could recover quickly from her little deep-space exploration.

Reaching over to the console behind him, Rhinox pressed a button that dropped a device from the ceiling just above "Dinobot's" head. The same trick had worked before on tresspassing Predacons and knocked them for a loop, but that didn't mean it would work again. He wanted to activate Sentinel but feared that the fake would use Tigatron's body to protect himself. Now was a chance for him to wait and see what this guy and Cecaelia were capable of with their weapons, strategy and intelligence.

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"We need to move fast. Really fast."

"Come on, come on, come on!" Rattrap said impatiently while he watched his much larger comrade punch a hole in the rock and lay the battery inside. Hopping on to the controls of the gun turret, the acting Maximal leader activated the weapon and quickly got himself familiar with the controls. Although his line of vision was scured by the armor plating which in-turn protect him very well for the time being, he tapped into Orcariner's Beacon tech and located a particular flier that was really wreaking havoc on the base. "Ol' needle nose got a make-over, too, eh? Still pretty ugly. Maybe I can help him with a few touch-ups," Rattrap snickered to himself outloud. Rotating the turret gun slightly, he targeted Terrorsaur.

"Let's hope you and I can distract them long enough for the others to finish setting up shop. We're going to have to hit the Preds hard and loud."

"Ain't that what I do best, Big O?" he asked him rhetorically. Just as the TransMetal orca took off, impressed by his ability of flight now, Rattrap unleashed a barrage of firepower in Terrorsaur's direction.

(( OOC: EDIT: OKay, una deleted her post with Whitegrazer and I don't have time edit everything I just wrote, so... una, put Whitegrazer's part back up! Please. ))

[Blackrosefencer]

OOC: Actually, I definitely think Tarantulas would offer Arachnitron a ride. How many opportunities would he have to show off his new wheels? Probably not many.

Also, like I said....regarding Inferno...I just wrote in that Inferno decided to join the ground forces of his own volition. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Honestly, I have no idea where everyone is and have lost track of who is shooting at whom. I have no idea where Inferno is in relation to other players....so I'm just winging it.

BIC:

Inerno glided a long beside the other fliers and watched the battle unfold before his optics. He normally would have revelled in all of this glorious destruction, but, at the moment, his sensory circuits were overloaded. He actually had to stay back a moment until he could get his bearings. The battle was very over stimulating for him in the air. There was so much going on! Who should he shoot first?!

He watched as Terrorsaur and Nemesis attacked some of the Maximal fliers who returned fire from the ground. A swift movement from the corner of his vision caught his gaze. The little cheetah Maximal had joined in the fray attempting to protect his friends. At the moment, Cheetor's attention was focused on Starshadow.

Inferno dove towards the ground and took cover behind one of the large rocks near the Axalon. He had a perfect view of the spotted cat-bot from where he had landed.

Laughing wildly, Inferno took aim with his rocket launcher.

"Hahaha! The royalty commands the destruction of all enemies of the colony and you get to be first!" Inferno announced proudly.

Inferno rapidly fired two shots in the direction of the cheetah Maximal while continuing to howl in delight!

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Tarantulas narrowed his optics at Arachnitron and looked almost as though he were attempting to read her expression. Had he noticed the subtle changes in her behavior? Perhaps he already could tell that the other personalities were beginning to show themselves. He had been able to tell the difference earlier between the Predacon and the Hybrid by the color of their optics...perhaps he had noticed other signs as well.

But, to her surprise, Tarantulas appeared content with her explanation for the time being.

"Very well my dear, but know that you can always confide in me later once the maximals are taken care of, unlike the Tin Tyrant, I take care of my subordinates. Try to keep that in mind if any issues should arise."

Again, Tarantulas' words and actions stunned Arachnitron into silence, especially so soon after the cruelty he had shown Blackarachnia.

"I will," she assured him nodding, though she wasn't 100% sure that she actually would. She still was nervous that he might tell her that she was unfixable. She didn't want to think about that. What would she do then?

Tarantulas slid his hand down her back and gently lead her out of the room towards the battle with the Maximals.

When Arachnitron expressed her curiosity about what the upgrades had done to Tarantulas' weapons, Tarantulas responded:

"More than merely my weapons were upgraded, beast mode!"

Arachnitron watched in awe as Tarantulas transformed into his spider form and then exposed a set of wheels from under his beast form's body. It was reminiscent of the Autobot and Decepticon vehicle forms. So...Tarantulas didn't have just two forms anymore...now he had three: Beast, robot, and vehicle.

Arachnitron admired his new motorcycle-type form again wondering if the quantum surge had done this to others and if they, too, had vehicle modes. Then, she wondered why it hadn't changed her or Blackarachnia....were there others who had been left unaffected by the quantum surge? Why had it affected some, but not everyone?

