by KiraTamaru » Thu May 04, 2017 9:22 pm
Pacific's attention was somewhat split. He listened to Maria reply, and thought about what that really meant. A temporary home. He supposed that earth, to him, was a bit of a temporary home as well. "I see." He replied, his attention on the scene in front of him, watching as he thought he saw a vaguely familiar human taking cover. Though what he saw next caused him to transform on the spot, neatly coming to his feet, hammer out. The decepticon from before. His optics flashed red, a reaction that he couldn't control. Though in an instant, Meltdown was before him, drawing his attention away. His quick analysis was simple, the 'con was no current threat. Taking prisoner's wasn't much his style, not that he much had need of any sort of prisoner now that the war was seemingly over. He took a step back, glaring at Whiteout, his optics switching back and forth between blue and red, conflict clear on his face. As he began to take a step forward, his optics more red now than anything, he was cut short, as the human who had so recently taken cover, came between him and the 'con. The shock, that a human would so willingly take on him, to save the life of a 'con, shocked his system right back into his more logical side, his optics instantly turning bright blue once more. He stared as the human glared up at him, and even noted, in some amusement, that she had a primitive tool in her hand. He listened to her for a moment, before remembering that he himself carried a human with him. He turned as Meltdown sent him various bits of information of what was going on, and sighed. "Old war habits." He grumbled, transforming once more to better ease the tension, though he kept his doors firmly locked, not willing to let Maria out, not trusting the 'con, even if he did have a pet human of his own. He would sit back, and wait. If Whiteout, as Meltdown informed him of his name, turned out to be troublesome, he would end the 'con's life. He would give this 'con just this one chance. It was more than he had given any other 'con.
Meltdown listened to Whiteout, and knew better than to believe that his spark as as innocent as he so claimed. Even still, he knew that there wasn't much he really could do if P.B. went berserk. He turned his head as he watched Kat take protective cover, and wondered if she would hate him for not being able to stop his companion kill her owner. He turned his head as P.B. made it to them, transforming and immediately, getting ready to attack. This much, Meltdown had predicted. He quickly moved to grab at P.B's attention, knowing that if he could distract him long enough to get a message to his more clear thinking side, he would have more of a chance of saving the 'con. Though why he was so easily swayed to save an enemy, he wasn't entirely sure. It was possible, that he was merely trying so hard, because of the human connection that Whiteout had. He had never witnessed a story where any 'con had taken on a non-abusive relationship with anything less than themselves. He wondered if he was deluding himself into thinking that Whiteout's relationship with Kat wasn't abusive, until the human came running from her hiding spot. Apparently, she had hidden only so that she could arm herself, though the tool she used would do absolutely no damage to any of them. He watched, and listened, though his attention was on Pacific. Apparently, the human's display had shocked him as well. He saw his chance, and quickly sent several messages to P.B, going over everything in as few words as possible. He watched in satisfaction as the big 'bot seemed to calm down, and even transformed. He couldn't help but let out a light sigh of relief. Crisis averted, for now. He knew that his partner was on edge, ever wary, and very much still at the ready. Though he did note that the human he had picked out earlier that day was still safe within his companion. He trotted over and leaped easily onto P.B's hood, laying down, facing Whiteout, as if to show that the danger was over. He watched as Whiteout's human pet seemed to relax as well. How peculiar these human's were. At that, he glanced back to see how his human handled all of this.
Kat looked up in a bit of disappointment as Whiteout told her to go hide. She could hear the engine easily though, and knew something big was coming. She gave a small nod and did as she was told, quickly moving to take cover. Though as she heard Whiteout talk of his own life being snuffed so easily, she couldn't help but pull out a crowbar. She knew it wasn't much in the long run of things, but it was more than going out unarmed. She peeked from her hiding spot and saw the big monster truck transform into an even larger robot. It was the same one from the junk yard. She gripped her crowbar and took a deep breath, before running out between Whiteout and the large blue robot, glaring in defiance up at the big guy. "You've got a lot of nerve, picking on somebody who can't even fight back!" She yelled out at the rather large robot, adrenaline making her more brave than what she felt. She knew that she couldn't do anything to stop this giant robot. "Why don't you try picking a fight with somebody who isn't injured!" she continued on, and watched as she seemed to have the large robot's attention, seeing that his eyes were fully blue, and even amused by her, she couldn't help but scowl at him. She puffed her chest out, unable to help but try to make herself look larger before she heard the large robot speak of old war habits. She had so many questions about all of them. What sort of war had they been through? And why did the symbol's on them seem to matter so much? She stood her ground until she watched as the big guy transformed back into a truck, and relaxed all the more as the cat hopped onto the hood. It seemed as though the danger had passed, and she let out a long sigh, her relief just about dizzying, making her sit down. She had just done something incredibly stupid. She had yelled at a titan of a robot, one that could easily have gotten rid of her with no more than a small step. The relief that she wasn't dead, and more importantly, that her friend wasn't dead, just about made her faint. Though she just slumped where she sat, and managed to just hold in a laugh of relief. No need looking crazier than she probably already looked.