Revving his new engines, Tarantulas said "Impressed? If so, climb aboard unless you wish to walk all the way there."

Well, she definitely didn't want to walk the whole way to the Maximal base, but did she really want a ride from Tarantulas in his new vehicle mode? She didn't think so...she didn't even know if he knew how to use his new form! But in the interest of getting to the battle before Megatron paged them again, she decided it would be best to let him do the driving.

"I guess I'll be hitching a ride then," she responded with a sly grin that she hoped made her look more comfortable with the idea than she actually was. She didn't want him to know how terrified she was of the idea. And yet again, this was another emotion that she was feeling that didn't usually belong to her. The Hybrid was generally expressionless and emotionless....the fact that she was so nervous and scared could only mean that some Maximal emotions were slipping through. Or perhaps she was smart to feel that way around Tarantulas given his tendency to slip into madness unexpectantly as he had done while Blackarachnia was around.

Reluctantly, she climbed aboard the "spidercycle" and allowed him to transport her to what was promised to be the final battle of the beast wars. She did not plan to see any of the journey there....

OOC: Sorry had to steal the word "spidercycle." It works. I like it. It's better than "Tarantulas-mobile" which is what I had typed, but thought it sounded corny. haha.

[starshadow]

((You guys are quick. o.o ))

Cecaelia peeped above Umbra while he was scanning what was ahead of them and was pulled up on the bridge. The taste of dirt- can she even taste them in her new body?

Stick low and to the back of the lift... Umbra..Maximize..I'll draw their attention, when I attack and they're drawn to me, transform and start shooting.

Grabbing her by the mantle was...weird but that was not important right now, one of her tentacles curled to show an "Okay" gesture. Once they have reached the bridge, Cecaelia's optics were moving quickly, trying to find the perfect spot to hide. Unfortunately, she did not have that much time and Rhinox had just spotted her. She did not have the time to react quickly to take cover or draw out her weapons. Having little choice, the femme transformed and faced her back at the chaingun's bullets, having a hard time to ignore the pain. Burn marks and smoke were visible on her tentacles.

"Hey!" she turned around, her tentacles transformed into her cannon, "don't you know what is 'ladies first?!" the barrels of her gattling buster started spinning and open fire.

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(Will post for Star tomorrow)

[DarkSpark]

Phoenix wrote: Nemesis merely cackled, adoring the sensation of the air beneath her wings as her weapon fired off round after round against her attackers. Being a moving target in rapid flight gave her a distinct advantage over the Maximals on the ground beneath. If they attempted to hide behind boulders and other obstructions, she merely circled around and fired at them from the other side.

The glee was apparent in her voice as she once again opened a channel to Terrorsaur. "Be careful or I might label you as a team player," she responded teasingly before adding a quick; "It's good to know my back is covered."

'Thank you' were not words that came easily to her.

Some distance away she spotted the source of that beam that had fired at her earlier.

Well now.. It appeared this particular Maximal wanted to play rough. Nemesis was game for that.

And so she opened fire, a steady stream of electric blasts directly at her target.

"Yeah yeah, you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours...Or rather that of whoever's shooting at us, heh heh heh" Terrorsaur replied jovially, also not accustomed to being courteous towards others, he was satisfied as long as he had a competent partner to watch his back during this fire fight...

Naitokage wrote: Aerostriker let out a sigh hearing his radio, and his partner. It's going to be one of those days huh? Vehicle mode. He suddenly spun in midair transforming to his jet mode, catching the air with his wings, then firing up his thrusters and skimming just above the river's surface as he pulled up, his afterburner suddenly kicking in as Nemesis then started shooting at him.

(And for clarification, Aerostriker's dodge leaves Terrorsaur on a collision course for Orcariner, and Manterror's buzzsaws. The fliers are piling up in one area.*L*)

Terrorsaur didn't know which annoyed him more, Aerostriker avoiding his swords and flying off like a giant chicken, or that his moronic underling Manterror had thrown ion discs in his direction while he was engaged with the enemy, and with Orcariner of all bots showing up out of the blue.

"Manterror, you're officially more useless than Scorponok, and he's dead!" Terrorsaur cursed as he changed back into his pterodactyl jet mode and performed a barrel roll, narrowly evading the ion discs and leaving them to collide with the maximal air whale instead only to face a new crisis, incoming maximal fire from below...

OOP wrote: "Ain't that what I do best, Big O?" he asked him rhetorically. Just as the TransMetal orca took off, impressed by his ability of flight now, Rattrap unleashed a barrage of firepower in Terrorsaur's direction.

"BACKSTABBING RAT! RAWK!" Terrorsaur screeched as he whirled around the barrage of firepower, the heat of the shots intense he as nosedived at blinding speed, streams of fire issuing from his engines as he pulled up at the last second, leaving a shockwave in his wake that he hoped would flatten the mouse and his turret, or at least set it all ablaze.


"Eat my exhaust vermin!" Terrorsaur crowed as he sped off, putting some distance between him and Rattrap before transforming into robot mode again and turning around for another assault, his eye beams blazing.

Blackrose wrote: Well, she definitely didn't want to walk the whole way to the Maximal base, but did she really want a ride from Tarantulas in his new vehicle mode? She didn't think so...she didn't even know if he knew how to use his new form! But in the interest of getting to the battle before Megatron paged them again, she decided it would be best to let him do the driving.

"I guess I'll be hitching a ride then," she responded with a sly grin that she hoped made her look more comfortable with the idea than she actually was. She didn't want him to know how terrified she was of the idea. And yet again, this was another emotion that she was feeling that didn't usually belong to her. The Hybrid was generally expressionless and emotionless....the fact that she was so nervous and scared could only mean that some Maximal emotions were slipping through. Or perhaps she was smart to feel that way around Tarantulas given his tendency to slip into madness unexpectantly as he had done while Blackarachnia was around.

Reluctantly, she climbed aboard the "spidercycle" and allowed him to transport her to what was promised to be the final battle of the beast wars. She did not plan to see any of the journey there....

OOC: Sorry had to steal the word "spidercycle." It works. I like it. It's better than "Tarantulas-mobile" which is what I had typed, but thought it sounded corny. haha.

Tarantulas normally wouldn't allow himself to be used as a means of transport for anyone, but he was in a hurry and his new servant wouldn't be of any use to him if he left her behind. Besides, as she had said, this gave him an opportunity to show off what his new body could do. His new vehicular form brought back old memories of his days on Cybertron, his original alternate form being a Cybertronian motorcycle before acquiring his surprisingly more satisfying tarantula mode here on earth, so he was thankfully more well versed in his new form than he suspected others were at this point, giving him a much needed edge.

"Hold on tight my dear, if my on-board computer is correct, my top speed is...impressive, Bwahahahaha!" Tarantulas warned as he sped off, his new wheels leaving marks on the Darksyde's floor as he raced down the halls and out the exit, a cloud of dust left in his wake as he traveled faster and faster towards his destination, the maximal base!

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

(( OOC: From now on, I highly suggest that everyone read everyone's posts. Everyone.

@DarkSpark: I don't think I read anything about Terrorsaur reacting to Rattrap firing at him with the turret he's controlling. Just a friendly FYI.

@una: Thank you for adding Whitegrazer's part back.

@WorpeX: I love your posts with Airazor; they're spot on and witty. I just got really confused, and I had no idea what you were planning on. I'll work around you instead and let you take the course with what you originally wanted before Rhinox interfered.

@Mystrea: I know you mean well but I will do with my posts as I see fit, and I will bring attention to anything I think is incorrect with others' or my own misjudgements and so forth because I am the Moderator and that's supposed to be my job. Heh, "supposed to be." I don't know what I'm doing! Clearly.

@Phoenix: Didn't mean for it to happen right away or to all of them, just eventually. Almost everyone needs to get beat up somewhere along the line because it's fun (I always have OP get injured, hasn't anyone noticed? The drama of it all! ), it's a climax to the episode, and it would be better for OP if most of the Preds were "falling over." Not literally, but you know, injured to some extent. *shrug*

Aaaaand ACTION! ))

[Wildfire94]

(( Oy, all these OOC posts to read through briefly but yes I have an IC post to share! ))

Onyx knew he might be facing a irritated Megatron for being late, though he hadn't exactly been in the best condition after the encounter with the Maximals and of course separating the two new fuzors upon their meeting. So he had stayed a bit longer back at base then Waspinator and Manterror to allow his self-repair systems to do their work before he was in good enough condition to finally take off from the Darksyde some minutes ago and already on his way to join the suppose to be final battle against their foes in a full gallop. Of course even as a equine for a beast form he wasn't particularly fast when it came to running, his more robust build compared to that of the Maximal Whitegrazer making him far slower. Nonetheless, the stallion mech was managing to make decent timing with his arrival and it seemed it couldn't be any better timing as the battle was already raging around the Axalon, though he could mostly see the fliers being engaged from both sides and very few showing of the ground units.

Though it also didn't take much to spot Megatron from his position along with Steelclaw, one of the few mechs he had come to respect and truly see as a comrade of any kind. "Megatron sir."Onyx called out as he approached before transforming in mid-run, skidding to a halt when he did so, panting slightly. "My apologies for a late arrival sir, but I was still recovering from the previous encounter."He said with a brief salute, something he use to do when in the Predacon military long before this voyage gone astray.