Lector couldn't help but let out a groan as she regained consciousness. She glanced down at the patch job that Concussion had given her. She stood up, again moving to get to the entrance. The new information didn't change how she felt. She needed to get to Whiteout. She needed to make him pay. There were many sparks he needed to be held accountable. Including her own, throbbing in pain as it was. As she began to remove the rubble from the entrance, she said over her shoulder "Thank you, for the information, and for the patch job, but I cannot stay here. I have to get to him, after what he did.." She couldn't finish her sentence, her voice had begun to crack in her pain as she threw the giant boulders out of her way, one by one. Why had he chosen a rickity earth cave to hide was beyond her. She shook, only slightly, from her inner pain. She used this energy to further throw the rocks out of her way. She would dig her way out, and she would hunt him down. It was as simple as that. The fact that she had to dig her way out, and was thusly held back from her new objective, only made her more frustrated. She hated being confined for any amount of time. Holding still for too long felt like torture as she continued to clear a path.
((Going to throw in a token 'bot character for Hijack to infect~))
Arachnid continued on her flight to the city, and saw that the commotion had brought out another 'bot. It wasn't one that she much recognized, other than the fact that the car clearly gave off an autobot signal. She held back, and sent the instructions to Hijack to infect the unwary 'bot. She would simply watch from a distance, and see how well he handled the situation. She didn't much care to get her hands dirty in this sort of mission anyway. If he could gain control of this Autobot, than she would have him create more of his serum for her to use on whomever she so desired. The prospects of having an army of more than just insecticon's made her smile inwardly, and made her equally impatient. "Hurry along, do not keep your queen waiting." She ordered out for them to hear as the autobot heard their approach, swerving off the human road and taking cover in a large gorge, shooting erratically at them all.
Nightshade held in her scowl, and nodded lightly. She knew it best to listen to Shockwave's logic. It had never let her father down, and she wouldn't allow her own opinion's cloud her judgement and stop her from ruling. She couldn't help but remain suspicious of him, though she nodded. "Wise advice Shockwave. We will have them land, and once their allegiance is made clear, only than will I see if we can fully trust them" She conceded. She looked to Pharma, and indicated that he should follow her as she sent rendezvous coordinates to the ship. She had been hasty, but she knew that if it was indeed one of her father's ships, that she would gain control over a small army. Enough to get her a better foothold than having two lone 'con's would give her. She walked to the exit, simply expecting Pharma to follow as she made her way out. "And Shockwave, do make sure that fixing your lab is the only thing you do." She said simply, she didn't trust the large lumbering 'con, even if she listened to his logic. Before getting a reply, she transformed, and took off out the exit.
Bullet was sat back, relaxed as much as he could be among the company he held. He had made himself. This wasn't exactly what he would call ideal company. Though he was lucky enough that they at least weren't firing upon him. Not that they would currently have any reason to, he did have the decepticon logo on this chest plate after all. Even if it was so easily changed, not that he would let them know that. So he sat back, and investigated the information on the planet they were going to. Apparently, they had caught wind that this was where the Decepticon's were to be mobilizing. Not that he much cared for anything war related. What he was interested in, though, was the music he was pulling up from what this planet called, the internet. In particular, he found that the genre called, 'dubstep' was most appealing for his particular weapon, and began blasting such music, not caring who was around him as he loudly enjoyed this new music. If earth was filled with creatures that made such music, perhaps it was worth visiting after all. He tapped a foot to the music before noticing a message coming in from the planet. He didn't bother turning his new found music down, but quickly began to decrypt the message. It was from Nightshade. He would have shuddered, if it wasn't for the fact that he knew that leading commander of the ship would no doubt see the action. He instead passed the message onto her, knowing that with the message would come his music over their comlink. It brought him no greater joy than to annoy her, even more so because it came so easily to him. He couldn't help but laugh softly to himself, not that anybody could hear him over the music thumping out of his back.
Twinstrike idled in one of the barracks, keeping mostly to herself as she usually did. Granted, she wasn't entirely by herself. Thanks to her creator, she was never truly alone. She was comprised of two combiner bots, who took no better pleasure than to stay as herself. She saw her own body as almost a symbol of scientific achievement. The fact that she could exist so easily was a monument to her creator's achievement. To be apart simply didn't come off as.. Logical. So she idled in her vehicle mode, awaiting orders with the rest of the crew. She could hear loud, obnoxious earth music coming from another part of the ship, and knew that second in command of the ship, the spy known as Bullet, was up to no good again. She had witnessed quite a few times where he had purposefully said or done something to urk the commanding officer, and knew it wasn't something new. Even so, it wasn't a matter that much concerned her. Rather, she somewhat talked with herself. Or rather, Flux talked with Vortex. Flux, of course, was complaining of how Bullet acted, while Vortex tried to reason that their commanding officer would surely deal with him soon enough. Being together, it was somewhat like having voices in her head. The two of them were separate beings, yet together, they made her complete. Despite how they might argue, such as now, they felt more comfortable together than they ever did apart. So thus she stayed, idled, her thoughts bouncing from Flux, to Vortex, than back again.
What can I say, I love the merc with the mouth, and I love transformers~
Fangirl, out~