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Meanwhile, Silverstreak herself had been inside the base, having returned somewhat earlier then Cheetor and Rattrap during their mission and had been in her quarters trying to think of what more use she could be for the Maximals with her skills. So far she hadn't yet found a use for them but she also hadn't exactly explained what she could do to her new crew mates, especially in the sense of her sabotage and cyber ninja skills, although mostly in the stealth tactics is where she seemed to excel the most when it came to their use. Though it was still early yet to what she could do for them, especially when she had barely been among them as of late but she could certainly see their predicament of having a chaotic war. It was really a pity really, their ancestors had aimed for peace yet the Maximals and Predacons there, as during a time on Cybertron, were once again waging a war that seemed to involve some unfortunate goal that pulled about anyone into the fray without much of a choice.

But her thoughts were interrupted when the battle outside began, making her snap from her thoughts and look around with utter surprise. Were the Predacons really attacking?! This wasn't good in the least. Quickly coming from her room, although in beast form, Silverstreak moved swiftly down the halls of the Axalon but being quiet as she could as well while using her stealth mode to go unnoticed she made her way towards the hanger that led outside the base and crept over to the entrance to peek outside. Already she could hear the aerial battle above and a few sounds of the ground attacks further away from the base making her wonder how things would turn out for the Maximals when they had been caught somewhat off guard. "Good a time as any to join in."She muttered before scurrying among the rocks for cover and trying to make her way towards the nearest Predacons.

When she did finally get close enough the shots were practically flying overhead Silverstreak growled and transformed, activating her stun gun that popped up from her arm and peeked over the boulders spotting Quickstrike who seemed to have been blasted back by one of her teammates. "Hey cowboy,"Silverstreak said as she jumped and crouched partly on the boulder,grinning slightly as she did."Up for taking on this vixen?"

[starshadow]

Starshadow was just firing at the base until the Maximals made their appearance, including her old dance partner Saber.

"Predacons!""I'm the one you should be worried about!"

So the Maximals have an upgrade too? Great..but she is not planning to stay as a junk meant for kicking again. She stopped firing for a moment to let Mortem cool before shouting out to Saber, "We haven't finish our last dance!" and with that, she pointed Mortem at her direction and fired for a few seconds before transforming into her beast mode, running towards her with wings on her back folded out and projected the electroblades.

((Whoooh! We really need a summary to know what's going on. Because with all the OOC posts, I'm confused.))

[una]

She couldn't get her feet on the ground. Though, at least, her leaving the Matrix this time wasn't as... traumatic.

This was death? No! She couldn't have lost! Slag that flithy Predacon! She was so close to escaping! Death by his hand felt insulting and degrading.

It was so dark, cold like the void. She didn't want to be here, but that cold hand of death dragged her down deep within its grasp. One single light was in front of her. At first, it was just an orb, but as she got closer, she realized it wasn't just an orb. It was a spark. And that one spark... turned into many. All floating around her. Were they celebrating her return to where the Maximals all came from or were they just passing through? The sparks swirled around her. It made her smile. She never smiled. How could she? This war with the Predacons... she never knew of the life the High Council said would be a reality when they defeated the Predacon. And they were going to win. Predacons were more experienced in combat, but they had the advancements of science and technology on their side. The Maximals will win this war she knew it. But Peace... Maybe if every single Predacon dropped dead. But she really wanted to experience it. This cause she was born to fight. Her purpose. Will she feel it here? A couple sparks came to her.

How would she address them? Did she know them?

"Hi fellow Maximal brethen."

"We're not Maximal."

She heard a blip. It was small, but it took her away from her trip down memory lane to see Rhinox's message.

WARNING: Two Predacon intruders in command center. Requesting immediate back-up.

Had she been at the Matrix too long? She rushed back to the command center and tried to a get a visual on what was happening on the bridge. What she saw widened her optics. "Dinobot?" No. That was not Dinobot. Dinobot would never hold up a hostage like that and the expression on his face...Poor. Also, Lady Cece was there.

She had to go after that imposter. She could do that by getting the drop on him at the other side, and since they didn't know that she was here. That was her greatest advantage. Rhinox's machine was still working. She had to. Since Optimus wasn't here yet, the portal was still open to allow his spark to enter. They needed to get those Predacons out of their base now.

As she was close to the entrance, she kept herself out of sight. She couldn't just run out there, especially with that imposter holding Tigratron hostage too close to his person. Then she saw the periscope dropping down upon the Predacon and took the chance. As he was reeling from the blow to the head, she took the opportunity to pull Tigratron away, safe from anyone using him as a living shield. She grabbed the imposter, kicked the back of his leg, and pulled him towards her to keep a grasp around his neck. With Cece fighting Rhinox, she decided to throw the imposter right at Cece. If the two were both knocked out, Rhinox and her could flush them out by the chutes down the hallways and help Tigratron with his wounds. If the two stayed down that is...Predacons were persistent yet so were they.

((OOC: Just to be safe: Whitegrazer's actions are dependent on Rhinox's action being successful, Umbra being thrown at Cece, and Cece too distracted to see Umbra thrown if he is thrown. Any of these actions can be taken, countered or stopped. So there you go. ))

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Blackarachnia found a hidden compartment as she was feeling up the walls; she pushed the small indent and the small door slid down, releasing a few of contents on the floor. It seemed most of the stuff was just stuffed in like Megatron was in a big hurry to hide them from view. She could guess why. Grabbing the neck of a yellow duck, she squeezed it and it squeaked in a disgustingly, cute way. She threw it behind her and continued to go through the compartment.

[NaitoKage]

The fake Dinobot watched as Rhinox made his attack, aiming for Cecaelia. It was fairly obvious they didn't want to attack their friend, which probably worked for the best in Tigatron's case as he was still alive.

As the Periscope started to move, the fake Dinobot instinctively moved his head to the right, his shoulder taking the sudden blow causing it to sag in a rather strange looking fashion. It was generally hard to attack a ninja from behind. He tilted his head slightly to look at the device. This however did leave an opening as Whitegrazer came for Tigatron, pulling him away from his captor.

As she moved to grab the fake Dinobot however, his left arm went up smacking her forearm away just under the reach of her hand, his right making a quick slash with his short sword over her stomach as he hopped back raising his legs abnormally high,then landed going into a crescent medium stance with his left arm and left leg forward, his right arm held back as he changed the grip on his blade to a reverse hold, concealing the blade along his forearm.

He gave a bit of a laugh, still in Dinobot's voice Well, it would seem you also have some coordination and tricks..Most Impressive! then gave a strangely warm smile, most unfit for Dinobot's face. He Seemed unnaturally calm for the situation and not really putting out the more typical "blood thirsty" aura most predacons would put out.

With Tigatron away from him, he didn't have his hostage,but Cecaelia probably could keep Rhinox pinned down with her firepower, and if this new Maximal attempted to turn her back to him to attack Cecaelia, she likely knew she'd be taken down like Tigatron.

Probably noticeable to Whitegrazer with Tigatron (assumed) on the ground was the wound on his back was glowing a strange dark purple with a energy like fluid dripping from it, the slash made towards her stomach didn't pierce her exterior, or even strangely hurt, but also glowed in the same fashion.

(Notes on Umbra: Much like traditional Ninja coating their throwing weapons with poison or intentionally having them rust to give victims Tetanus from scratches, Umbra's blade isn't much different. His poison in easiest way to explain is "strength" sapping, but more technical would be it constricts the flow of energon in the user's body, effectively weakening them much like an electronic with a drained battery.. He doesn't have to break all the way through their armor, but just scratches are enough. Stabbing all the way through just puts them in Tigatron's state, though he'll probably wake up in 15 minutes or how long OOP wants him down.*L* So three or four hits and Whitegrazer will be very noticeably exhausted, any more and she'll probably be staggering or helpless.

Also I noticed you used the Lady Cecaelia part, that technically isn't her name, it's just one of Umbra's speech patterns. I based his personality off the more traditional ninja, but I didn't want to annoy the game by having him speaking with random japanese like "Megatron-Sama!" or ending his speech in "de gozaimasu or de gozaru", but still have the same sort of respectful nature.. for a greedy scoundrel. Kinda like Quickstrike,Inferno,or Silverbolt in a sense.

Finally, as for the fight in the bridge, don't worry about it, Optimus will show up no matter what, besides.. what would you expect with Rhinox and Cecaelia firing in the bridge? They're both walking arsenals of destruction. I'm pretty sure that center console is going to be toast either way.)
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Aerostriker pulled up and banked to the left, Stag taking control of the turret on his rear aiming towards Nemesis in the distance and let out a quick burst of rapid laser fire in an attempt to keep her from pursuing too closely.

As he turned he noticed Terrorsaur attacking Rattrap in the distance.. with his exhaust. It was as if it was too good to be true to the small bird. His thermal sensor locked onto Terrorsaur's signature, then as he flew closer, fired off two Micro heat seeking missiles at the Predacon as he was distracted attacking Rattrap, then suddenly veered off in a quick arc pulling up higher into the air, a tactic often seen by natural Swift when they would attempt to intimidate or attack a larger target.

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Quickstrike leaned his head up, it was the second time he'd been blown up since waking from his stasis pod, and so far he'd learned he did not like being blown up. He leaned up his body as the sound of crunching metal escaped from his torso, he then looked towards Silverstreak on the boulder.

"Hey cowboy...Up for taking on this vixen?"

Quickstrike raised an optic ridge, looking the young ninja over, then raised his left hand scratching the back of his head with one of it's manipulators Vixen huh? Aren't cha a little young to be callin' yer self that little lady? Maybe pup.. er.. cub.. He then became confused for a moment, then shaked his head Nevermind, yer never too young to have yer keister kicked!

He swung his snake arm out as it extended to it's full reach, attempting to bite at Silverstreak's left leg.

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Meanwhile..

Waspinator turned to make another pass on the Maximal base, but slowed down transforming to his robot mode. He hovered as he observed the battle, as well as seeing the shield was up on the Maximal base. Noticing a few of the Maximals on the ground infront of the Axalon, he flew towards them readying his Toxic stinger, then started firing rapidly down at Dinobot.

He let out a gloating taunt HA! Wazzpinator got fancy new upgrade and traitor didn't! Wazzpinator superior,Dinobot inferior! he then buzzed to himself, though Wazzpinator's body had improved, it was obvious the effects of becoming a transmetal didn't really improve anyone's brains, particularly his.

[Night-Hunter]

"We haven't finished our last dance!"

Ugh, she is the last person I wanna fight right now... Saber thought with an inward sigh.

She dodged the blasts with ease by summer salting to the right then quickly brought her weapon up to fire at Starshadow.

'Click. Click.'

You have got to be kidding me!! She thought as the fur along her shoulders stood up.

'Click. Click. Click.'

Slag it!

[Phoenix]

Megatron smiled as he watched his troops follow his order to attack the Maximals. The Predacon commander also intended to join in, wishing to partake in the glory of his well deserved victory. However, he would let his troops go in first so they could take out the brunt of the resistance the Maximals could still put up. There was no point in taking foolish chances, after all. It would all be a futile attempt for the Maximals, of course, but Megatron was keenly aware of their tendency to refuse to admit defeat even when faced against impossible odds. Not that it mattered much. He would merely have them reduced to smoldering rubble. Then he would hear the desperate pleas of mercy from the few remaining members, enjoying their desperation before putting them out of their misery as well.

Oh yessss.. It would indeed be a glorious day!

Thus far his plan had worked out better than he had even dared to hope. Megatron's smile widened as he recalled Primal's last few moments. Very soon now the rest of those pathetic fools would follow.

And treacherous Dinobot.. Megatron would have to come up with a special torment just for him, to set an example to any other Predacon who may be considering opposing his supremacy.

As he continued watching his victory unfold, he took note of his new lackey, this Silverbolt, moving up to him.

"Surely..," the winged wolf began, weighing his next words carefully, "Surely we should give them a chance to surrender. They are outnumbered and outgunned."

Megatron shot him down with an overbearing glare, soon followed by a forceful blow from his cannon. "I think not," the tyrant hissed, leaning closer to better punctuate every word as he put this fuzor in his place.

"Question my authority again and I will tear you limb from mismatched limb! I have no intention of showing mercy towards my enemies. Now do as I command and destroy them!"


Unable to come up with a response that would not result in Megatron carrying out his threat, Silverbolt merely nodded and withdrew himself from the confrontation. He then transformed and took the skies, following his comrades into battle.

"Yeah yeah, you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours...Or rather that of whoever's shooting at us, heh heh heh

Nemesis would smirk if her present mode allowed such a gesture. But for the time being she was in fast pursuit of that new Maximal bird who had been attempting to shoot her only moments before. The Maximals was quick, she would give him that, however Nemesis' speed had increased as a result of the transmetal upgrade as well. She ignited her boosters and held her course, concentrating her fire a short distance in front of the fleeing Maximal in an attempt to hit him as he had to pass through the deadly blasts.

Meanwhile Aurora stirred inside the large CR chamber. The repairs were near completion by now, missing only a few minor details before her physical body had been restored. Mentally, however, she was shattered. She had not yet regained consciousness, but a number of twitches and shutters revealed that she was not at peace. Her body simply refused to rest as vivid images passed through her mind in rapid, yet broken, sequences. A penetrating sword, pain, those tormenting words.. For a moment she almost felt like she was living someone else's life, watching from the sideline as they left this world.

The thoughts and images came in cycles, fading as quickly as they appeared, yet one thought lingered.. one that shook her to the very core.

Who am I..?

With an audible groan all the images disappeared, leaving Aurora awake if more than a little shaken up. Her optics flickered online and she took in her surroundings, quickly noticing that the doors to the chamber were now open.

She took a few waddling steps before regaining her equilibrium, still she supported herself as she stepped out of the CR chamber. Everything looked as she remembered it, although Ironclaw was hanging out of the partially opened doors of his chamber. Or at least she assumed it was Ironclaw.. He looked.. different.. somehow. Like the others who had changed.

Aurora started to stagger towards him, wanting to check up on him, when another noise caught her attention. It was a banging sound coming from one of the other chambers. (ooc: Not sure if you want AirRazor to be found or not so I'll leave that up to you.) And then the entire ship shook, a deep rumbling accompanying the several explosions that seemed to follow.

Startled, Aurora cried out as loudly as she could, hoping someone could hear her.

"What's going on?!"

[starshadow]

Cecaelia was too busy shooting the base until her fellow cephalopod friend had some trouble in his tentacles. She quickly looked at him to see if he needed some assistance but it looked like he could handle the oversized pony himself. Right now, she needed to disarm the big ol' green guy or destroy him. From what she heard from Starshadow, turning the Maximal's smartest unit was not the greatest idea. Hearing about all the chaos he created was just unbearable. Cecaelia stopped firing at Rhinox's cover to let the cannon cool for awhile and opened her subspace on her back, trying to get the blade Glowstick gave her before he died.

"Don't move!" she shouted at Whitegrazer, "Or I'll..I'll..."

Where was that thing..? She felt a handle and pulled it out, pointing it at her.

"I'll chop you with this!" It looked like a running baton. Did the blade fell out? Awkward..

((That is definitely not the blade Glowstick gave her. ))

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Starshadow snarled before running up on a rock ramp, jumping off it, flying towards Saber but stopped before the blade touches a single fur of hers when she heard the most ridiculous thing of the year.

"Surely we should give them a chance to surrender. They are outnumbered and outgunned."

Does this new guy have a defect in his systems? It was good that Megatron gave him a wakeup call. No Predacons shows mercy. Starshadow turned her gaze back to Saber and transformed, "because of your little pet bat, I couldn't tear off that irritating face of yours." With a loud menacing snarl, her claws glowed in blue and started swiping at Saber.

[Night-Hunter]

"Surely we should give them a chance to surrender. They are outnumbered and outgunned."

Saber used the distraction to try and fire at Starshadow again.

'Click. Click.'

Why won't it fire?! She thought angrily.

"because of your little pet bat, I couldn't tear off that irritating face of yours."

Thinking quickly, Saber blocked Starshadow's attacks by using her weapon as a shield, that only worked for a few strikes because a second later the large weapon was sliced in half.

[Blackrosefencer]

OOC:

I do think it would be more dramatic if it got to be as bad as it was in the original episode where the cons are looming over the maxis and about to finish the job, but then Optimus Badass arrives to set things right. I always loved that scene, everyone's reactions to Primal's return was just perfect, from the looks of shock or fear on the faces of the preds to the maximal's relief.


P.S. Phoenix, will ya be posting for Nemesis soon?

I agree....I know some of us talked about making some things different from the show, but I think this particular part I would want to keep. I think it was a really important moment in the story line and development of the characters and all the emotions were very exciting: The Maximals feelings of helplessness and the return of Optimus restoring their hope and confidence. Plus, the benefit of this all being written is that we get to see Megatron's thoughts and reaction to the sweet taste of victory being so close and then having it taken away from him. And I loved the lines, "Comes the dawn....and our doom..."etc.

And if the "beast" held out until right around that time, the Maximals would have even more to worry about: 1) They're out of ammo, practically defeated and the Preds are closing in on their doom....2) Their comrade in arms, Saber, has slipped into her dreaded "beast" form. I would think the Maximals would be not only concerned with the Preds, but also Saber and what she would do in that condition....and also what would the preds do to her? What if the preds try to destroy her while she's in that condition or cage her and experiment on her? The Maximals can't help her...they're injured and low on ammo. How could they get her to come out of it? Lots of drama. Anyway, that's just my opinion. You do what you want. I'm not trying to dictate what you should do here....I just think it would enhance the story if you waited and gave Saber more time to fight as herself instead of "the beast."

@Darkspark: I think Pheonix did have a response from Nemesis....it just wasn't a verbal response. She nodded or something like that...

Also, what is the policy regarding joint posts just out of curiousity? Just thinking that maybe a joint post might have been appropriate in this particular instance of Tarantulas and Arachnitron travelling together to the Maximal base. It's not really relevant to the plot...they're just travelling together....so to save time and get them involved in the battle faster, we could have just written this as a joint post instead of two posts that hardly said anything. I'm obviously not talking about every single post, just certain instances where it makes sense to save time and neither character is really able to do much development without the other's response. I mean certainly one well-thought out joint post in some instances is much more interesting to read than two people each posting three sentences of nothing worth reading. What do you think about that Darkspark (and others)?

Also, Darkspark: I didn't know what to do here, so I just wrote that they arrived at the Maximal base. I tried not to write anything specific about Tarantulas that you hadn't already said, but I figured that would get them to this battle sooner. I can alter it if you think it's dictating too much about Tarantulas.

Also, what did Tarantulas want Arachnitron to do here?? Is she supposed to just follow Tarantulas' orders only...or is she supposed to follow Megatron's orders too? Did Tarantulas plan to tell Megatron that Arachnitron was his personal servant or whatever we're calling her....or was he going to say something a bit more subtle to Megatron (since I'm sure the first question Megatron will want to know is if Arachnitron's issues had been taken care of)?

Sorry for the really really long OOC stuff......

BIC:

"Hold on tight my dear, if my on-board computer is correct, my top speed is...impressive, Bwahahahaha!"

"Oh wonderful," Arachnitron muttered sarcastically under her breath. Just what she needed.

Arachnitron did as Tarantulas suggested, holding tight onto the nape of Tarantulas' neck as he sped off towards the exit of the Darksyde. She gritted her teeth and didn't dare watch what she was sure was going to be a harrowing experience.

She could feel Tarantulas speeding through the woods towards the Maximal base skidding and sliding around every turn. Arachnitron grabbed Tarantulas tighter and tighter as he sped through the trees for fear she might fly off of the spider's back.

Eventually, she felt his speed slow. Figuring he must be nearing the Maximal base, she decided to look at the surroundings around her. They had, indeed, reached the Maximal base. She sighed in relief and gratefully climbed off of Tarantulas' back.

She looked around at what was happening already and then noticed Megatron, who Tarantulas had referred to earlier as "the tin tyrant." She wasn't sure exactly what she should do here....she could count on one hand the amount of times she had fought in a large battle like this. She turned her attention back to Tarantulas awaiting his instructions. He would tell her what she should do.

[Alak]

Orcariner took a swipe at the speedy Terrorsaur, only to find that his sword was much too slow to even touch the Predacon flyer. The latter had performed some fancy aerial maneuver which left the Maximal giant poking his weapon at thin air. The orca would have felt embarrassed by his lackluster performance, but his emotional response was cut short by a series of disc-like projectiles that were fired his way. Orcariner instinctively raised shield and allowed it to absorb Manterror's attack. To his surprise, the sentry felt his body get pushed backwards.

What?

While the ion discs themselves did no damage to the massive Maximal, the force exerted from the impact had managed to rock him in the air. So used to the comfort of anchoring his feet into the ground, Orcariner was unprepared for the physics of air combat. Everything was moving too fast. His weight was no longer a positive factor. He had no guns of his own to tag the Predacons. Despite the technological advances of his radar, Orcariner was unable to pay attention to the radar movement as well as focus on what his optics could see. This was certainly a rough introduction to aerial warfare. There was also the fact that the Predacon flyers paid little to no heed to his presence. Aerostriker had been a much more successful at aggro than he had. Realizing that he would be of no use to the Maximals in the air, the orca decided to take a gamble and play his role on the ground.

Firing his thrusters at Maximal capacity, Orcariner rushed down to the earth and locked onto the one opponent he knew would grab the attention of the entire Predacon team: Megatron. He cautiously reminded himself that this was the only Predacon he had not encountered throughout the entirety of the Beast Wars. They were both present at the battle above the labyrinth, but Orcariner had arrived too late, only to fall into the abyss before even laying eyes on the infamous leader. As the killer whale caught sight of the T-Rex, he ran a full scan on his soon-to-be opponent. The latter was armed well, carrying a fusion cannon that was also capable of acting as a vice grip melee weapon. Duo-barreled laser cannons rested on his armored shoulders. The headset also registered jet engines that allowed Megatron to fly.

Warning: Statistically, opponent meets or exceeds user ratings in all categories. Recommended course of action would be to engage a different combatant.

"Duly noted," Orcariner murmured through his face plate.

The giant Maximal impacted the ground, kicking up a small cloud of dust from the hard landing. Standing up before the Predacon leader, he chose to refrain from saying anything witty. This was Megatron's fight to lose, so Orcariner decided it was best to start swinging away. With a growl, he lunged forward with his sword.

((OOC: @ Phoenix: I believe this is the part Megatron can start kicking Orcariner's butt ))